The Pits Access DENIED!

Sorry, I missed the thread below, so I'll restart it... I've had a few people, including some members of The Pits Crew, who have not been able to access the site...so what's up? To tell you the truth, I have no idea...apparently the problem is so flakey that sometimes access can be had, other times no dice! From my knowledge of networking and the internet (and descriptions of the problem from a few people), the problem is not at our end...The Pits is up and running fine (we're at BHMotorsports' location in Finland). But, the individual ISPs seem to have really screwed things up, and I'm really not sure how they have messed it up so bad. All I can say is email your ISP and tell them your problem, get on the horn with their tech support. Somewhere, somehow, they have blown out their DNS tables is my only thought...but... I'll also repost Glaspak's comments below. Yes, we're here...can you reach us? I hope so! ;] Cheers! Jan Glaspak's commentary -------------------------------------------------------- Whoa! I had this same problem two weeks ago... And it snowballed into a BIG problem. I'll save you the endless posts and FOUR tech support calls to your ISP. It's your dial-up access number. I'm on Mindspring/Earthlink. I got the same thing. Two out of four tech support personnel couldn't pull up bhmotorsports or the uspits either. And their tech support is spaced nationwide. Seattle could not, Atlanta could, etc... Eventually, I figured that if my roommate could pull it up with a Mac/Netscape, yet the same ISP, there was a difference. Access number! I hope that I helped you with your problem, because I exhausted all options two weeks ago. And I emailed bhmotorsports to tell them the problem. (Though it's not with them) Now, with a different number, I have no problem. But, it hasn't been explained to my satisfaction. Good luck...

"dnfydor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:mNpi8.29253$[email hidden]... > Sorry, I missed the thread below, so I'll restart it... > > I've had a few people, including some members of The Pits Crew, who havenot

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> been able to > access the site...so what's up? To tell you the truth, I have no > idea...apparently the problem is > so flakey that sometimes access can be had, other times no dice! > > From my knowledge of networking and the internet (and descriptions of the > problem from a > few people), the problem is not at our end...The Pits is up and running

fine > (we're at BHMotorsports' > location in Finland). But, the individual ISPs seem to have reallyscrewed > things up, and I'm really not sure > how they have messed it up so bad. > > All I can say is email your ISP and tell them your problem, get on thehorn

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> with their tech support. > Somewhere, somehow, they have blown out their DNS tables is my only > thought...but... > I'll also repost Glaspak's comments below. > > Yes, we're here...can you reach us? I hope so! ;] > > Cheers! > > Jan >

that was exactly the problem, what glaspak wrote... i changed access numbers and the problem went away... rob

Can't tell you how glad I am to help. The games that I own are more enjoyable because of contributions from The Pits, Blackhole Motorsports, and R.A.S. Hopefully, the DNS problem can be solved. When I ran Traceroute, it couldn't even find the server. It was as if it didn't exist. And I am not savvy in the ways of IT. I'm just glad that I don't have to book computer time at the library (after paying $21.95/month for internet access!) just to check out The Pits or the BH community. Thanks... ____________________________ "dnfydor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:mNpi8.29253$[email hidden]... > Sorry, I missed the thread below, so I'll restart it... > > I've had a few people, including some members of The Pits Crew, who havenot

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> been able to > access the site...so what's up? To tell you the truth, I have no > idea...apparently the problem is > so flakey that sometimes access can be had, other times no dice! > > From my knowledge of networking and the internet (and descriptions of the > problem from a > few people), the problem is not at our end...The Pits is up and running

fine > (we're at BHMotorsports' > location in Finland). But, the individual ISPs seem to have reallyscrewed > things up, and I'm really not sure > how they have messed it up so bad. > > All I can say is email your ISP and tell them your problem, get on thehorn

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> with their tech support. > Somewhere, somehow, they have blown out their DNS tables is my only > thought...but... > I'll also repost Glaspak's comments below. > > Yes, we're here...can you reach us? I hope so! ;] > > Cheers! > > Jan > > Glaspak's commentary > -------------------------------------------------------- > Whoa! > I had this same problem two weeks ago... > > And it snowballed into a BIG problem. > > I'll save you the endless posts and FOUR > tech support calls to your ISP. > It's your dial-up access number. > I'm on Mindspring/Earthlink. > I got the same thing. Two out of four > tech support personnel couldn't pull up > bhmotorsports or the uspits either. > And their tech support is spaced nationwide. > Seattle could not, Atlanta could, etc... > > Eventually, I figured that if my roommate > could pull it up with a Mac/Netscape, yet > the same ISP, there was a difference. > Access number! > > I hope that I helped you with your problem, > because I exhausted all options two weeks ago. > And I emailed bhmotorsports to tell them the > problem. (Though it's not with them) > > Now, with a different number, I have no > problem. But, it hasn't been explained > to my satisfaction. > > Good luck... > > >