gpsaustralia website

mmmmm just tried again (I use MS IE) and not working ...very strange
No idea whats going on.
Cheers
Greg

It's back on now (using Firefox).

I get the same cpanel error page as well, I leave it and try later on and seems to work fine.

Google is your friend:

www.gpsaustralia.net/

I haven't been able to access it for about a month either

Thanks Mike,

And Lorne.... it's working now.

Mac,

I'm still accessing the site OK using Firefox via Ozemail. Have sent a message to Craigus. Will let you know what happens.

Regards

Mac,

Here's the reply from Craig at GPS Australia

"This has been a known problem over the last few days.. If you simply hold CTRL+SHIFT and click the refresh button in your browser this should fix the problem.

Let me know if it doesn't."

Give that a try and see how you go

Regards

Gramps,
Tried that on all three browsers but to no avail.
Please pass this on. Start medication shortly to combat withdrawal. LOL
Won't even popup in google search.
Mac

Hmmm ... I've been on and off their site all day without a problem. From a command line window, are you able to get a response from a ping i.e. ping www.gpsaustralia.net

Craig's email address is craig@gpsaustralia.net

He may have to instruct you on doing a dnsflush or something similar. I used to be comfortable with that stuff but would rather leave it to someone who does it day in day out now :)))))

If my link above does'nt work, try the one on Mike Harding's Follow-Up above somewhere.

Regards

"CTRL+SHIFT and click the refresh button"
does nothing for me - no go at moment
Cheers
Greg

Hello - excuse my ignorance - what does a response from a "ping" look like - also how can I use imformation gained to solve the problem?
Cheers
Greg

Greg/mac,

I hope I don't catch whatever it is you guy's have got :)))) I just logged in to the site again without a problem.

Try to email Craig at the address above. It may still work even if your browsers have a problem.

Regards

Greg,

A ping just sends a query to another site/address and elicits a response from that target. It just proves(?) that the target is accessible and an indication of the response time. The pointyheads on this site will correct me where I am wrong (it's been a long time since I was involved in this stuff). An example of a ping and it's response is below.

C:\>ping www.gpsaustralia.net

Pinging gpsaustralia.net [64.38.7.52] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 64.38.7.52: bytes=32 time=283ms TTL=54
Reply from 64.38.7.52: bytes=32 time=285ms TTL=54
Reply from 64.38.7.52: bytes=32 time=290ms TTL=54
Reply from 64.38.7.52: bytes=32 time=279ms TTL=54

Ping statistics for 64.38.7.52:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 279ms, Maximum = 290ms, Average = 284ms

Gramps,
I am running Windows XP Pro. How do I access the command line to ping?
Spreadsheets and worksheets in excel I understand, generally stay away from registry and command thingys.
Mac

Mac,

Bottom left of your screen is the Start button. Click on that.

Opens a window with RUN not far from bottom. Click on that.

Opens another window. Type cmd and hit Enter on keyboard.

That will open a command line window.

Type ping www.gpsaustralia.net then hit Enter on keyboard

It will reply with something like the messages in my reply above or tell you that the address is unreachable or words to that effect.

When it has finished just type Exit and hit Enter on keyboard to close the window.

I don't think you're going to get a positive result but try it anyway before we move on any further.

Strange business, I've got no problem wih it here at work on IE and it's been fine at home all last week with Maxthon.

Ray,

The next goose er sorry, I meant guru that tries to tell you computers are logical .... Just laugh at them and say sure they are :))))))

gramps,

Funnilly enough I get the same response as you have above except that the ping ip is 64.38.25.98 and the TTL = 50.
Got the same 4 sent, 4 recieved, Lost=0%
Did a dns flush under craig's instruction and still the same cpanel.net error page.
Mac

Hmmm. I logged on to www.cpanel.net. It's webhosting and control panel software I assume being used by either your ISP or Craig at gpsaustralia.

It's now getting beyond my limited capabilities mate so I think you'll have to deal direct with Craig to resolve this one. I'd still be very interested in what resolves the problem though.

Sorry I can't be of much help.

Regards

Gramps and others,
Welcome to tonight's exciting episode of CCcccPanelllllll. (Echo effect). I did amatuer theatre in an earlier life time. Thanks for your help to date, I can now ping and flush ( run with it if you like)LOL . Craig and I are corresponding direct and as soon as we get a result I'll post it here. Hopefully the solution is just around the corner. In the meantime can we determine if the problem is Internet Service Provider specific. I use
bigpond broadband. Anyone with a problem using the same or a different provider?
Mac

Currently working but 10 minutes ago got knocked off :() then came good again.

iinet

Cheers
Greg

Greg,
Glad to hear you are having some success. Here is the latest from craig at gpsaustralia.
"There is your problem… Telstras DNS servers are taking a very long time to update.
You should be resolving the correct IP of 64.38.7.52
You might be able to get to the site on https:// www.gpsaustralia.net
Cheers
Craig."

I tried this link and it gave me a certificate mismatch warning saying " that I had tried to establish contact with gpsaustralia.net but the certificate was for milkyway.websiteactive.com and it was possible though unlikely that someone is trying to intercept the communication."
I contacted Craig to see if he could advise further and his reply has just come through. It reads as follows.
"Yes you can accept the cert, it’ll be fine.
The site resides on that IP but the problem lies with bigponds DNS servers taking too long to update the name changed that went though last week. You could try giving them a call and getting them to update them?
Thanks
Craig.

I'll try this and get back to you shortly.
Stay tuned folks it all happening here tonight.
Mac

Hi all,

Well I tried it and (drum roll)................. it still didn't let me back in. Hopefully some of you will have had some success. Looks like a call to telstra coming up. Pinging the proper IP address gave me a positive response so I live in hope.
Looking forward to all those new messages that I will have to read when it finally happens. Looking at the number of views of this thread I'd say a lot more of you have been introduced to gpsaustralia. It is a top site.
Mac

What happens if you type the ip into the address bar
64.38.7.52

Mad Dog,

Opens the home page with Not Found in bold lettering in top right hand corner.
When I log in I get the 404 error message url not found. I have fired an email off to bigpond. The automated response says I should recieve a response within 24 hours. This is Telstra we are talking about???? I won't hold my breath.
Mac

No go for me again this morning
Cheers
Greg

Hi all,

Stil here and still not accessing the site. However I have had a response from Telstra and it reads as follows,
Dear Ian,

Thank you for your email dated 11/04/2006 regarding accessing www.gpsaustralia.net.
I had a look at the website in question and can see the updated IP address, the changes have been made on our primary DNS servers but has not yet propagated entirely to our secondary servers. Which is why some users may not be able to see the site, this propagation can take up to 48 hrs to complete.(Craig did say the address change took place last week). If you can still not access in the site in 48 hrs please contact us again.
There you go folks straight from the horses mouth. I'll see if it's happening by the time I get back from the easter break. Have fun over the break doing whatever you enjoy most.
Mac

I

Mac,

Any success yet ?

Mac,

Good to hear all is now OK. I had a problem with the site last night due to server/upgrade issues but all seems OK now.

Regards