Hi Arlette
I've been blocked from the Forum for the last 10 hours. Are we having issues? Is my IP Address blocked again?
My IP Address is 75.187.239.214
Hi Arlette
I've been blocked from the Forum for the last 10 hours. Are we having issues? Is my IP Address blocked again?
My IP Address is 75.187.239.214
John
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Hi, John,
I couldn´t reach the Forum yesterday from about 03:50 p.m. to my last check at 10:20 p.m. local time - the tech-team is working on a solution to just give me a time slot of availabilty of 1 second per day, and they´re doing quite a brilliant job on that. If that were my Tech team they would be my ex tech team by now for sure: they create work on their own throwing up problems instead of solving them.
So in all: nothing new from a team that is busy "working on it".
Ciao,
Holger
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All they need guys is someone with an ounce of server knowledge, they've simply got their firewall or mod_security settings too aggresive, it's literally 1 minute to fix it for good!
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Hi Arlette
All seems to be back to "normal" this morning. Either I'm intentionally getting blocked or the system is broken. Had to go across the street to borrow my Daughter's computer to get a message to you.
Sure would be nice to get this fixed...it's terribly frustrating...
It happens at the firewall and even i have got blocked at times.
I've been unable to access the forum for the paste 3-4 days, not sure exactly as I gave up trying.
It's only when I try and access over WiFi, so I assume my IP has been blocked too.
I don't have the IP to hand as I'm on my phone.
If that's needed I can post it later.
I'm still receiving notifications as usual and have posted some replies, from my phone.
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I have unblocked your primary IP address. However, if you still face issues, plz provide me the IP and i will assist you.
Just tried a quick test connecting via Wifi on my phone but no luck.
The phone's a bit fickle so I'll double check on another computer later.
My IP address is 198.168.1.122.
Try now and let me know.
Might have posted wrong IP address.
ipconfig tells me it's 192.168.1.101.
No, you do not take that IP. Just go to google and type whats my IP and you will get your IP address.
That returns 88.104.198.150.
Unblocked. Please check and let me know.
That's it, thanks.
IP addresses that start with 192.168 are internal addresses... Your router is basically making a little private network for your computers. Once you get out of your little home into the wide world of the internets, you get a new address... 192.168 is like deciding what room in the house you're in... the 88.104 address that you found is where in the world are you.
Regarding blocking IPs... geeze... stop hacking the forums!
Although, we are getting new Internet Filtering at my work... many 'forums' have already been blocked... just hope this doesn't get lumped in with the new rules.
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@Arlette
I'd assume we don't know whyor the issue would be resolved and it wouldn't happen...True???It happens at the firewall
It doesn't make me feel better that this also happens to you and other Mods and perhaps Admins; why is it happening at all?
I don't know Simon from Adam...(s)he suggests in Post #3 to this Thread that there may be a simple fix...Simon's been around the block a few times...is there merit to the suggestion??? Is anyone considering the suggestion???
Hi admin!
I've been blocked from the Forum.
My ip: 42.114.248.62
Please help me this problem
Thanks a lot!
dhn46,
Your IP has been unblocked.
John,
Whatever Simon has suggested has already been considered and our tech team is aware of it. Basically we are receiving several DDOS attacks on our server and hence the IPs get blocked.
Hi Arlette: I was unable to connect to the forum for most of the last couple of days ... turned out that my IP address was blocked (fixed now, obviously).
I can understand that you need to protect the forum from DDOS attacks, but what links my IP address to such an attack? (First time, I think, in nearly three years).
Also made me realise I had no idea how to contact someone to fix it when I couldn't connect, let alone log in. Bit of a Catch 22
Regards, TMS
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@ TMS
See my Post #5 to this Thread for a solution to thisNot much of a solution it is.I had no idea how to contact someone to fix it when I couldn't connect, let alone log in. Bit of a Catch 22
@ Arlette
What IS the solution...there has to be one...this is NOT new technology...talk with Simon (see Post #3)
To say the least...this is aggravating.
@jaslake: thanks for that suggestion ... but my daughter lives in France (heh, heh)
I actually tried Twitter and Facebook before it dawned on me to email Admin at ExcelForum dot Com. And that worked. Took a little while, but I got a reply requesting my IP Address.
Last edited by TMS; 05-04-2013 at 09:06 PM.
@TMS
Ha! Yes, as I said "Not much of a solution". I keep JB's email address in my Contacts List so I can Email him when I have the Blocked IP Address Issue (have had it twice). He's ALWAYS responsive but I dislike bothering him on a personal level with a personal problem. Then, I don't have to travel to France...merely walk across the street.
Best of luck to us all...perhaps we'll get the issue resolved...GO ARLETTE!!!
It looks as if the chance to be IP-blocked is dependent of the number of times you complain about blocked IP-addresses in The Water Cooler.
I don't believe there's any connection to 'DDOS-attacks', seems more a pretext for inaptitude.
There has been a fix put in place to work around these IP blocks.
In the unlikely chance it does occur, just drop an email to admin at excelforum dot com from any email id that you have and provide your IP address. Even if your IP has been blocked, the email will still reach the admin mailbox.
Last edited by arlu1201; 05-06-2013 at 11:10 AM.
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