[QUOTE=ese2mil,Mar 15 2006, 06:28 PM] Have you tried connecting via dial-up?

 

fyi, i am on the same setup - 2wire dsl modem (through sbc) and the site (obviously) works ok for me

 

side note: i have been getting a lot of db offline pages in the last 48 hours. I refresh and the page loads

- is it just me as I dont see another post in site info about it?

 

Let me know if you ever figure out how to solve the problem. I have the exact same symptoms as you. I can go to the S2ki home page, but I can't get to forums. It just trys to load and then says done and has a blank page. When I click on search I get the same XML error you mentioned. I have tried firefox, and I downloaded all of my explorer updates as well.

I do run norton, so I'll try to make adjustments there, but I disabled it and I still cound not get to the forums.

Thanks for the help. I'm at work now so thats how I was able to reply

Dan

 

db - what is that?

 

db = Decibels! Just kidding, Steve.

db = database. The db offline message he is referring to says "The site is offline for maintenance and upgrades... The site is offline for scheduled maintenance and upgrades. Service will return shortly." I still happens to me once in a while, but not as often as it used to.

 

I happens when the mods do a lot of modding. Some of the functions they do are really unkind to the database server and can stall it causing that message. I've fixed up a bunch of those to make them more efficient but there are still a few that knock down the site for a few minutes. Unfortunately the moderators do their thing at the same time everyone else is doing theirs, even at peak periods which is when the message is likely to appear.

 

Whoops...didn't read the db=database reply on page 2 before replying....

 

that would explain why i dont see anyone else complaining about it - thanks Erik

....at least if im complaining about the message you know im doing my job

 

I am back on-line @ home. I reset my 2wire portal modem (provide by sbc) and now it works. However going through the process to get back on board I did a trace of the site along with an outside person by phone and both of us timed out @ the same time. Below is what the trace shows which means something is going on @ the site which requires attention. Thanks again for everyones help.





Tracing route to s2ki.com [64.62.178.153]

over a maximum of 30 hops:



1 2 ms 1 ms <1 ms homeportal.gateway.2wire.net [172.16.0.1]

2 17 ms 13 ms 15 ms ppp-70-252-149-254.dsl.ksc2mo.swbell.net [70.252.149.254]

3 15 ms 15 ms 15 ms dist1-vlan60.ksc2mo.sbcglobal.net [151.164.29.130]

4 16 ms 15 ms 13 ms bb2-g1-3-0.ksc2mo.sbcglobal.net [151.164.29.230]

5 15 ms 17 ms 15 ms 151.164.92.65

6 24 ms 25 ms 25 ms core2-p3-0.crdltx.sbcglobal.net [151.164.240.109]

7 26 ms 25 ms 25 ms bb1-p3-0.dllstx.sbcglobal.net [151.164.42.181]

8 26 ms 25 ms 25 ms bb2-p9-0.dllstx.sbcglobal.net [151.164.40.206]

9 28 ms 25 ms 25 ms ex2-p12-0.eqdltx.sbcglobal.net [151.164.42.19]

10 26 ms 27 ms 25 ms ex1-p14-0.eqdltx.sbcglobal.net [151.164.242.41]

11 27 ms 25 ms 25 ms asn6939-hurricane-electric.eqdltx.sbcglobal.net [151.164.249.198]

12 57 ms 53 ms 53 ms pos5-0.gsr12012.lax.he.net [66.160.184.5]

13 62 ms 61 ms 61 ms pos3-2.gsr12416.pao.he.net [65.19.129.1]

14 61 ms 61 ms 61 ms pos5-0.gsr12416.fmt.he.net [216.218.229.33]

15 238 ms 449 ms 900 ms pos8-0.gsr12012.fmt.he.net [66.220.20.138]

16 * * * Request timed out.

17 * * * Request timed out.

18 * * * Request timed out.

19 * * * Request timed out.

20 * * * Request timed out.

21 * * * Request timed out.

22 * * * Request timed out.

23 * * * Request timed out.

24 * * * Request timed out.

25 * * * Request timed out.

26 * * * Request timed out.

27 * * * Request timed out.