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Offline Dimster

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Problems with Moving around QB64 site
« on: November 01, 2019, 01:41:37 pm »
The last couple of days I've been getting a timed out message when trying to log into QB64.org and moving between topics. To my knowledge there have been no changes at my end, has there been any changes at the site which could be causing this effect?

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Re: Problems with Moving around QB64 site
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2019, 01:54:44 pm »
Same on my end, but here its most of the times the error "can't create secure connection" only a few times a "connection timeout". However, when I see it takes longer than usual, then I immediatly click the same link again once or twice, which will then almost immediatly load the wanted page. But my guess, its a problem on my providers side rather than on QB64's providers side, because it happens for most of the pages I visit during the day, not only to QB64.org.

Maybe we got a few Halloween Gremlins into our internet lines :)
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Re: Problems with Moving around QB64 site
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2019, 02:00:08 pm »
Same thing is also happening with me.
Quick solution : Replace "https" with "http" in the url and hit enter. It works for me.
if (Me.success) {Me.improve()} else {Me.tryAgain()}


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Re: Problems with Moving around QB64 site
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2019, 02:06:09 pm »
Solution I found was to go into my internet setup and expand the list of DNS Servers which I use.  Usually such lag is generated by one DNS service being overworked, so if you have a secondary DNS configured, it’ll bypass such problems.  Try adding some of the following to your internet configuration:

Provider   Primary DNS   Secondary DNS
Google   8.8.8.8   8.8.4.4
Quad9   9.9.9.9   149.112.112.112
OpenDNS Home   208.67.222.222   208.67.220.220
Cloudflare   1.1.1.1   1.0.0.1
CleanBrowsing   185.228.168.9   185.228.169.9
Verisign   64.6.64.6   64.6.65.6
Alternate DNS   198.101.242.72   23.253.163.53
AdGuard DNS   176.103.130.130   176.103.130.131
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Re: Problems with Moving around QB64 site
« Reply #4 on: November 01, 2019, 02:26:33 pm »
Yes, I noticed this particularly today!

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Re: Problems with Moving around QB64 site
« Reply #5 on: November 01, 2019, 03:53:28 pm »
Yes, I had the same connection problems. I don't want to scare, but also the NET forum always behaved so a few days before it crashed.

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Re: Problems with Moving around QB64 site
« Reply #6 on: November 01, 2019, 04:19:42 pm »
I also noticed increase in traffic, 82 today... I assume that will bog things down specially if this forum server is running checks.

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Re: Problems with Moving around QB64 site
« Reply #7 on: November 02, 2019, 12:01:43 am »
Yes, I had the same connection problems. I don't want to scare, but also the NET forum always behaved so a few days before it crashed.

The reason why .net was often offline was because Galleon programmed the server to generate daily builds of QB64 even when no changes to the code base had been implemented. That quickly hit the file limit in his server and it took him weeks to clean up for services to be restored. Until he quit for good.

The reason our server sometimes times out is because when we started .org we set up a hosting plan as basic as we could voluntarily afford. We have unlimited file count but limited RAM. That often causes the forum engine to fail to read the database.

That’s going to change after December. That’s when our old plan will expire and I will renew our hosting plan with one that will provide us with more RAM to cope with our increasing traffic. All that thanks to our Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/qb64 who have been contributing so the Team won’t need to keep our hosting plan at a minimum.

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Re: Problems with Moving around QB64 site
« Reply #8 on: November 02, 2019, 03:56:35 pm »
FellippeHeitor - I'm not to crazy about providing any banking info or credit card info. If I get a few spare bucks in the Christmas bonus, are there other ways to send monies safely to TeamQB64?

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Re: Problems with Moving around QB64 site
« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2019, 04:11:11 pm »
FellippeHeitor - I'm not to crazy about providing any banking info or credit card info. If I get a few spare bucks in the Christmas bonus, are there other ways to send monies safely to TeamQB64?

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Re: Problems with Moving around QB64 site
« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2019, 05:25:36 pm »
Since the hosting is paid on my credit card, I’m currently the recipient of the donations. Patreon sends me the credit via PayPal, so there’s that. I don’t think there would be any 100% safe alternative to send money online, but both PayPal and Patreon seem quite safe last I checked. I really do not know of any other methods.

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Re: Problems with Moving around QB64 site
« Reply #11 on: November 02, 2019, 06:09:25 pm »
I, along with others, have a Patreon account to support Fellippe.  PayPal (of which I have an account), pays him a monthly sub.  That is not more risky than any other on-line banking, is it?
So I encourage you to do likewise, if you can: get him up to 100%.  It's a small sum for so rewarding a hobby.

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Re: Problems with Moving around QB64 site
« Reply #12 on: November 02, 2019, 08:52:23 pm »
OK done! That's quite a catalogue you've got Qwerkey.

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Re: Problems with Moving around QB64 site
« Reply #13 on: November 02, 2019, 10:40:06 pm »
« Last Edit: November 02, 2019, 10:41:07 pm by FellippeHeitor »

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Re: Problems with Moving around QB64 site
« Reply #14 on: November 02, 2019, 10:56:35 pm »
Sure! Should'a done it sooner.

Is there a scheme to do one time donation (over and above monthly thing)?