Problems with the server?

[Tiger]

There's another long-standing problem: one of the two DNS servers responsible for the bdsmlibrary.com library (ns14.guihosting.com) isn't doing its job, just returning errors instead. The other server, ns13.guihosting.com, is working - but this means people will keep getting errors accessing the site, even though the web server itself is fine.

Can you give me more information on this error. I was not able to see any problem with the DNS servers.

All looks good according to:
http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/dnsrep...dsmlibrary.com

[isabeau6]

was there a bit of a problem today? or was it my damn computer again?? i so want to smash this computer at times....

[Warbaby1943]

was there a bit of a problem today? or was it my damn computer again?? i so want to smash this computer at times....

There was a problem and we have another thread going called Rabbit or Tiger where we are letting them know of these problems so hopefully they can track them down.

[js207]

Can you give me more information on this error. I was not able to see any problem with the DNS servers.

All looks good according to:
http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/dnsrep...dsmlibrary.com

I think that link only checks *one* of the DNS servers; this version checks all of them, and the results don't look so good:

http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/traver...ary.com&type=A

Right now, guihosting.com's own name servers (ns and ns2 .guihosting.com) are both reporting that ns13.guihosting.com simply doesn't exist - that seems to be why I couldn't get any answer from ns13: I couldn't get to ns13 in the first place!

[Clevernick]

I think that link only checks *one* of the DNS servers; this version checks all of them, and the results don't look so good:

http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/traver...ary.com&type=A

Actually, even the link quoted by Tiger doesn't look so good: It shows two red "FAIL" points and 7 warnings, all of which look worth fixing to me.

I am still wondering why Tiger thinks it all looks good.

The slow loading problems people had the other day are probably unrelated - that sounds like a database overload which can happen for lots of spurious reasons. But the people unable to get in at all, when the site is actually up, could easily be due to those DNS warnings.

[Thorne]

Can you give me more information on this error. I was not able to see any problem with the DNS servers.

All looks good according to:
http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/dnsrep...dsmlibrary.com

I don't know if this is the same problem, but I occasionally have trouble getting to the server. I will get error messages saying that the server can't be found. I get the messages in Firefox and in IE, on two different computers, so I don't think it's my system. I suppose it could be my ISP, but I don't get this with any other sites, just this one. I can be surfing through the forums and suddenly get the error when I click on a link. After a minute or two, whether I keep trying or not, I get back in. This is the ONLY site where I've experienced this, and it happens with the Forums and with the stories.

It's been very bad today, Saturday. Very frustrating. I can access other sites, either using a different browser or a separate tab in this one, but this site does not want to cooperate!