I haven’t been able to access the domain (builder, d.b.o, chat, etc.) since this morning and https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/blender.org says it’s not just me. However I asked on a facebook group and people report it working just fine. Any idea what could be happening ? Does the domain redirect the user on a different server depending on where they acess the internet from (I’m at the end of the east african cable) ? and that server is down ? should I just wait it out ? I was hoping to get the 3.1.2 corrective release to continue my work safely.
Cheers,
Hadrien
nb there really isn’t a category to post this is so I hope this one is fine
Thanks for double checking guys. @silex what’s IRS ?
It’s really weird… the rest of the internet works fine, but any subdomains of Blender.org are just inaccessible to me. I’m at home, it’s not like my requests are being filtered or anything.
Subdomains like developer or store working for me.
May just an issue with dns cache, have you tried restart router and pc, or specially with win10 updates that running in in the background i have seen weird behavior.
So, it’s happening again. This time I immediately restarted Firefox, the computer, and the box… and it still doesn’t work. This is really really weird. Is there an email address I can contact, webmaster, something ? can someone check for me please ?
I run windows, yes I have access to my router. It’s a run of the mill dsl box : http://static.s-sfr.fr/media/ppf_fiche_materiel_nb6vac.png I have access to a config webpage, I assume I would have to check in there but not sure where, it’s chock full of settings…
I’ll do just that, thanks for the link. In the meantime, the domain is accessible once again. It seems like the downtime lasted no longer than an hour and a half, similar to yesterday.
Edit : I tried, and will try once again if and when blender.org becomes inaccessible again. Now the link says several things that seem to indicate the DNS cache is likely not the problem :
The DNS cache affects all internet traffic on your PC, so if you’re having trouble with only one program or a single website, the problem probably isn’t your DNS cache.
and that restarting the computer would have solved it anyway :
The DNS cache is not stored as a file on your PC, it is stored in system memory. System memory gets cleared every time your computer powers off, which is part of the reason why restarting your computer fixes so many problems. It also means the simplest way to flush your DNS cache is to restart your PC.
Pinging blender.org works fine, but that’s expected since I can access it from Firefox anyway. I’ll have to retry that tomorrow, I guess…
If it happens again, you can test to browse blender.org from your mobile via your wlan to check the way from your router is not the reason. If the mobile works the problem is narrowed down to the windows.
Is the mobile have the same issue, then your router is the cause. Try firmware update to the latest version.
