PBW Down? - Back up! - Page 17

Slynky · #**161** August 9th, 2003, 07:06 PM

Well, I wouldn't think a T1 was needed. Speed was never a problem for me on PBW.

Personally, he should get some reimbursement for his time and have money to maintain it.

SamuraiProgrammer · #**162** August 9th, 2003, 07:21 PM

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Originally posted by georgig:

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Originally posted by geoschmo:

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Originally posted by Slynky:
Geo, can you say, cable? (starting to look like your only hope)

Cable is not an option. I can get cable broadband, but my local cable provider does not offer a static IP, even at a premium. I might be able to get away with running a server since the IP #'s stay pretty stable unless the modem is reset. But I'd have to have the URL repointed occasionally.
www.no-ip.com? i am with a cable here with dhcp which expires every 3 hours and i have zele.sytes.net pointing on my current ip all the time (given the pc is on )
anyway i think this is good rest for some of us

Yes, but would the realtime client crash everytime the ip was reassigned?

geoschmo · #**163** August 9th, 2003, 11:12 PM

No joy. The phone company guy came out today and fixed the phone line problem. But still no DSL.

I called the DSL company back. They said it's passing the line test it was failing before, but apparently there is still a problem. They are sending out another tech to run it down.

They said by Wedsday, but the guy at the help desk said if I call back Monday morning and talk to the dispatch people I might be able to get it bumped up.

The saga continues...

Grandpa Kim · #**164** August 10th, 2003, 12:20 AM

Arrrrrrrgh!

Let's see, how can I put this....

%*&#&$@&^#&()%$@^

The trouble is this type of runaround is so normal an everyday occurance that it is almost predictable.

Merry Jolkar · #**165** August 10th, 2003, 01:03 AM

Well, hang in there Geo! Thanks for dealing with this hassle on all our behalf. The depth of frustration everyone is feeling is an indication of how much the PBW site means to us all. Your efforts are very, very much appreciated!

DavidG · #**166** August 10th, 2003, 01:11 AM

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Originally posted by geoschmo:
I called the DSL company back. They said it's passing the line test it was failing before, but apparently there is still a problem. They are sending out another tech to run it down.

How typical. So I guess the DSL guys found some problem with the phone line so stopped looking for the real problem.

geoschmo · #**167** August 10th, 2003, 01:46 AM

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Originally posted by DavidG:
How typical. So I guess the DSL guys found some problem with the phone line so stopped looking for the real problem.

That is kind of what I am thinking happened as well. It's possible this line problem has been around teh whole time and I just wasn't aware of it cause the problem it caused with the voice line was intermittant and minor.

Trying to find the silver lining maybe fixing the line problem will have a positive effect on the DSL performance. When I got it setup originally Last year they had to set it at half speed over what was advertised because the conection dropped all the time when running at full speed. Maybe this will fix that. Or maybe not. Probably won't make a lot of difference for the website either way though.

General Woundwort · #**168** August 10th, 2003, 01:57 AM

Since there may be a faint glimmer of light at the end of this bleak tunnel, perhaps we should start thinking of the logistics of getting the games up and running again. Should we do a reset to one turn prior to the collapse? Set all games to ALPU until everyone gets back up to speed?

geoschmo · #**169** August 10th, 2003, 02:57 AM

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Originally posted by General Woundwort:
Since there may be a faint glimmer of light at the end of this bleak tunnel, perhaps we should start thinking of the logistics of getting the games up and running again. Should we do a reset to one turn prior to the collapse? Set all games to ALPU until everyone gets back up to speed?

This is already handled.

All games are already set to ALPU in effect as long as I have auto processing turned off. Even if the game itself is set to automatic turns they will not run.

The great majority of games will not need set back at all. Only those that processed a turn during the 6-8 hours before I could get to the server and turn off the auto processing that day. The small handful that need set back can be handled on a one-on-one basis by the game owner. If they have teh files for each turn they can do it themselves. If they don't they can contact the PBW admins to get the files needed.

Geoschmo

Thermodyne · #**170** August 10th, 2003, 03:14 AM

I have a satellite uplink system that I don�t use much. Should I FedEx it?