Cyclenall wrote:I couldn't log on for most of the day until now I think. It logged me in but then went to a message of "the board is down "and then went to the forum main page with me logged out.
There shouldn't be these problems since it's a new server right? Why is this happening?
The issue has to do with the DNS setup not the server. DNS is how the internet converts a name into an IP address. When you type in http://www.storm2k.org your PC does a DNS lookup to find the IP address and then connects you to that address. Whether you realize it or not your PC is always connecting to an IP address but your browser shows you the name to make it easier on us humans. What has happened is that our DNS host reverted to an backup which had the old server's IP address. So when you do a lookup you get sent to the old server. Since the old site is there still but disabled you get the "Board disabled" message and are redirected to the new server. We needed to change DNS hosts anyway so we're taking this opportunity to fix that outstanding task. The new DNS host should start propogating today but depending on your ISP that could take up to 24 - 48 hours. The bigger ISP's update quicker since they are higher in the internet DNS heirarchy.