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Well, it appears we are down again today so I guess the loose cable wasn't the problem.

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Oh no, I killed PBW again... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/redface.gif
Was in the middle of downloading a turn when it just died http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif
I think SE5 is doing something nasty to it... Quick Aaron hurry up with that patch that fixes the huge combat replays! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif

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Server's down for a bit for some normal maintenance. Be back up in a bit.

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Ah, OK, thanks! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

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Ok, well bad news. I'm really, really stupid. I unplugged the wireless access point and the router at the same time. They have the same sized plug, but unfortunatly they have different voltages on those adapters. My wireless access point that is used to 5v didn't like 9v. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/eek.gif

Access point is toast. No wireless means no connection to the PBW server.

I'm getting a new access point tommorow. Truth be told I was planning on getting a new one anyway. The current one was pretty old. Server should be back up tommorow evening sometime.

Geoschmo

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In case anyone is wondering, I'm following my standard procedure for extended outages here. I've currently got the server shut off, so no turn processing will occur. I will disable auto processing once I get the network back up and leave it disabled for a couple days to allow people to get caught up on their games.

Geoschmo

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... oopsie! Good thing you didn't fry anything else!

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Ok, the server is back up and on the network. During all the switching things around I've ended up with a new IP address. The request has been made to update the DNS for the seiv.pbw.cc URL. It may take a few hours to percolate through the system. In the mean time you should be able to reach the PBW site directly at http://69.81.92.3. Someone let me know if that doesn't work, please. Once the DNS updates you can go back to using the pbw.cc address.

Again, I'm leaving auto processing off for a couple days. If all turns are uploaded your turn will process, or the game owner can manually force a turn and it will run. But they won't run simply due to reaching their turn time limit.

Geoschmo

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Server is back up and running and the DNS is all updated, so you should be able to reach the site with the normal pbw.cc address.

We had another outage overnight which was more of the same problem I've been having with my isp connection, nothing to do with the new network hardware installed.

I've loaded a script on the server which checks periodically for connection loss and attempts to reset the modem if needed. This should greatly improve the reliability of the site. If you can't reach the site give it about 5 minutes and try again. If you still can't reach it then something else has happened that a simple reset won't fix, or my script isn't working.

Geoschmo

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Looks like the cat's been busy again. For me, at least.

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No, it's fine. I was testing the script out. Since I put the script on there this morning it hadn't gone out once and I wanted to make sure that the script could actually handle an outage so I put the modem in standby. The script worked fine. So I think we are going to be ok.

Geoschmo

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Yeah, she's back! Thanks, big G!

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Could just be me but it doesn't seem like PBW is sending out email.

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Nope, you are correct. I'm not sure why but it appears something changed with the email host that I wasn't made aware of. I've made the necessary correction now though and you should be getting emails again.

Geoschmo

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Cool, Big G! Glad I didn't send out a false alarm. Surprising how little things like that can get past you.

And for some reason, this leads me to think about how I'm the designated "bleeding edge" lead on checking out Vista for our organization. UGH! Vista! So many quirks!

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Taking the system down for a bit for some maintenance.

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Ok, should be ok for you now.

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We seem to be having some DNS problems this morning. The site is up and yo ucan reach it directly at the IP addres, just not at the URL. Also seems to be affecting out email. Or that's a separate problem. Not sure.

Geoschmo

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is all Auto Processing still Turned off?

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Yes, Autoprocessing is still off. I was going to turn it back on today and this DNS problem started. The DNS issue appears to be all cleared up now. I'll probably turn auto processing back on tomorrow if there are no other problems.

Geoschmo

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I think there is something wrong. I am trying to access PBW at work and it won't accept the password I have had for the last 5 years. I asked for the password and it is right, but no matter how many times I try it won't accept it.

edit:whatever it was, it's normal now.

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I've turned automatic turn processing back on. Turns should process normally again.

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Seems to be unavailable, though. Just uploaded a turn about 15 mins ago.

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And yet, after trying several times, it works AFTER I post here... LOL.

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We still have occasional outages, but the script brings the site back up within a few minutes.

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I have added support for SE5 ver 1.25, including support for Balance mod ver 1.03, Golden Eclipse Mod ver 1.0 Beta, and Gritty Galaxy Public Mod beta. I haven't tested the Golden Eclipse and Gritty mods to verify they work with ver 1.25, these are the same versions of the mods that were available with 1.20.

Uprgading an exsisting stock games from 1.20 to 1.25 should work fine. There may be issues with mod games, consult the mod creator for more specific information in that regard.

There is still no way currently to upgrade a game on PBW from an older to a more recent version of a mod. For SE5 there is only one version of the mod pn PBW per version of SE5. In Se5 there is still no way to change the game type folder name being used in the game, so the only way to change the mod for a game is to change the files in the game type folder. Doing so on PBW will change the files for every game usign that mod. If you are playing an existing game of 1.20 with balance mod ver 1.01 and want to upgrade it to 1.25 you will have to upgrade to 1.25 with balance mod 1.03. There are reports that this is a problem. If you want to upgrade to 1.25 but remain on 1.01 of the mod you'll have to have the game owner run the turns offline.

Geoschmo

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Taking the server down for a bit for some regularly scheduled maintenence. Be back up in a bit.

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And back up and running. Actually it's been back up for a while but I forgot to come here and post it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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It looks down now.

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Yep, looks like it. Might have lost power for a bit, we've had high winds here today. I'll have to check it out when I get home.

Geoschmo

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Ok, well it was more than just a minor glitch. I got home and the server was down hard and would not boot up at all. Fortunatly I had already got the RAM for the new server. I pulled the HDD out of the down server and out it in the new server and we are back up and running. I didn't get to do all the upgrade work I had planned, but the backup server did it's job.

I'll need to do some troubleshooting work to figure out why the server died. Not sure if it's a power supply problem or something on the motherboard.

Please report any problems.

Geoschmo

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Looks like it's down again, but I'm glad you're always working on it so much! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

edit: never mind, it's back up now - sorry, forgot about the restart script!

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Yes it was. Should be back up now though.

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It's been down for the last few hours.

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I can't get it to come up remotely. I'll be able to check it out in a couple hours.

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The PBW server is up, but the isp has reset our IP address. We are contacting the DNS provider to get the pbw.cc URL updated. In the mean time, you should be able to reach the site at http://69.81.92.82

Geoschmo

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Make sure you put a hold on auto turn processing till the DNS gets resolved. Most people aren't going to see the forum posts.

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I am no longer recieving turns by email.

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Using gmail? It has started marking PBW stuff as spam, even if you aren't using gmail you may want to check your spam box.

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While it is true that gmail often views PBW mail as spam, there does appear to be a problem with sending any emails right now. I think it's related to the IP change. My guess is the server we use for emails has a filter that only accepts emails from certain IP's. I'm investigating further. The server is recieving emails ok, it's only sending that seems to be not functioning.

Geoschmo

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Thank you for reminding me. I had forgotten, but it's done now.

Geoschmo

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Using Yahoo. I've checked my spam/bulk mail folder. I'm not receiving them. This has been happening for a couple of weeks now.

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Not receiving turn emails here either, using my own mail server. I double-checked to make sure my alias was working, and it is.

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Is there any news as to when DNS name and email service will work again?

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For the DNS change, it's just a matter of the update percolating through the network; we have no control over how long that may take. (Although I'm surprised it hasn't sorted by now; I don't recall previous changes taking this long.)

I'm not one of the people working on the e-mail problem, so I can't give an estimate for that.

capnq
PBW admin

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PBW at the new IP address is not working so hot right now:

Location: /text/gamebody.jsp
Internal Servlet Error:

java.net.SocketException: socket write error (code=10055)
at java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketOutputStream.write(SocketOutputStre am.java:83)
at org.apache.tomcat.service.connector.TcpConnector.s end(TcpConnector.java:167)
at org.apache.tomcat.service.connector.Ajp13Connector Response.doWrite(Ajp13ConnectorResponse.java:237)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.BufferedServletOutputStream .doWrite(BufferedServletOutputStream.java:121)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.BufferedServletOutputStream .reallyFlush(BufferedServletOutputStream.java:246)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ResponseImpl.flushBuffer(Re sponseImpl.java:426)
at org.apache.tomcat.facade.HttpServletResponseFacade .flushBuffer(HttpServletResponseFacade.java:293)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.JspWriterImpl.flush(JspW riterImpl.java:209)
at text._0002ftext_0002fgamebody_0002ejspgamebody_jsp _0._jspService(_0002ftext_0002fgamebody_0002ejspga mebody_jsp_0.java:1021)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(Http JspBase.java:119)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:853)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet$JspCountedSer vlet.service(JspServlet.java:130)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:853)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWra pper.service(JspServlet.java:282)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFil e(JspServlet.java:429)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspSe rvlet.java:500)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:853)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.doService(Se rvletWrapper.java:405)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.Handler.service(Handler.jav a:287)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ServletWrapper.service(Serv letWrapper.java:372)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.internalServ ice(ContextManager.java:797)
at org.apache.tomcat.core.ContextManager.service(Cont extManager.java:743)
at org.apache.tomcat.service.connector.Ajp13Connectio nHandler.processConnection(Ajp13ConnectionHandler. java:160)
at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(Po olTcpEndpoint.java:416)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable. run(ThreadPool.java:501)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)

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Down (again) ?!

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The "new" IP address is not working for me either.

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Ok, server should be back up and accesible at the IP address.

Sorry about the delay in getting the DNS updated. The problem is I have not been able to make contact with the Admiral. I don't have access to the DNS people myself, the URL is still registered by him. Apparently he's on vacation or something as he hasn't responded to emails.

Geoschmo