Cant get this site to work at home

[Dutchy]

Can someone check if this site opens for them -

http://forum.therx.com/

Esp Bigpond users as it works at work but when I bring the laptop home and connect to my Bigpond account it wont open Its been this way for weeks now so there is no problem with the site

Its the only site Ive had problems opening, any idea why this might be?

[Dog_ger]

No Open 4 me either....

[JAS]

Seems to work fine for me with Firefox...but obvously I wouldn't be using Bigpond.

You could try emailing Bigpond and that forum about it. We had a news story recently about loads of innocent sites getting shut out by software designed to protect kids etc. Could be the same has happened to them or they might have a dispute with Bigpond.

Regards
JAS

[RoosterMarty]

I'm with Internode and use Firefox and I can't load the site at all.

[Kahuna]

Bigpond/Firefox here too and your link won't load,however,I did a Google search as below and the first result appears to be identical to the one you posted but loaded for me no problem.
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=therx ... 8&oe=utf-8

[Dutchy]

Bigpond/Firefox here too and your link won't load,however,I did a Google search as below and the first result appears to be identical to the one you posted but loaded for me no problem.
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=therx ... 8&oe=utf-8

Yeah I can get www.therx.com to work fine but its their forum that I cant get through even from that page that loads OK

its weird cause I can get it on the same PC at work

reckon bigpond are stopping it somehow, will do some research tonight, its a critical site I need access to!! and used to be able to get it no probs

Thanks all

[Psyber]

In Opera 9.60:

You tried to access the address http://forum.therx.com/, which is currently unavailable. Please make sure that the Web address (URL) is correctly spelled and punctuated, then try reloading the page.

In my Server ID searching programme:

Initiating server query ...
Looking up IP address for domain: forum.therx.com
The IP address for the domain is: 64.40.117.10
Connecting to the server on standard HTTP port: 80
No response was received from the machine and port at that IP. The machine may be offline or the connection port may be stealthed.
Query complete.

[JAS]

Still works for me.

I took a look at their equiv of GD forum and found this posted on 4th Oct...not sure if there could be a connection to what you're experiencing Dutchy...

no bookmarks work for the site. now we're back to forum.therx? and not 'therx?

No idea as I just woke up and this is the first thread I ran into. I know one thing the DDOS attack defense posture was still in effect when I logged out Friday night but perhaps we have re-configured the website to the way it was before the attacks occured.

However all my bookmarks are working fine.

Anyone else having access problems?

I will inquire with Tech Support in the morning.


Thanks, wil.
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You are correct - the original bookmarks are working again but we are still under daily DDOS attacks but have patched up all ports that were allowing the attackers to overwhelm the site.


Thanks for asking, wil.
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Regards
JAS

[Dutchy]

Thanks JAS, yes they got hacked and have had the problems ever since so maybe its their end, Ill shoot them an email tomorrow

[Kahuna]

Yeah I can get http://www.therx.com to work fine but its their forum that I cant get through even from that page that loads OK

Sorry, I should have paid more attention before I replied

[Dutchy]

well got an email back and it explains why JAS can get it and we cant -

Hello, the problem is your location. Since we have been experiencing DDOS attacks we have had to close ports from both Asia and Austrailia in order to defeat the attacks. Rx Tech Support is working on the problem and hopefully will have it fixed soon. Your connection at work is probably hooked up to a network that enters through a different port than your home PC.

Apoligies, wilheim

Wilheim
Head Moderator
The Rx.com Posting Forum

[mighty_tiger_79]

well got an email back and it explains why JAS can get it and we cant -

Hello, the problem is your location. Since we have been experiencing DDOS attacks we have had to close ports from both Asia and Austrailia in order to defeat the attacks. Rx Tech Support is working on the problem and hopefully will have it fixed soon. Your connection at work is probably hooked up to a network that enters through a different port than your home PC.

Apoligies, wilheim

Wilheim
Head Moderator
The Rx.com Posting Forum

this could be more of a financial crisis then what the rest of the world is suffering.

[Johno37]

Wilheim is an awesome name