What is going on with FR?

[Vision]

A server crashed, ok. But why have I not been able to get on FR at home since Saturday night, but FR is accessible at work?

[Revelation 911]

same problem here

[bboop]

I’ve had that same problem. Super-fast here at home, with two live-in computer tekkies, but I couldn’t get FR most of the weekend. I did get on yesterday at work on an old beater of a computer system. If I remember, tho, things were topsy-turvy and old stuff was coming up.

[InvisibleChurch]

my mac connection, hooked up to the comcast cable, stinks, but i can sit here with my iphone and get instant access ... but the screen is sooooo small.

sadness

[NCC-1701]

How would you clear the problem on an iPad and/or iPhone? I had trouble loading FR on my iPad the last few days.

[GreenAccord]

Looks like a phone shut-off-and-turn-on is the way to do this.

[NCC-1701]

Thanks GA. Got it back. Working like a champ right now.

[windcliff]

ping

[Clara Lou]

I have a PC. Since the server went down, the only problem for me has been incredibly slow page loading/reloading. I did the recommended DNS flush. No effect.
I put poobear’s http://209.157.64.200/ in the address bar. No effect
I then went to my Mac laptop. Exactly the same incredibly slow page loading/reloading for FR.
This is driving me crazy.

[poobear]

Strange. The http://209.157.64.200/ works great for me. I'm on a PC with Firefox. Firefox hates everything. Maybe clean up your cookies and temp files. Other than that, I'm no computer geek. Lots of them here on FR. Try and find a “Tech Ping” thread and ask an expert. Good luck.

[xsmommy]

Glad someone asked, that someone answered and that i saw this. FINALLY working again on my phone! Thanks!

[poobear]

Try pinging ShadowAce the Tech Ping King.

[Clara Lou]

Udate:
I restarted my PC a second time (first time this morning after updating iTunes). Voila. Things are much better.

[Nea Wood]

I had the exact same problem...couldn’t get in FR at home, but work was fine! :-)

[onedoug]

Finally! Good gosh.

[ShadowAce]

[w1andsodidwe]

I had not been able to get of FR since yesterday at 5:00 PM at work until about 45 minutes ago, but my Blackberry could access it just fine.

I have been monitoring and very few others were complaining on channels I had access to (Facebook and Yahoo groups). I would see a posting "Slow in SC" or something like that, but I had no access whatsoever.

I can't figure out why some areas could get it and not others. I am closer to the servers than most who had access.

[w1andsodidwe]

I tried that address and it did me no good.

[DCPatriot]

The government is running tests to see exactly how they can shut down sites in sections of the country.

Bet on it.

[nutmeg]

My PC was recently tuned up. All sites working perfectly except FR, which has been spotty or running painfully slow since the weekend.

Update 5:45 ET - FR seems slightly better now....

[Keith in Iowa]

Here’s what I did to fix the slow as molasses on my mac:

1. Went into the configuration on my Linksys WAP/Router and put in some static DNS servers - using Google’s Free DNS... and 3rd entry my ISP’s DNS.

2. Flushed the DNS cache on my MacBook Pro: http://www.mactricksandtips.com/2009/01/clearing-your-dns-cache.html

Working like a charm now.