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I was there to "hear" it this morning. I just didn't have much time and fell back on emailing my turn in.

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In an effort to reduce some of the downtimes, and also to cut some costs, we've switch ISP's for PBW. I made the change yesterday, and so far indications things are working as expected.

The impact to you should be minimal. One thing that is different is the IP address we've had the last few months is no longer valid. The previous ISP was a dynamic IP, but it didn't change very often. The new ISP is also a dynamic IP, but it will change more frequently, perhaps as often as once every 24 horus. We've got things setup with a dynamic DNS provider to keep the pbw.cc updated to the correct IP.

I will be monitoring it for a few days to make sure that it happening as expected. When I switched it yesterday the DNS updated in less than a minute, so that is a positive indicator.

I'm also going to have to take things down in a few minutes to make a couple more changes. Should be back up shortly.

Geoschmo

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Uhh, geo, I haven't been able to reach PBW for 3 days now.

What am I doing wrong?

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Right, my BM was to the old direct IP. What the heck is the text address so I can try that?

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seiv.pbw.cc? Ow www.pbw.cc or sev.pbw.cc should all work.

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There seems to be a problem with turn emails. I've had to download the last two turns of my current game direct from the PBW website.

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Yes, the turn emails are busted. I'm working to get it resolved.

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I have a fix in place for the outgoing email issue. I'm monitoring it to see if it's going to work. Please let me know if it still looks like you aren't getting your turn and news emails. Please let me know your username, email, and game name.

If you aren't comfortable posting yoru email, you can send your report via email.

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PBW needs a poke.

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Poked it is. Seems to be working now.

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PBW has been down for about an hour.

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Needs a poke!

CB-JYW2 recently failed due to really huge battles, and PBW went down after between when I'd grabbed the turn files and when I was ready to upload an hour and a half later http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

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I can't seem to sign on to PBW, no matter what I try.

Who would I talk to about that?

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Are you getting any kind of error messages, or is the page simply not loading?

capnq
PBW admin

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Error message:

Server not found

Firefox can't find the server at www.pbw.cc.

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Dunno what to suggest. Seems to be fine now; I just checked in three different browsers.

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Hmm. It's working now. perhaps just an Internet Gremlin hiccuped...

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Still getting this error sporadically. I've noted that it is more likely, but not necessarily, going to fail if I use my bookmarked "http://seiv.pbw.cc/graphic/index.jsp" as opposed to the more generic "http://seiv.pbw.cc/". (this also applies to "www.pbw.cc" and "http://www.pbw.cc/graphic/index.jsp")

I have also noted that once I finally manage to connect to the server, and follow the links to get to "http://seiv.pbw.cc/graphic/index.jsp", I can then, in the same browser session only, just use the bookmarked "http://seiv.pbw.cc/graphic/index.jsp" and it will work. If I close out the browser, however, I USUALLY have to try to get the shorter link to work first.

I hope this helps.

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No matter what I do, or which Browser (IE7, Firefox, or Flock) I use, this is what I get. I know I have a sign-on, because I've uploaded/downloaded many times at PBW.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e8...eenShot026.jpg

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Hmm, the first thing that comes to mind is that usernames and passwords are case sensitive. Are you sure you're typing the correct username and password?

Another thought: try clearing your cookies before logging in.

capnq
PBW admin

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There is a username which I believe is yours. It's all lowercase. If you've forgotten your password, yo ucan type the user name and hit the "Get Passwd" button. This will email your password to your PBW email. The Email you have setup on PBW is a Yahoo account, but not the same one you have listed as your email here on Shrapnel. If yo uhave the username right, it will say that the password ahs been emailed. If you don't have the username right it will give you another error.

If you need more specific help than that, send me an email.

Geoschmo

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Needs a poke!

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of coarse, as SJ pointed out, it isn't working at all now....

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PBW is failing to send out emails again.

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Is PBW down? I can't connect, even with my wierd problem workarounds... (see below)

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Thanx so much for fixing things for me. I appreciate all the help.

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It seems to be working ok on this end.

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I can't get at PBW either. The old direct DNS address doesn't work, but I didn't expect it to.

capnq

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The domain expires today. Not really sure who Pax Media Direct is though...

http://www.whois.net/whois_new.cgi?d=pbw&tld=cc

http://whois.domaintools.com/pbw.cc

Contact: hostmaster@enom.com

Domain name: pbw.cc

Registrant Contact:
Pex Direct Media
HostMaster Account (hostmaster@pexdirectmedia.com)
+1.6468622991
Fax:
132 E. 43rd St., #423
New York, NY 10017
US

Administrative Contact:
Pex Direct Media
HostMaster Account (hostmaster@pexdirectmedia.com)
+1.6468622991
Fax:
132 E. 43rd St., #423
New York, NY 10017
US

Technical Contact:
Pex Direct Media
HostMaster Account (hostmaster@pexdirectmedia.com)
+1.6468622991
Fax:
132 E. 43rd St., #423
New York, NY 10017
US

Status: Active

Name Servers:
c.ns.pexicom.com
d.ns.pexicom.com

Creation date: 18 Apr 2001 09:15:37
Expiration date: 18 Apr 2008 09:15:37

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For those with access trouble, you can get to the server at:

http://69.214.54.20/

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I've contacted The Admiral about the domain expiring. If something happens in the mean time you can reach the server at this URL: http://pbw.go.dyndns.org/

Of course you can can use the IP address Fyron posted previously, but that IP is subject to change. The above URL should always be good on the other hand.

Geoschmo

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The domain registration has been updated.

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I can't connect with ANY of the recently provided links today. (they have all worked in the past for me)

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Poke!

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Pokes agains just to be sure

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hmm. now I'm getting an Internal Server Error message. You guys poked it too hard!

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The server was down for a bit today, but it looks like everything is ok now.

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err... Never mind I found it. (update empire file in text mode)

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Is the server down this afternoon? I can't access it at http://seiv.pbw.cc or at http://pbw.go.dyndns.org http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

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Was down, should be ok now.

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We have some pretty bad storms blowing through tonight. So far we haven't lost power, but we've had a few flickers. If things get really bad I may take the server offline preemptively.

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PBW appears to be having DNS troubles today. I can only reach it from the DynDNS link.

capnq
PBW admin

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Is it just me or is PBW down? I can access the main page http://seiv.pbw.cc but clicking the text or graphic links does nothing http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

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Yep, me neither.

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It's definitely down; I've e-mailed Geo.

capnq
PBW admin

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Should be all ok now.

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Looks like it's been down for at least an hour or so now...

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It's all working now.

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I'm getting a 500 servlet error while trying to upload my turn.

Can you give it a poke, Geo?

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Just noticed this. I take this problem was just temporary or I would have heard more about it, right?