IP Banned?

[wertigo]

So for two weeks I've been unable to access the Escapist website from my computer at home, been trying with both Firefox and Chrome. I can access it fine from my mobile (which I'm using now) and other computers. Have I been IP banned for some reason, or are others having the same issue?

 

[staika]

So for two weeks I've been unable to access the Escapist website from my computer at home, been trying with both Firefox and Chrome. I can access it fine from my mobile (which I'm using now) and other computers. Have I been IP banned for some reason, or are others having the same issue?

While I don't have any problems myself I think that is a question to take up with the tech team. You can post your problem in the chat here [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/groups/view/Tech-Team] and see if they can help you.

 

[Rainmaker77]

Try flushing your DNS cache.

Open up the command prompt and type 'ipconfig /flushdns" (without the quotes).

Then try loading the site again.

 

[wertigo]

Try flushing your DNS cache.

Open up the command prompt and type 'ipconfig /flushdns" (without the quotes).

Then try loading the site again.

Thanks for the tip, sadly it didn't work. It's very odd since everything else works fine, it's just this website I can't access.

 

[evilneko]

Well if you were banned, you should be able to see it on your "forum health meter" if you go look at the profile for your old username. Just put in http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/view/(INSERT USER NAME HERE)

 

[wertigo]

Well if you were banned, you should be able to see it on your "forum health meter" if you go look at the profile for your old username. Just put in http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/view/(INSERT USER NAME HERE)

This is actually the only username I've ever used here. And the problem isn't that I can't login; I simply can't access the website at all since it won't load...

 

[GrandmaFunk]

The Escapist just has really shitty performance issues.

half the time a page load will take 30+ seconds or will simply time out

 

[kurupt87]

I have no idea how these things work but...perhaps your comp was one of the bots used in last years anonymous/lulzboat (I can't remember which it was) attack? To deal with that the IT guys banned offending IPs.