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Connection to PA problem

Doctor SnakeDoctor Snake PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
edited August 2006 in H.Q. Reception Desk
Frequently, I cannot access the forums at all. PA is the only page that I cannot access. (the main site and the forums)

I have tried waiting and refreshing, clearing cache and cookies, resetting compy, loading in IE (the horror!) and wating several minutes until I try again. These things do not seem to work.

Sometimes, if I reset my router and modem, I am able to. I am not sure if this is some problem with my account, some problem with my computer, or my router or modem, or something else. I hypothesize that is something on the PA side, since I can browse the rest of the internet when I cannot browse PA.

(i said this in the slow thread, but i did not want to derail)

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  • ÄlphämönkëyÄlphämönkëy Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    How long does it last? It should happen no more frequently than 20minutes and should only last for a minute or two. So if you can't access PA, wait 5 minutes, hit shift+refresh. If it only comes back up after you reboot your router, you have some wierd caching happening somewhere on your side.

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  • Doctor SnakeDoctor Snake PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2006
    It happens about every 20 minutes or so, on average. What is the difference between f5 and shift+f5?

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  • ÄlphämönkëyÄlphämönkëy Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    What browser do you use?

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  • Doctor SnakeDoctor Snake PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2006
    The newest update of Firefox. Version 1.5.something

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  • ÄlphämönkëyÄlphämönkëy Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    DouglasDanger wrote:
    The newest update of Firefox. Version 1.5.something
    Basically, It flushes your cache and attempts to redownload everything as if it had never been to the site before. What is useful is that it resets any error states (atleast those that we have to worry about if the rest of your internet works).

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  • redstormpopcornredstormpopcorn Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    Shift-F5 doesn't seem to do anything for me (flushes cache in the background?) but Ctrl-F5 definitely does a cache-dumped refresh.

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  • ÄlphämönkëyÄlphämönkëy Registered User regular
    edited August 2006
    redstormpopcorn wrote:
    Shift-F5 doesn't seem to do anything for me (flushes cache in the background?) but Ctrl-F5 definitely does a cache-dumped refresh.
    Ah, thanks. Yeah, I've been using a Mac for too long :wink: (Apple + Shift + R for the curious)

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  • Doctor SnakeDoctor Snake PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2006
    That time I was gone-- the problem again. Turned off modem (speedstream dsl) and linksys router, waited awhile, tried again-- could access PA again. This seems to be a problem unique to PA.

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  • RamiusRamius Joined: July 19, 2000 Administrator, ClubPA admin
    edited August 2006
    redstormpopcorn wrote:
    Shift-F5 doesn't seem to do anything for me (flushes cache in the background?) but Ctrl-F5 definitely does a cache-dumped refresh.
    Holding shift while clicking the refresh button also does it. I think this might help with the confusion.

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  • Doctor SnakeDoctor Snake PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2006
    The problem persists. :(

    I am moving this to H/A.

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