Some people are having trouble getting on the site

Rene_A · Trick Member Joined: 17 Aug 2007 Location: :o Springfield

Some people are having some trouble getting on, when they try to go on it acts as if the website is down. One user claims to not have been able to get on for 2 days now.
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FirstClass · Trick Member Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Location: London, UK

Same here. I am not able to view the site from my browser since yesterday, it gives the "page cannot be displayed" error. However it works perfectly fine when I go through a proxy website. I am actually writing this via a proxy website and its not fun, its very slow. I thought I was the only one experienceing trouble but it seems that its not.

Has DDRFreak been blocking certain ISPs or IP addresses recently? That could explain why going through a proxy isnt affected byt direct access is affected. Alternatively, could DDRFreak.com be on ISP's blacklist.

I am on Virgin Media broadband, the predecessor company NTL/Blueyonder once had Hi5 (the social networking website) on the blacklist for some reason. NTL/Blueyonder used a website blacklist ran by a specific company which was used by several ISPs. HI5 was removed from the blacklist a few weeks later. The same problem could be occuring with DDRFreak.com

videoCWK · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jun 2006 Location: woh

This would certainly explain the feeling of aloneness on the boards. I was under the impression that everyone was out somewhere, having a life. But now that I've seen this I've left my state of insanity and realized once again that that isn't going to happen.
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J Dogg · Administrator Joined: 16 Jan 2002 Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Is this still happening? If it happens again, can you post the complete error code and message? Thanks.
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gasm · Trick Member Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Location: Montreal

I have been able to get on perfectly, but Pluto says that didder wont even load for her. Even after leaving a tab open for 10 minutes, nothing happened.
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Valex · Trick Member Joined: 13 Jul 2006 Location: Lindenhurst, NY

I have the same problem Pluto has, I leave a tab open for a very long time and nothing happens, ever

Thus, I don't get an error message, it just keeps on loading for infinity

Interestingly, it works just fine on my laptop, which is actually using someone else's wireless because mine isn't working for some reason :-/

My regular computer uses a cable modem
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gasm · Trick Member Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Location: Montreal

I tried earlier on my mother's computer (which used the same connection as my laptop) and it didn't work.

Maybe only people with laptops can get on

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Zonic · Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:33 pm Post subject:

Works just fine for me, but could be cuz I'm on a laptop. Yet for some reason, other sites that I'm trying to get on won't work, so it's kinda the opposite...

Nevermind, it was something w/ my Wi-Fi router.

FirstClass · Trick Member Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Location: London, UK

Still doesnt work, no error codes or anything just

Cannot find server or DNS Error
Internet Explorer

As you can see the page loads fine via a proxy but doesnt directly. I hope its OK to post large images here, if not, sorry... mods can always change it to a link.

Tomo_kun · Trick Member Joined: 26 Oct 2003 Location: SE-WI.

Im on a MacBook, 3rd generation running leopard and safari 3, and the website is working just fine for me.

Maybe its an internet explorer issue?
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Reenee · Trick Member Joined: 21 Nov 2003

No, it's happening to me in Safari. It's the server not found/DNS thing.

Zonic · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:59 pm Post subject:

VxJasonxV · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:02 pm Post subject:

It's not a Laptop issue.
It's not an IE/Opera/Firefox/Lynx issue.
It's not a wi-fi vs. wired issue.

It's not an ISP issue, it *may* be a regional ISP issue. (Example: Comcast in Colorado may not be affected while Comcast in New Mexico may).

My two cents here is that my friend just told me that "No one from New Mexico has been able to access the site for 5 days."

While I think there are two exaggerations here that don't really help, there's an underlying issue that has yet to be figured out.

This is not an IP blocking issue because the site would load and give a "You Are Banned" message.

Tenchi50 · Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 4:37 pm Post subject:

yea i havent been able to get on all weekend.

using proxy now. I get the same error as FirstClass when i try to get on normally. and no parts of the site work for me, in or out of the forums.
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DJTyrant · Maniac Member Joined: 25 Jan 2002 Location: Ventura, CA

I have talked to a few friends and they have the problem too.

I can't access DDRFreak on my desktop (XP SP2/latest FF) but my laptop works fine (Vista/latest FF).
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Zonic · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:20 am Post subject:

Seems people from here are talking about it on BemaniStyle.

Tenchi50 · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:37 am Post subject:

It's not a problem with my laptop, which is what I almost always use. I can get on the site just fine on it at school, but not at home.
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GeeForce · Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:59 am Post subject:

I haven't been able to get on either (laptop or desktop), just get the standard Firefox "server not found." Upon the suggestion of those on BMS, I'm viewing from a proxy right now.

Macomb, MI Comcast, XP SP2 and latest FF on both (if that makes a bit of difference).
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