I just went over to Daz3D's site and either they had such a spring blizzard that it filled the web page white or the site has been washed clean (check the Page Source - basic blank HTML)!

I think someone fubar'd pretty good over there!

Looks like some part of their server(s) crashed. I get these errors when I go directly to the forums: Warning: mysql_pconnect(): Lost connection to MySQL server during query in /home/forum/func.dat on line 7 Warning: mysql_select_db(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in /home/forum/func.dat on line 8 Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/forum/func.dat:7) in /home/forum/cookie.dat on line 83

Looks like Poser Pros just joined it!

It was snowing earlier today in Utah, so I don't think the site outage is weather-related.

PoserPros is in the same server network, so I'm not surprised that it's gone down, too. bonni

Both Poser Pros and Daz3D are working fine for me. I can get to all areas including the forums and store. No errors of any kind.

Well I can't get in :(

DAZ is back now for me, but Poser Pros is still down. I suppose it's just a matter of time, though... I wonder if it was a DNS issue? That's kinda what it looks like... bonni

Message edited on: 04/18/2005 23:44

Weird. I didn't have any problems accessing either. I still can. Maybe it was a router issue with your ISP's?

I've got them both just fine.

NeoTrace says there is an intermittent server problem (66-100% packet loss)in Chicago that is causing the problem (node 8 of 14 hops between me & them). It's a verio.net server so anyone who is routed through there will either have slow or no access til it gets fixed or rerouted.

Quote - It's a verio.net server so anyone who is routed through there will either have slow or no access til it gets fixed or rerouted.

Thanks for the proper terminology, that's what I meant but I don't know the proper terms to use.

Message edited on: 04/19/2005 01:18

You know it's bad when an internet hub goes down. Supposedly, the internet is supposed to be mainly impervious to these problems. BTW, I'm in Denver, so why would I be routed through them specifically?

kuroyume0161, I suspect it depends on traffic. There are times when running a trace on a server that turns out to be in New York, I'll be routed via Chicago-St. Louis-Denver-New York (with about 10 mini hops in between :-)

The various Internet companies, between your ISP and any particular site, have non-obvious standards for the "shortest route", including not wanting to pay anyone else to carry traffic around a problem. And if your ISP connects to the world through Company A, while the destination site uses Company B, Chicago might be where A connects to B. Even if B is on the opposite site of your street.

The various Internet companies, between your ISP and any particular site, have non-obvious standards for the "shortest route", including not wanting to pay anyone else to carry traffic around a problem. Yeah, just like traveling by plane. The shortest distance between origin and destination is not necessarily a straight line. They have you hopping in all different directions and changing in several different airports to get from "here to there" with the most god-awfully short layover times and longest flight distances possible. I could never understand that! LOL

That was the entire idea of ARPANET - a node based networking system where loss of nodes could be sustained by traffic rerouting. Obviously, with ISP-CompanyA linkages, this is no longer strictly true.

You remember the major floods on the East Coast, a few years ago. Took out a major highway bridge somewhere between New York and Washington. Unfortunately a lot of "redundant" telco optical fibre cross the river on the same bridge. The real world doesn't fit theory.

They (Daz) had their front page hacked only a couple of weeks ago!

I do not get such errors. Check your internet settings.

Bah! I run a web/ftp/email server from my office on a T1. Check my internet settings indeed!