DSLReports Deadlink Now, No more message!

Ultibeam

Update 2/1 Site has returned, but in read only mode and members can log-in for 5 minutes, at the top of the hour. Looks like they're allowing people to IM each other and retrieve their data. This is a welcome change, but this confirms the site is never coming back.

It started, I'm not getting a 502 or 504 message anymore.

This was reported on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/dslreports/comments/1i9ckau/unable_to_connect/

VerizonLover

Ultibeam

Same:

cypherstream

Nginx finally shut down.

Though interestingly it still pings.

PING dslreports.com (64.91.255.98)
44 bytes from 64.91.255.98 : icmp_seq=0 ttl=57 time=48 ms
44 bytes from 64.91.255.98 : icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=44 ms
44 bytes from 64.91.255.98 : icmp_seq=2 ttl=57 time=50 ms
44 bytes from 64.91.255.98 : icmp_seq=3 ttl=57 time=49 ms
--- dslreports.com ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, lost 0.0 %

broknsymetry

This is what I get...

HFB1217

another source

DrStrange

Ping and DNS still working. Looks like nginx server was shut off.

broknsymetry

Even the i.dslr.net no longer responds. He's dead, Jim...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH7KYmGnj40

egeezer

https://centralops.net/co/ can provide more insight and status.

dave

ECONNREFUSED means your TCP SYN got to the destination IP address but there is nothing listening on the destination port.

HFB1217

I was the first Outsider to know of this suicide pact when the Moderator Mike had the courage and consideration to break the silence pact. I had been an original Moderator in the early days of 2000 and we had worked together so he Trusted and Informed me of all of t In turn I sent emails to trusted and site important well known Members with the intention to quietly reveal this travesty and possibly keep the lights on. All this revealings had to be done quietly so as to prevent being barred or deleted from the Dslr Site I was then told further on by Mike that "SHE" has decided not to sell or to allow the transfer of ownership but to just KILL the site. The "She" who was the head powers and had "The Justin Proxy" could only have been Cabana as she ran the site in conjunction with Justin and then in his stead although it was said that Justin was involved in the final decision.
As well as the site closing the providers that furnished Server Hosting and ISP service were not paid and past do Billing was not acknowledged all contact points were shut down by Dslr and some false ones created so Liquidweb served papers to foreclose and then they have taken possession of Dslr after the site shutdown was already and done by the Management of Dslr. prior to the serving of the papers So we were not the only ones deceived and lied to by them
DrStrange had told me and he had setup an emergency contact place on Hoo-Lee-fooks in the stead and also a place for contact was made at reddit Thankfully while we tried to ameliorate and setup alternatives SLC_96 came to the rescue with this New Home "Broadband Bulletin Forum" and we are thankful and no longer are we the Homeless Dslr Gypsies. At this point in time, it is said there are almost 500 of our compatriots who have joined us here and I am sure as the word spreads many more of our Dslreports family will be here as our people come Home.

Jbob

HFB1217
Who is the "She" mentioned in your post. She Mod from Cabana?

andre2

The plot thickens. There is a new page saying "dslreports.com is currently on a vacation". Reported at https://www.reddit.com/r/dslreports/comments/1iacghh/dslreports_is_on_a_vacation/ .

antdude

"dslreports.com
Unavailable

dslreports.com is currently on a vacation".

I just noticed! 😮

DrStrange

Yep. Maybe someone stepped in after the shutdown and is trying to fix things (good luck, seriously) before attempting to bring the site back.

I'm going to go back to the Alphaville line: "Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst..."

antdude

DrStrange And Forever Young!

camper

DrStrange Maybe someone stepped in after the shutdown and is trying to fix things (good luck, seriously)

Does anyone know, specifically, what needs to be "fixed?"

camper

Yeah, I am still hoping for the best.

But I am not holding my breath.

I wish it to have a success similar to the one slashdot.org had when it was sold.

DrStrange

camper Find a way to migrate the whole 25-year database into a more modern format, unless you want to keep messing around with Perl and whatever else from 1999. Set up the security certs to auto-renew. Get a host with load balancing and decent DDOS protection...

HooRU

The entire site IMHO. Start with the owner, who should give up.

cbrigante2

DrStrange I would tell them "don't bother". I'm not super keen to return to it if it ever comes back online again given the nature of the shutdown and the lack of loyalty/respect shown to the long time members and mods. This place is better already with the open nature of management. 😉

camper

DrStrange Find a way to migrate the whole 25-year database into a more modern format,

Yeah, google keeps telling me to update my websites so that smartphone uses can access my websites.

Stated differently, if being acknowledged by google now the stndard for website content?

camper

DrStrange unless you want to keep messing around with Perl and whatever else from 1999.

Yeah, I looked at the source code for the site, and it appeared to be all HTML code. I didn't see any Perl. I was expecting to see some php, though. But that expectation was foiled.