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problem accessing Pelican forums

For the last four days, I have been unable to access the Pelican forums with any browser. The main parts site works perfectly, however. I assumed the forum web servers were down (the message I get with Firefox is "unable to connect", Chrome has a similar message).

On a whim, I tried using my work laptop. When connected to my work VPN, I can access the site!. If I terminate the VPN connection, I get the "unable to connect" error.

Has anyone else experienced access problems of this nature?

Hugo

That's weird. I'm on the other side of the planet and I rarely have issues.

If the site goes down then yes but otherwise it's always here.

I use Chrome...haven't had any problem.
You've tried clearing browsing data?

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Originally Posted by stevej37 (Post 10948431)

I use Chrome...haven't had any problem.
You've tried clearing browsing data?

No, I doubt that's the issue. The reason I say that - I also have a Mac. Using Safari, it also displays the error. I never use Safari and this was the first time trying to visit forums.pelicanparts.com with that browser.

This is very strange. It's the only site I visit that is having this problem.

I figured it out.

The problem was DNS related. I was using Cloudflare DNS 1.1.1.2 and 1.0.0.2. Neither was resolving forums.pelicanparts.com. I switched to 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 and now I can access the forums as usual.

I'm guessing Cloudflare flagged the Pelican forums for some reason.

It's all the Trolls in PARF... lol ;)

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Originally Posted by hbueno (Post 10948456)

I was going to post that it was probably DNS related. Glad you got it sorted.

FYI, I think it's good to not keep all of your DNS eggs in one basket (cloudflare).

There's nothing wrong with cloud flare, I used them, but in addition, you may want to include a couple of other vendors at the bottom of the list to ensure that you are always likely to get something back.

Lots of good info on good options here.
https://docs.pi-hole.net/guides/upstream-dns-providers/

I think I've got about 5-8 DNS servers in my list (Windows and Mac) google, cloudflare, pi-hole, OpenDNS and local ISP.

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Google

Default upstream DNS provider on the Pi-hole.

8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4

OpenDNS Home (owned by Cisco)

Built-in features include a phishing filter, this is the OpenDNS version the Pi-hole would use if you select it during setup.

208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
208.67.222.220
208.67.220.222
2620:119:35::35 (IPv6)
2620:119:53::53 (IPv6)

OpenDNS also provides the OpenDNS FamilyShield (free)- option. The service blocks pornographic content, including our “Pornography,” “Tasteless,” and “Sexuality” categories, in addition to proxies and anonymizers (which can render filtering useless). It also blocks phishing and some malware.

208.67.222.123
208.67.220.123

Level3 DNS

This DNS service does no filtering of itself, but redirects mistyped URL to Level 3 Web Search.

4.2.2.1
4.2.2.2

Comodo Secure DNS

SecureDNS references a real-time block list (RBL) of harmful websites (i.e. phishing sites, malware sites, spyware sites, and parked domains that may contain excessive advertising including pop-up and/or pop-under advertisements, etc.) and will warn you whenever you attempt to access a site containing potentially threatening content.

8.26.56.26
8.20.247.20

DNS.WATCH

DNS.WATCH offers Fast, free and uncensored DNS resolution.

84.200.69.80
84.200.70.40
2001:1608:10:25::1c04:b12f (IPv6)
2001:1608:10:25::9249:d69b (IPv6)

Quad9

Quad9 is a free, recursive, anycast DNS platform that provides end users robust security protections, high-performance, and privacy.

9.9.9.9
149.112.112.112
2620:fe::fe (IPv6)
2620:fe::9 (IPv6)

CloudFlare DNS

CloudFlare will never log your IP address (the way other companies identify you). The independent DNS monitor DNSPerf ranks Cloudflare's DNS the fastest DNS service in the world.

1.1.1.1
1.0.0.1
2606:4700:4700::1111 (IPv6)
2606:4700:4700::1001 (IPv6)

Cloudflare also provides 1.1.1.1 for Families, a set of resolvers that can block malware only, or malware and adult content.

Malware Blocking Only

1.1.1.2
1.0.0.2
2606:4700:4700::1112 (IPv6)
2606:4700:4700::1002 (IPv6)

Malware and Adult Content

1.1.1.3
1.0.0.3
2606:4700:4700::1113 (IPv6)
2606:4700:4700::1003 (IPv6)

I've been getting a site not available message for the last three days or so. Sometimes it goes to the site, others I get the message.

I still have to log in every time I come here. eBay has been making me do it too, but no other sites.

I sometimes can't view the newest pages of a thread. If I delete browsing history..it is ok then.
Never have that happen on other forums.
I figure it's the fault of my 10 year old laptop.