Author Topic: PGC Site/Forums sometimes don't load (Read 12844 times)

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #25 on:** September 12, 2003, 01:54:20 PM »

It'sfairl decent now- there's still a few spots of trouble where things get hung up, but overall today has been great!

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #26 on:** September 12, 2003, 02:58:24 PM »

Wow! The site is actually working! I never thought I would see the day.

Anyways, sorry for being so harsh Rick. It's just that PGC was once my favoritest site without question, and lately it's been down so much that it's not even worth waiting around for it to load, and of course with a server that unreliable, it's not like PGC is reporting the news first thing or anything. I just want PGC to survive.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #27 on:** September 12, 2003, 03:13:58 PM »

I'm so happy. ^_^

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #28 on:** September 12, 2003, 03:23:49 PM »

What the hell did you do, Rick? It's blazingly fast, now- absolutely no slow down. I may be speaking a little too soon, but it seems to be consistant, and I hope permanent. I'm having a blast, now.

Cap · « **Reply #29 on:** September 12, 2003, 03:30:55 PM »

the forums definately seem to be working alot better now. maybe now i wont have the urge to throw my mouse across the room anymore. it was getting pretty frustrating.

RickPowers · « **Reply #30 on:** September 12, 2003, 06:01:14 PM »

While I can't detail everything we've done, part of the problem yesterday was a blown switch. I actually think it was causing a decent amount of our slowdown. That said, the moment we posted the contest, we saw a dramatic increase in the DOS attacks that have been an ongoing problem. In addition to getting the server onto a new switch, I've added some protection mechanisms to help defray the attacks. It's not perfect yet, the server will still be unresponsive at times, but it's better. We have more we're doing, so stay tuned.

And thanks for sticking with us through these admittedly trying times. We do this for you guys, so knowing you guys are concerned actually helps make it easier.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #31 on:** September 12, 2003, 10:42:51 PM »

It gets a little patchy sometimes, but the increased speed all the other times more than makes up for it. Other forums seem very slow in comparison now, this is great!

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #32 on:** September 13, 2003, 03:00:53 AM »

Thanks, the forums are a even better now. But I never thought of abandoning you!

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #33 on:** September 13, 2003, 07:34:29 AM »

I don't even care if it doesn't get much faster than it is right now. I'm fine with waiting 5-10 seconds ^_^

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #34 on:** September 13, 2003, 07:41:31 AM »

Faster, is always better, Bill.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #35 on:** September 13, 2003, 08:19:02 AM »

Ah, yes. It's back to the old ways. Just sometimes forgetting a connection or a transfer... Yes, it's definitely better than at the time where it had a maybe 2% success rate (2 days ago I think). No problems left that I can't handle.

BigJim · « **Reply #36 on:** September 13, 2003, 10:38:05 AM »

The site and forums are zoomy at the moment. Best of luck ironing out the bugs for good, Rick.

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #37 on:** September 17, 2003, 11:30:18 AM »

God, today was horrible for the site. I only have time to post once, becuase I have other things to do. I'm leaving till this is worked out. I hope I don't double post.

Grey Ninja · « **Reply #38 on:** September 17, 2003, 03:09:57 PM »

Yesterday was just as bad KnowsNothing.

Hopefully we won't have to wait a month for this to be worked out this time. See ya guys around whenever the site does start working again. I might go play some games or do some work in the meantime.

KnowsNothing · « **Reply #39 on:** September 19, 2003, 04:03:40 PM »

well, the forums can't seem to make up their mind about being naughty or nice. Today, they were nice. If things run this smoothly from now on I will be a happy man. VERY happy.

Oh yeah, I joined the GI forums when i was fed up with PGC. DO NOT DO THAT! After here, teh forums are hell. HELL. Thank you guys for making this forum so great.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #40 on:** September 19, 2003, 04:11:19 PM »

Quote
Originally posted by: KnowsNothing
Faster, is always better, Bill.

That reminds me of the Sonic Adventure by-line...

Faster is better ^_^

Ah, but the forums have been acting weird today...This morning it was slow, now it's not...Make up your mind server! (In a positive way

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Marcus Arillius · « **Reply #41 on:** September 24, 2003, 09:40:33 AM »

The site has been very slow for me the past couple of days. Sometimes it's so slow that the connection to the server is lost. Even when i get on, it takes several minutes to load one page, and i have a cable modem. I know its not my computer because i've used several different browsers and every other site i visit isn't slow loading at all, well not any slower than normal. PlanetGamecube used to be teh fast, now it is teh slow. How een teh hell?

Hostile Creation · « **Reply #42 on:** September 24, 2003, 04:42:01 PM »

Same here. It's often been so bad that I couldn't even access anything. . . the forums won't load for nothin'.

RickPowers · « **Reply #43 on:** September 24, 2003, 07:10:47 PM »

When the server is under an active SYN attack, it's going to drop connections faster than usual, all in an effort to keep the server running at all. Yes, it's been worse in the past couple of days, but we're still actively working on it.

oohhboy · « **Reply #44 on:** September 27, 2003, 04:21:10 AM »

SYN?

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #45 on:** September 27, 2003, 05:36:51 AM »

SYN = TCP connection request

1) Using a spoofed IP address not in use on the Internet, an attacker sends multiple SYN packets to the target machine.

2)For each SYN packet received, the target machine allocates resources and sends an acknowledgement (SYN-ACK) to the source IP address.

3)Because the target machine doesn't receive a response from the attacking machine, it attempts to resend the SYN-ACK five times, at 3-, 6-, 12-, 24-, and 48-second intervals, before unallocating the resources 96 seconds after attempting the last retry. If you add it all together, you can see that the target machine allocates resources for more than 3 minutes to respond to just one SYN attack."

After a few "attacks" the target eventually runs out of resources and is unable to handle any more connections, thus denying service to users.

Mannypon · « **Reply #46 on:** September 30, 2003, 07:18:36 PM »

dam, seems like Ive been gettin it the worst. I cant even load the pgc page durin the day. Everytime I try I get that "The page cannot be displayed" error message. I try it over and over again and nothing. Only time I can actually see this site and the forums are past midnight for some reason. Hope the problem gets fixed soon.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #47 on:** September 30, 2003, 07:22:04 PM »

Same for me...It's probably just during this time period that the attacks cease...I'm positive that the staff is working on it, but it's hard work and it will take time

Cap · « **Reply #48 on:** September 30, 2003, 07:25:41 PM »

this is the first time i've in two or three days that the forums have opened for me. the site isnt loading either.

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