256070 – forums.gentoo.org down?

Bug 256070 - forums.gentoo.org down?

Summary: forums.gentoo.org down?

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Websites
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Forums (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Other

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Forum Moderators

URL:	http://forums.gentoo.org
Whiteboard:
Keywords:

Depends on:
Blocks:

Reported:	2009-01-23 09:27 UTC by Marcus Becker
Modified:	2009-01-23 10:21 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Marcus Becker 2009-01-23 09:27:17 UTC

The forum seems to be unavailable. Just times out, tried with IE and Firefox same issue.
Ping:
Pinging forums.gentoo.org [140.211.166.170] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 140.211.166.170:
    Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 0, Lost = 1 (100% loss),
Control-C

ERROR
The requested URL could not be retrieved

While trying to retrieve the URL: http://forums.gentoo.org/

The following error was encountered:

    * Connection Failed 

The system returned:

    (110) Connection timed out

The remote host or network may be down. Please try the request again.

Your cache administrator is root. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.start browser
2.type into address bar http://forums.gentoo.org or use the link on www.gentoo.org
3.wait

Actual Results:  
not opening

Expected Results:  
opening

Comment 1 Marcus Becker 2009-01-23 09:36:27 UTC

IE error:
Network Error (tcp_error) 

 
A communication error occurred: "Operation timed out"  
The Web Server may be down, too busy, or experiencing other problems preventing it from responding to requests. You may wish to try again at a later time.  

For assistance, contact your network support team.

Comment 2 Marcus Becker 2009-01-23 10:21:50 UTC

seems to be working again