Don't know if anybody else had a service error 503, no service temporarily at 7pm for 5 minutes but patience and then all worked all OK

Chris

You have it the wrong way round. I can't use my laptop for the forum but can use my phone. Don't ask me how.
I can access any other site from my laptop

  

Quote from: crewearpley40 on February 06, 2025, 09:52:01 PMDon't know if anybody else had a service error 503, service temporarily at 7pm for 5 minutes but patience and then all worked all OK

Chris

That was me sneakily rebooting the server.  Sorry.

Everything working, Mick?

Thank you Chris/ Tank. Just wondered what went on . Much appreciated what your doing !

Quote from: Bealman on February 07, 2025, 08:36:17 AMEverything working, Mick?

On my phone, yes, but I need to call my ISP

Not using a VPN are you Mick? I've heard they can often cause issues like yours especially if the IP address of the forum has changed possibly from the reboot.

Quote from: Tank on February 06, 2025, 10:55:15 PM

Quote from: crewearpley40 on February 06, 2025, 09:52:01 PMDon't know if anybody else had a service error 503, service temporarily at 7pm for 5 minutes but patience and then all worked all OK

Chris

That was me sneakily rebooting the server.  Sorry.

Hamster needed a quick trip to the vets then.

Quote from: Trainfish on February 07, 2025, 10:02:27 AMNot using a VPN are you Mick? I've heard they can often cause issues like yours especially if the IP address of the forum has changed possibly from the reboot.

No VPN in use, John.

In the last few days I suffered a malfunction in my BT router whereby just the NGF site kept timing out. All other sites worked perfectly, yet both on my mobile and my laptop the forum would not connect
Following a suggestion from 'The Boss' I disconnected my phone from the router and immediately accessed the forum. As all other sites were not an issue, this suggested a problem with BT/EE and their router. They were not exactly helpful, suggesting the forum licence had maybe expired and insisting nothing was down to them. Finally, I turned off the router Friday night, turned it back on Saturday morning and, behold, all was fine with the world and the NGF.
Would a router block one particular website? I don't know.
Do I trust BT/EE? Not one jot. Surely the first thing a tech helpline would suggest is "have you switched it off and back on again?"
Anyway, all is well now........................until the next time

First thing that came to my mind. It usually works here