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I’ve been unable to access the boards most of the last 48 hours. I read on twitter to turn your WiFi off and it works and it sure did. What’s going on??

From GT Swagger

Quote:>>>>> DNS Propagation Changes <<<<<
While renewing the domain today I migrated DNS over to Cloudflare to improve the speed of the site and assist in automating SSL certificate renewals. If you're unlucky and have a DNS system which pulls and caches results you may find the site inaccessible for a period of a few hours this morning and early afternoon (up to a day if your DNS system is really crap like AT&T). This can also cause strange issues like subdomains not working temporarily or being able to get to the site from one method (your phone, your work place) but not another (your house, starbucks wifi, etc).

I've got the same problem. How long can I expect this to last?

(12-12-2019 08:10 PM)ODUalum78 Wrote:  From GT Swagger

Quote:>>>>> DNS Propagation Changes <<<<<
While renewing the domain today I migrated DNS over to Cloudflare to improve the speed of the site and assist in automating SSL certificate renewals. If you're unlucky and have a DNS system which pulls and caches results you may find the site inaccessible for a period of a few hours this morning and early afternoon (up to a day if your DNS system is really crap like AT&T). This can also cause strange issues like subdomains not working temporarily or being able to get to the site from one method (your phone, your work place) but not another (your house, starbucks wifi, etc).

It’s been two days for me so far.

(12-12-2019 08:07 PM)LetsGoODU Wrote:  I’ve been unable to access the boards most of the last 48 hours. I read on twitter to turn your WiFi off and it works and it sure did. What’s going on??

Its on and off. sometimes it works fine then it doesn't.

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(12-12-2019 10:44 PM)ODUMONARCHZ1 Wrote:  

(12-12-2019 08:07 PM)LetsGoODU Wrote:  I’ve been unable to access the boards most of the last 48 hours. I read on twitter to turn your WiFi off and it works and it sure did. What’s going on??

Its on and off. sometimes it works fine then it doesn't.

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Same here w/Verizon cell and home, god I give them too much money.

This shouldn't be a problem any more. If it is it's likely cache messing with you. Clear cache, close your browser, reopen the browser, tah dah?

If you have the world's worst DNS (Really two days of cache is inexcusable ... who is your ISP? AT&T is infamously crappy with their 24 hour cache ... I'd like to know who has a crappier DNS system than AT&T) ... then consider using OpenDNS ( http://www.opendns.com ) ... there's instructions there for how to set it up for any device, and it's what I use myself. It will speed up your internet surfing in general. And I can guarantee if you're using OpenDNS the site will work and you'll never see this issue again with our site or any other site that makes DNS changes since OpenDNS updates their stuff every few hours and gives domain owners the option to immediately recheck and update their DNS cache.

(12-13-2019 12:56 AM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  This shouldn't be a problem any more. If it is it's likely cache messing with you. Clear cache, close your browser, reopen the browser, tah dah?

If you have the world's worst DNS (Really two days of cache is inexcusable ... who is your ISP? AT&T is infamously crappy with their 24 hour cache ... I'd like to know who has a crappier DNS system than AT&T) ... then consider using OpenDNS ( http://www.opendns.com ) ... there's instructions there for how to set it up for any device, and it's what I use myself. It will speed up your internet surfing in general. And I can guarantee if you're using OpenDNS the site will work and you'll never see this issue again with our site or any other site that makes DNS changes since OpenDNS updates their stuff every few hours and gives domain owners the option to immediately recheck and update their DNS cache.

Doubling down on the opendns suggestion. We've used it at work for a decade (even use their enterprise product called umbrella now owned by cisco). It must have been something in our area tho. My dad on Cox had issues up through last night. So did I and I tried Verizon. Usually Verizon DNS is fine but Cox notoriously had laggy dns propagation.

Yep, we have Cox.

Cleared browsing data via Chrome.
Ran CCleaner.
Reboot.

No joy.

I also have Cox, the only way I have access to this site is if I'm on my phone with WiFi off.

Just cleared the cache on my home computer, still doesn't work. So there you go GTS, Cox is officially worse than AT&T.

Yep, I have Cox at home and can't log on. Gonna try OpenDNS when I get home today.

Of course, not being able to access this place has really improved my relationship with my wife. Apparently, I've talked to her more the last two days than I have the last two months.

Thanks, GT, for helping my marriage!

You can bypass DNS.
Direct access at 69.61.16.74

ipconfig /flushdns

Everything is working normally for me now

I'm back, too. Complain enough and you'll finally get some customer service! lol

Yea a 48 hour DNS cache on residential service is inexcusable. Cox may be saving all of $200/yr worth of equipment for **ALL** their customers to have rapid DNS that updates every few hours. Hell they could even just direct their own customers to better free options at no expense like Cloudflare or Google or OpenDNS. But you see then Cox won't know every site you've been to and then be able to bulk sell that data to other people.

TIL Cox is potentially more evil than AT&T. That's impressive. That's like being the most corrupt Congressman. Dare to dream big I suppose, even if you're an arsehole.

(12-13-2019 05:14 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  Yea a 48 hour DNS cache on residential service is inexcusable. Cox may be saving all of $200/yr worth of equipment for **ALL** their customers to have rapid DNS that updates every few hours. Hell they could even just direct their own customers to better free options at no expense like Cloudflare or Google or OpenDNS. But you see then Cox won't know every site you've been to and then be able to bulk sell that data to other people.

TIL Cox is potentially more evil than AT&T. That's impressive. That's like being the most corrupt Congressman. Dare to dream big I suppose, even if you're an arsehole.

Thanks for your work keeping this board up, seems to be snappy fast.

It's not a board malfunction, everyone's just happy because of the new football coach. Expect everything to return 10 minutes into the Illinois game.

I'lll warm up the BB Head Coach Search Thread for y'all...