Author Topic: Hard time logging in (Read 6581 times))

oldpro · « **on:** July 10, 2018, 08:03:44 PM »

At work or home or using Mozilla or other browsers I’m constantly finding it hard to log in sometimes I can only get on with my phone. Not sure what’s going on but sure would like to find out I always get connection has timed out the server at www.gatewaytoairguns.org is taking to long to respond

steveoh · « **Reply #1 on:** July 10, 2018, 08:57:04 PM »

Quote from: oldpro on July 10, 2018, 08:03:44 PM

At work or home or using Mozilla or other browsers I’m constantly finding it hard to log in sometimes I can only get on with my phone. Not sure what’s going on but sure would like to find out I always get connection has timed out the server at www.gatewaytoairguns.org is taking to long to respond

1. Clear Cache.
2. If that doesn't work, Clear your Cookie for GTA.

Restart your browser, and maybe even restart computer. Then login, and you should be good to go.

Steveoh

oldpro · « **Reply #2 on:** July 10, 2018, 09:30:16 PM »

No go same problem on home computer will try work computer on Friday. Weird thing is every other website works fine except this one.

steveoh · « **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2018, 09:37:01 PM »

Quote from: oldpro on July 10, 2018, 09:30:16 PM

No go same problem on home computer will try work computer on Friday. Weird thing is every other website works fine except this one.

I'd try another browser. Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi are good choices.

oldpro · « **Reply #4 on:** July 10, 2018, 09:49:32 PM »

No go with chrome or Any other browsers but once again only GTA

oldpro · « **Reply #5 on:** July 10, 2018, 09:52:20 PM »

I can only access site via IPhone and then that’s hit or miss but much more likely. I just don’t understand why any and all websites work great except this one.

ezman604 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 10, 2018, 10:56:42 PM »

Must be a conspiracy. Running fantastic here for me.

oldpro · « **Reply #7 on:** July 11, 2018, 12:21:24 AM »

Quote from: ezman604 on July 10, 2018, 10:56:42 PM

Must be a conspiracy. Running fantastic here for me.

That’s not helping !!as I try to type on my phone screen.

ezman604 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 11, 2018, 12:33:45 AM »

Well...sorry. Move to TN.
LOL
Try rebooting your modem & router.

Roadworthy · « **Reply #9 on:** July 11, 2018, 01:42:42 AM »

I'll sympathize but can't offer help as I run into the same situation from time to time - and yes, other sites may work fine. Today GTA is working very quickly for me. Sometimes the waits are long enough I get timeout errors. I know I have issues with my provider and service but if all other sites load normally I don't think that's the problem.
Be patient, it seems to go through cycles or phases or something. I don't even know if it's GTA specifically or just how the internet works in some of the more back woodsy areas of TN or where ever their server farm is located. Tin cans and strings do have limits you know.

oldpro · « **Reply #10 on:** July 11, 2018, 04:44:20 AM »

Still stuck with phone as long as I’m not on same network as computer (WiFi) Tried every trick in the book and watched every YouTube video I could find and still can’t get GTA to come up. So Weird

avator · « **Reply #11 on:** July 11, 2018, 07:33:56 AM »

Maybe it's waiting for something to be delivered from JSAR..

Just kidding, of coarse, Travis, you guys are great !!

wimpanzee · « **Reply #12 on:** July 11, 2018, 09:02:27 AM »

Check your hosts file to make sure you don't have a stale, static IP address associated with the dns name.

https://support.rackspace.com/how-to/modify-your-hosts-file/

The fact that the behavior is limited to a specific device indicates that some parameter within that device is suspect.

oldpro · « **Reply #13 on:** July 11, 2018, 09:37:40 AM »

Quote from: wimpanzee on July 11, 2018, 09:02:27 AM

Check your hosts file to make sure you don't have a stale, static IP address associated with the dns name.

https://support.rackspace.com/how-to/modify-your-hosts-file/

The fact that the behavior is limited to a specific device indicates that some parameter within that device is suspect.

It’s not a specific device it’s either my modem or dsl provider I can use my phone like now but not if I use the same WiFi network as my home computer. I’ve rebooted the modem flushed the DNS and everything I can think of but it won’t let any device on my home network get on the GTA and the GTA only. Boggling

wimpanzee · « **Reply #14 on:** July 11, 2018, 09:50:26 AM »

Next step is to try a VPN from home, and silently route past your ISP so your page request will 'originate' from somewhere other than your mode/house/isp.

I use NordVPN for some stuff, its pretty fast and cheap, but there are free ones you could try just to test with. Might be your ISP blocking you, or you could somehow have gotten your home's ip address blacklisted on GTA somehow.

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ezman604 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 11, 2018, 10:13:53 AM »

Really seems like more of an ISP or regional thing. I am having absolutely no issues loading the forum up. I use Charter and 60MB network at home. But I spend 75% of my time on GTA from my work connection. Totally different network and provider. Much slower connection speed and much more traffic on my network here. But the forum pages still load extremely fast for me. Sometimes, but not very often, I get a strange screen and have to reset my page. But not very often.
Just in case, I have submitted a ticket with our host to see if there is anything they can do to test and for them to do maintenance on our connection. And I asked them to dive in and see if there is some routine maintenance I can do that I should be doing. Will keep looking.

ezman604 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 11, 2018, 10:24:12 AM »

Quote from: wimpanzee on July 11, 2018, 09:50:26 AM

or you could somehow have gotten your home's ip address blacklisted on GTA somehow.

Y

Nope...any person or IP address blacklisted on GTA will get a message telling them they are banned.

oldpro · « **Reply #17 on:** July 11, 2018, 11:08:59 AM »

Any advice would be appreciated I’m out of ideas and phones about to die so back on the charger it goes.

ezman604 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 11, 2018, 11:14:53 AM »

Had tech support tweak the connection timeout and they said there were also some software changes awaiting a reboot to apply. I had them reboot the server. Let me know if any of this helps. I'm going to put the forum in maintenance mode and try some cleanup routines to see if any of this helps also.

wimpanzee · « **Reply #19 on:** July 11, 2018, 11:38:07 AM »

Travis

Perform a DNS lookup on the domain.

Open a command prompt (this varies on different windows systems)
Type:
nslookup www.gatewaytoairguns.org

You should get the following response:
Server: UnKnown
Address: 2605:a601:716:6c00::1

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: gatewaytoairguns.org
Address: 108.160.150.122
Aliases: www.gatewaytoairguns.org

If the Address shows a different IP than 108.160.150.122, type the command again, except add " 8.8.8.8" at the end:
nslookup www.gatewaytoairguns.org 8.8.8.8
to use google's dns server instead of your ISP. See if that resolves to the correct IP address.

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