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Title: Can't get bay12 forums to run on desktop computer
Post by: Thrain on January 30, 2016, 09:48:24 pm

I have recently started having a problem where I cannot make the bay12games forum run in chrome on my desktop computer. I also attempted to use internet explorer and that didn't work either. In both cases all I get is "ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT". Anyone have any ideas for fixing this?

Title: Re: Can't get bay12 forums to run on desktop computer
Post by: Thief^ on February 01, 2016, 05:12:37 am

Either you have something dodgy on your PC which is blocking or redirecting the connection attempt, or the problem is with your internet connection.

It's unlikely to be browser specific.

Try opening a command prompt (on windows the easiest way is to press the "windows logo" + "R" keys on your keyboard, type in "cmd" and press enter) and then type in:
ping www.bay12forums.com
(and press enter).

It should quite quickly say something like:

Pinging www.bay12forums.com [97.107.128.126] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 97.107.128.126: bytes=32 time=97ms TTL=54
Reply from 97.107.128.126: bytes=32 time=97ms TTL=54
Reply from 97.107.128.126: bytes=32 time=97ms TTL=54
Reply from 97.107.128.126: bytes=32 time=97ms TTL=54

Ping statistics for 97.107.128.126:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 97ms, Maximum = 97ms, Average = 97ms

This should quickly confirm whether you have any connection to the forums at all or whether it is specific to loading web pages.

If it shows any/all as "lost" or "timed out" etc then you have an actual connection problem. If the IP address (string of 4 numbers at the start) is not 97.107.128.126, you have something interfering with the connection.

EDIT: I assume you can get to other sites?

Title: Re: Can't get bay12 forums to run on desktop computer
Post by: Thrain on February 01, 2016, 09:53:31 pm

I can connect to most other sites, I have noticed in the past few days that more sites are timing out on me. I also have found www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ works fine. The only site that consistently won't connect is the bay forums. I also tried the cmd ping and it consistently timed out.

I tried a tracert command as well and that worked fine for six hops before it started timing out as well. I've tried what little I know, and have done my best to check that my computer's firewall as well as the modem are not blocking the webpage.   

Title: Re: Can't get bay12 forums to run on desktop computer
Post by: Bumber on February 01, 2016, 10:13:41 pm

ipconfig /flushdns

Just a wild guess.

Title: Re: Can't get bay12 forums to run on desktop computer
Post by: Thief^ on February 02, 2016, 04:26:06 am

Quote from: Thrain on February 01, 2016, 09:53:31 pm

I tried a tracert command as well and that worked fine for six hops before it started timing out as well.

That sounds like an ISP-level fault. Once you're past the first hop or two, it's not your issue any more, it's well and truly out on the internet.