Anyone having problems accessing driverheaven lately?

Zardon · Jun 28, 2004, 05:32 PM

The reason im asking is due to the fact blade and a few other members are experiencing issues even getting to driverheaven at all. Now there is a possibility its routing and there is a possibility its our firewall, which while wonderful at stopping DOS (Denial of service) attacks (which it has done successfully several times since we introduced it), might be blocking some members - we have been doing some fine tweaking in the past to hopefully stop this from happening.

I guess if you cant see the site you wont see this but I know alot of you guys talk to each other on MSN, so if anyone is having issues let us know and we can look into it.

If you cant get onto Driverheaven, my first course of action to you to test is to try a free public proxy server, then we need to work out if its routing/your isp or an overactive server firewall.....

Let me also stress that while this shouldnt necessary mean you would get blocked ---- try and refrain from large amounts of refreshing continually on a page.

No_Style · Jun 28, 2004, 05:53 PM

No problems at all here Z. But I am surprised that people would want to attack DH with DOS attacks. Surprised to see we have enemies

Chaos · Jun 28, 2004, 06:50 PM

all fine here

Jazzyjazz2004 · Jun 28, 2004, 07:06 PM

No Sir-ree Mr. ZARDON...

I am enjoying your site as usual.

Jazzyjazz

***craig5320*** · Jun 28, 2004, 08:03 PM

Neon Reported increasing the HTTP Connections from Default 2 to 10+ caused the server to detect the activity as a DOS attack. So if you are having problems state whether you use such an optimization.

**MIG-31** · Jun 28, 2004, 08:08 PM

no problems, everything is very good for me.quick access around 98% of the time.just for a short while yesterday things were a little slow for a short time.

Asmoday · Jun 28, 2004, 08:34 PM

The fronpage is a bit slow for me....but the forums is as fast as usual...

Andrew275 · Jun 29, 2004, 01:54 AM

I turned off the part of our firewall that was responsible for blocking people.

blade5545 · Jun 29, 2004, 06:43 AM

I sent an email about this to Zardon earlier today the only way I can access this site is through a proxy, the one that I am using happens to located in Germany. This started two days ago, I havent made any tweaks to the system, and I havent made any registry changes to improve my connection so I dont know why this is happening. I have no problems with any other site, driverheaven.net is the only site that I am having problems with I cant access it at all I get page cannot be displayed or it just times out. I cant ping or tracert the site. I tried clearing out all the temp files, clearing out all the cookies, clearing out history, restoring IE defaults, rebooting, reseting the dsl modem, reseting the router, and tried even using Firefox browser and I still cant access it, the only way is through a proxy thats it, my ip address right now is 141.20.103.68 which is a public proxy in Regensburg, Germany and I am in freaking Texas.HELP????!!!!!

blown503 · Jun 29, 2004, 07:09 AM

Fast as hot pudding here in Indiana, USA.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Jul 1, 2004, 04:19 AM

it's back to blocking certain IP's

yet again ...... I was blocked for the ump teenth time

I just had to force my ip to change since I was unable to get on for 8 hours...

I have to cange my mac aress ... re resister through my ISP setup page ... reset my router... and and do a repair network

every time this happens

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/showthre...threadid=43711

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Jul 1, 2004, 04:34 AM

i can access the site....just the main page it killing me....very upresponsive still..

Falstaff · Jul 2, 2004, 03:21 AM

dont have any problems if I access the site in the morning...get server busy messages in the evenings here in colorado....

Judas · Jul 2, 2004, 04:30 AM

appears to be loading Extremely fast once again....front page loads in less then a second..

~~Sourcer_2002~~ · Jul 2, 2004, 04:32 AM

Yep very speedy here once again...just the way i like it!!! lol

Falstaff · Jul 2, 2004, 04:33 AM

no problems this evening...but Murphys law says.........

blade5545 · Jul 3, 2004, 02:08 AM

This sucks I am still unable to access driverheaven normally and I have a dynamic ip so I dont think its a problem with my ip being blocked, but going through a proxy is still the only way that I can get here for the past week and it really sucks beacuse its very slow going through a proxy

Driver 7 · Jul 3, 2004, 03:22 AM

Ya I have not been able to access From My IP Address for about 1 to 2 weeks now. I rerouted my internet through a different address so I could access which is why I never mentioned it. I thought it was probally something on my end. If you could make my IP work that would be awesome. My IP address that wont access DH is 24.85.86.162
and the one that works is 64.40.98.184

Grats

Zardon · Jul 3, 2004, 09:34 AM

check now driver.....

Danhill · Jul 3, 2004, 09:36 AM

Yes I had a few problems, the front page takes long time to load and for the most time I get "page cannot be found" it helps after a couple of refreshes.

The forum is normal.

Driver 7 · Jul 4, 2004, 02:11 AM

Yep. That did the trick. Thank man

riles9262 · Jul 4, 2004, 04:20 AM

Access has been just fine.

blade5545 · Jul 5, 2004, 11:02 PM

Yea I know what you guys are thinking its your system stupid, well I hooked up my old Win98 laptop to my network and guess what SAME PROBLEM!?? I can access anything on the internet except www.hardwareheaven.com, I dont know what the problem is but if this helps my current ip which is dynamic that has been issued to me is 66.143.166.62

kelston · Jul 5, 2004, 11:09 PM

No problems here and I use the HTTP connections tweak.

Only issue is that the front page takes a while to load.

blade5545 · Jul 5, 2004, 11:58 PM

This is weird I went to Linksys site and I saw a new firmware for my router i updated it and I had reset all the pppoe settings for dsl on the router and I also got new ip since I had to reconnect to sbc network and now I able to connect to driverheaven.net normally for the first time.

Jun 28, 2004, 05:32 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Anyone having problems accessing driverheaven lately? The reason im asking is due to the fact blade and a few other members are experiencing issues even getting to driverheaven at all. Now there is a possibility its routing and there is a possibility its our firewall, which while wonderful at stopping DOS (Denial of service) attacks (which it has done successfully several times since we introduced it), might be blocking some members - we have been doing some fine tweaking in the past to hopefully stop this from happening. I guess if you cant see the site you wont see this but I know alot of you guys talk to each other on MSN, so if anyone is having issues let us know and we can look into it. If you cant get onto Driverheaven, my first course of action to you to test is to try a free public proxy server, then we need to work out if its routing/your isp or an overactive server firewall..... Let me also stress that while this shouldnt necessary mean you would get blocked ---- try and refrain from large amounts of refreshing continually on a page.

Jun 28, 2004, 05:53 PM	#2
No_Style Styleless Wonder Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ontario Posts: 6,034 Rep Power: 0	Nope. No problems at all here Z. But I am surprised that people would want to attack DH with DOS attacks. Surprised to see we have enemies __________________ "The Best Style Is No Style" Specifications Here

Jun 28, 2004, 06:50 PM	#3
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,268 Rep Power: 167 System Specs	all fine here __________________

Jun 28, 2004, 07:06 PM	#4
Jazzyjazz2004 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 64 Rep Power: 0	No Sir-ree Mr. ZARDON... I am enjoying your site as usual. Jazzyjazz __________________ nVidia 5900 XT @ 351\303,Abit NF7-2 Rev. 2, Athlon XP 2500 MOBILE @ 210*12@1.825V = 2520 Mhz, SLK-947-U HS, 512 MB Corsair 3000 ddr @ 210 Mhz, 200 GB Western Digital SATA, Lite On Cd-Rw/DvD Combo Drive, Antec TruPower 480W PS

Jun 28, 2004, 08:03 PM	#5
*craig5320* HH Administrator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 8,565 Rep Power: 445 System Specs	Neon Reported increasing the HTTP Connections from Default 2 to 10+ caused the server to detect the activity as a DOS attack. So if you are having problems state whether you use such an optimization. __________________ HardwareHeaven on Facebook

Jun 28, 2004, 08:08 PM	#6
MIG-31 HardwareHeaven News Mod Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Nottingham,UK Posts: 56,818 Rep Power: 471 System Specs	no problems, everything is very good for me.quick access around 98% of the time.just for a short while yesterday things were a little slow for a short time. __________________ Please Post Your News Submissions Here

Jun 28, 2004, 08:34 PM	#7
Asmoday Demonic Join Date: May 2002 Location: In the cold, dark north... Posts: 5,198 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	The fronpage is a bit slow for me....but the forums is as fast as usual... __________________ How You can help Hardwareheaven by using Digg

Jun 29, 2004, 01:54 AM	#8
Andrew275 Custom User Title Join Date: May 2002 Location: Washington Posts: 1,125 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I turned off the part of our firewall that was responsible for blocking people.

Jun 29, 2004, 06:43 AM	#9
blade5545 Shoots first ask's questions later Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin,TX Posts: 330 Rep Power: 0	I sent an email about this to Zardon earlier today the only way I can access this site is through a proxy, the one that I am using happens to located in Germany. This started two days ago, I havent made any tweaks to the system, and I havent made any registry changes to improve my connection so I dont know why this is happening. I have no problems with any other site, driverheaven.net is the only site that I am having problems with I cant access it at all I get page cannot be displayed or it just times out. I cant ping or tracert the site. I tried clearing out all the temp files, clearing out all the cookies, clearing out history, restoring IE defaults, rebooting, reseting the dsl modem, reseting the router, and tried even using Firefox browser and I still cant access it, the only way is through a proxy thats it, my ip address right now is 141.20.103.68 which is a public proxy in Regensburg, Germany and I am in freaking Texas.HELP????!!!!! __________________ Dell Inspiron 700m 2 ghz Intel Mobile 2mb L2 cache 12.1 Ultrabrite 1.25 gig ram 80gig hdd 8x DVD-RW 4.5lbs 1.5" thick 5 hours battery DFI NF4 Ultra - D AMD Winchester 64 3200+ @4125+ 2.62ghz sold Swiftech H20-120-BB REV. 3 LIQUID COOLING KIT 2x512 OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel sold Platinum Rev 2 OCZ POWERSTREAM 520W sold ATI X700 PRO SEAGATE 160GIG SATA Windows XP PRO SP2 / PearPC - Apple OS X 10.2 Unknown "The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself."

Jun 29, 2004, 07:09 AM	#10
blown503 HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: S. Indiana Posts: 573 Rep Power: 0	Fast as hot pudding here in Indiana, USA. __________________

Jul 1, 2004, 04:19 AM	#11
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	it's back to blocking certain IP's yet again ...... I was blocked for the ump teenth time I just had to force my ip to change since I was unable to get on for 8 hours... I have to cange my mac aress ... re resister through my ISP setup page ... reset my router... and and do a repair network every time this happens http://www.hardwareheaven.com/showthre...threadid=43711 __________________

Jul 1, 2004, 04:34 AM	#12
~~Sourcer_2002~~ BANNED Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Indiana , USA Posts: 2,677 Rep Power: 0	i can access the site....just the main page it killing me....very upresponsive still..

Jul 2, 2004, 03:21 AM	#13
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	dont have any problems if I access the site in the morning...get server busy messages in the evenings here in colorado.... __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Jul 2, 2004, 04:32 AM	#15
~~Sourcer_2002~~ BANNED Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Indiana , USA Posts: 2,677 Rep Power: 0	Yep very speedy here once again...just the way i like it!!! lol

Jul 2, 2004, 04:33 AM	#16
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	no problems this evening...but Murphys law says......... __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Jul 4, 2004, 02:11 AM	#21
Driver 7 Discombobulated NVidiot Join Date: May 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC - CANADA Posts: 1,015 Rep Power: 0	Yep. That did the trick. Thank man __________________ [COLOR=Black]Asus A8N Deluxe SLI, AMD64 4200 X2 Dual Core, 2x 6800's, Corsair TwinX PC4000 DDR500, Yamaha F1 cdrw, Soundblaster Audigy 2, 2 SATA 120 gig Maxtor HD's, Raid 0 array, Altec Lancing 5.1 Surround Speakers, Thermaltake Xaser III Case, Stealth 470w Power supply, 21.3" Samsung widescreen, MX1000 Lazer mouse.[/COLOR]

Jul 3, 2004, 02:08 AM	#17
blade5545 Shoots first ask's questions later Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin,TX Posts: 330 Rep Power: 0	This sucks I am still unable to access driverheaven normally and I have a dynamic ip so I dont think its a problem with my ip being blocked, but going through a proxy is still the only way that I can get here for the past week and it really sucks beacuse its very slow going through a proxy __________________ Dell Inspiron 700m 2 ghz Intel Mobile 2mb L2 cache 12.1 Ultrabrite 1.25 gig ram 80gig hdd 8x DVD-RW 4.5lbs 1.5" thick 5 hours battery DFI NF4 Ultra - D AMD Winchester 64 3200+ @4125+ 2.62ghz sold Swiftech H20-120-BB REV. 3 LIQUID COOLING KIT 2x512 OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel sold Platinum Rev 2 OCZ POWERSTREAM 520W sold ATI X700 PRO SEAGATE 160GIG SATA Windows XP PRO SP2 / PearPC - Apple OS X 10.2 Unknown "The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself."

Jul 3, 2004, 03:22 AM	#18
Driver 7 Discombobulated NVidiot Join Date: May 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC - CANADA Posts: 1,015 Rep Power: 0	Ya I have not been able to access From My IP Address for about 1 to 2 weeks now. I rerouted my internet through a different address so I could access which is why I never mentioned it. I thought it was probally something on my end. If you could make my IP work that would be awesome. My IP address that wont access DH is 24.85.86.162 and the one that works is 64.40.98.184 Grats __________________ [COLOR=Black]Asus A8N Deluxe SLI, AMD64 4200 X2 Dual Core, 2x 6800's, Corsair TwinX PC4000 DDR500, Yamaha F1 cdrw, Soundblaster Audigy 2, 2 SATA 120 gig Maxtor HD's, Raid 0 array, Altec Lancing 5.1 Surround Speakers, Thermaltake Xaser III Case, Stealth 470w Power supply, 21.3" Samsung widescreen, MX1000 Lazer mouse.[/COLOR]

Jul 3, 2004, 09:34 AM	Thread Starter #19
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	check now driver.....

Jul 3, 2004, 09:36 AM	#20
Danhill DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sweden Posts: 4,112 Rep Power: 0	Yes I had a few problems, the front page takes long time to load and for the most time I get "page cannot be found" it helps after a couple of refreshes. The forum is normal. __________________ MOBO: [color=white]ASUS A8N-SLI Premium[/color] CPU: AMD 64 3200+ (Venice) @ 2,50 Ghz MEM: 2 x 512 DDR 466, VGA: 2 x 6600 GT in SLI, HDD1: WD Raptor HDD2: Maxtor Diamond Plus 9, Case: Antec Plus View 1080, PSU: ThermalTake PurePower 500W, MX 1000, Dell 2001 FP, Aud. 2 SZ

Jul 4, 2004, 04:20 AM	#22
riles9262 Driverheaven brewmaster Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,842 Rep Power: 72 System Specs	Access has been just fine. __________________ A beer a day keeps the doctor away.

Jul 5, 2004, 11:02 PM	#23
blade5545 Shoots first ask's questions later Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin,TX Posts: 330 Rep Power: 0	Yea I know what you guys are thinking its your system stupid, well I hooked up my old Win98 laptop to my network and guess what SAME PROBLEM!?? I can access anything on the internet except www.hardwareheaven.com, I dont know what the problem is but if this helps my current ip which is dynamic that has been issued to me is 66.143.166.62 __________________ Dell Inspiron 700m 2 ghz Intel Mobile 2mb L2 cache 12.1 Ultrabrite 1.25 gig ram 80gig hdd 8x DVD-RW 4.5lbs 1.5" thick 5 hours battery DFI NF4 Ultra - D AMD Winchester 64 3200+ @4125+ 2.62ghz sold Swiftech H20-120-BB REV. 3 LIQUID COOLING KIT 2x512 OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel sold Platinum Rev 2 OCZ POWERSTREAM 520W sold ATI X700 PRO SEAGATE 160GIG SATA Windows XP PRO SP2 / PearPC - Apple OS X 10.2 Unknown "The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself."

Jul 5, 2004, 11:09 PM	#24
kelston HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: May 2003 Location: Bayside, NY USA Posts: 360 Rep Power: 0	No problems here and I use the HTTP connections tweak. Only issue is that the front page takes a while to load.

Jul 5, 2004, 11:58 PM	#25
blade5545 Shoots first ask's questions later Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin,TX Posts: 330 Rep Power: 0	This is weird I went to Linksys site and I saw a new firmware for my router i updated it and I had reset all the pppoe settings for dsl on the router and I also got new ip since I had to reconnect to sbc network and now I able to connect to driverheaven.net normally for the first time. __________________ Dell Inspiron 700m 2 ghz Intel Mobile 2mb L2 cache 12.1 Ultrabrite 1.25 gig ram 80gig hdd 8x DVD-RW 4.5lbs 1.5" thick 5 hours battery DFI NF4 Ultra - D AMD Winchester 64 3200+ @4125+ 2.62ghz sold Swiftech H20-120-BB REV. 3 LIQUID COOLING KIT 2x512 OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel sold Platinum Rev 2 OCZ POWERSTREAM 520W sold ATI X700 PRO SEAGATE 160GIG SATA Windows XP PRO SP2 / PearPC - Apple OS X 10.2 Unknown "The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself."