Someone please reboot the FR server!

FreeRepublic.com ^ | 2/28/2026 | montag813

[montag813]

Been getting a lot of 500 errors and other issues, as many have noted, and site slowing down notably.

Please reboot the server!

[montag813]

Hopefully this isn’t the IRGC or Kim Jong Dong’s doing

[Secret Agent Man]

Given what hapoened today, I believe there are forces hammering on our US internet resources today. I have experienced problems going on across multiple sites I use everyday, today.

[telescope115]

I just logged in- it’s been a little slow for me…

[MileHi]

Did you try unplugging it and plugging it back in?

[Repeal The 17th]

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[hole_n_one]

[BradyLS]

R U Log-N?

[cowboyusa]

Likely heavy traffic than usual

[Bullish]

Hang in there, we're working on it.

[Celtic Conservative]

Have they tried unplugging it and then plugging it back in?

CC

[Celtic Conservative]

Have they tried unplugging it and then plugging it back in?

CC

[shotgun]

If you think this slow for a massive news story day, you should have been here in 1998

[Gil4]

You go to other sites?

[dayglored]

I've see slowness and a few problems too. Likely causes:

• Internet busy due to Big News
• FR server busy due to Big News
• Possible cyber attacks, not necessarily to FR, but to the US internet
• Throttling on the FR server because bandwidth is money and the FReepathon is WAY BEHIND. We should be at 65% or more by now, and we're not even to 40%!! WTH FReepers?!?

If I were the Robinsons I'd be strongly inclined to trim costs a little until the FReepathon starts hauling azz. Assuming it does. It better. Just sayin'.

I just now kicked in a chunk on top of my monthly. We gotta get this thing rolling.

[bigbob]

Real computers running actual operating systems don’t need to be reboots just to make them work right.

[WhoisAlanGreenspan?]

I know I’m one of the newbie 98’s around here, but your maybe the oldest I’ve ever seen at 1998-05-18

[dagunk]

Reboot? That’s a Windows fix.
Me unix snob (me ducks...).
Longest I had one last was 437 days. Power outage longer than the UPS capacity.

[Allegra]

Thailand??

[Varsity Flight]

Picking up again now:

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=then+came+bronson&&view=detail&mid=36A183E3C704A3BD7C5B36A183E3C704A3BD7C5B&&FORM=VRDGAR