Website access problems Nov 2024

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thermalben started the topic in Sunday, 17 Nov 2024 at 11:58am

We've received some reports of users unable to access the website, so please detail your issues in this thread so we can collate all of the info in one spot.

So far we have been unable to produce this locally, and current thinking is that it may be ISP related - one user was having problems when accessing via Telstra and Optus NBN services, but everything was normal when on Optus 4G.

Other people are reporting issues with 4G services.

Error messages received are “web page not available” or “cannot decode raw data”, I.e.

nsurlerrordomain 1015 cannot decode raw data

or

Apologies for the inconvenience, we will work to get this issue resolved quickly.

(Ironically, if you can read this forum thread, then you aren't having problems...)

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basesix Saturday, 23 Nov 2024 at 10:42pm

@seeds can't get on again, apparently.

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seeds Saturday, 23 Nov 2024 at 10:44pm

And now I can
My history won’t show the your blocked page either.
Lasted about a minute

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lostdoggy Saturday, 23 Nov 2024 at 10:48pm
seeds wrote:

Lasted about a minute

Must have been good japanese porn

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seeds Saturday, 23 Nov 2024 at 10:54pm
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Lasted about a minute

Must have been good japanese porn

Hahaha that is hilarious.
Very good Mr LD

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seeds Saturday, 23 Nov 2024 at 10:58pm

This is why I like this site. There are some cunny funts and there’s the rest of yas

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Exxotixjeff Sunday, 24 Nov 2024 at 9:48am

More time maintaining and less time hahaing

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Supafreak Sunday, 24 Nov 2024 at 9:52am

Erotic cracking the whip.

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Exxotixjeff Sunday, 24 Nov 2024 at 10:28am

Yeah I can easily change my name
Who was that guy anyway. ?
Male cougar ?

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burleigh Sunday, 24 Nov 2024 at 10:59am

I can’t log onto the app either.

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thermalben Sunday, 24 Nov 2024 at 11:42am

Should be working fine Burleigh, can you please uninstall and reinstall?

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sea-abilatation Tuesday, 26 Nov 2024 at 5:54pm

thermalben yep im also getting jap porn site when navigating to mornington peninsula forecast page

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Booka78 Thursday, 28 Nov 2024 at 6:35pm

Hi Ben, the Swellnet app on my iPhone has stopped opening. I’ve deleted & reinstalled the app several times but nothing works. Recent update to IOS18.1?

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Booka78 Thursday, 28 Nov 2024 at 6:37pm

Hi Ben, the Swellnet app on my iPhone has stopped opening. I’ve deleted & reinstalled the app several times but nothing works. Recent update to IOS18.1.1 ?

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elmo Thursday, 28 Nov 2024 at 7:27pm
Booka78 wrote:

Hi Ben, the Swellnet app on my iPhone has stopped opening. I’ve deleted & reinstalled the app several times but nothing works. Recent update to IOS18.1.1 ?

Working on mine and my iPad, try powering your iPhone off and on again. Hold power button and volume up together.

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Booka78 Thursday, 28 Nov 2024 at 10:27pm
elmo wrote:
Booka78 wrote:

Hi Ben, the Swellnet app on my iPhone has stopped opening. I’ve deleted & reinstalled the app several times but nothing works. Recent update to IOS18.1.1 ?

Thanks Elmo resolved
Working on mine and my iPad, try powering your iPhone off and on again. Hold power button and volume up together.

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SocialD Tuesday, 3 Dec 2024 at 4:01pm

Hi Ben, recently when I select swellnet on my PC using a book mark or looking it up in google I get taken to a site https://vodu.me/ .On my phone there is no problems .
I can select forums and surf reports from google but not swellnet.com.

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thermalben Tuesday, 3 Dec 2024 at 4:33pm

Thanks mate, we are looking into that at the moment.

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truebluebasher Wednesday, 4 Dec 2024 at 2:26am

Yes Ben! Each time it's only swellnet main web page...
Facebook & other are unaffected.

Started around w/e 2nd/3rd Nov (4hrs > 8:00 > 12:00 all night lock out)
First time said I was visiting swellnet too often > Had to empty cookies...
After a few hours emptied cookies...whateva...no reward...
Tried a restore point & still no fix...so went to bed...

One week later went out again in arvo I think...for less time around 2 hrs
One week later went out for 1 hr...
Next went out 30mins > Next out for 20 mins > Next (recent) Tonight 10mins

Not sure if it's the 3G cross over...
Think about it this way...
Maybe happening to those spending 1hr -3hrs or more on their fav site...
Kinda like being timed out less each time when yer camping or revisiting same site often...
Back to oldschool internet time outs...
Coz that's the prompt... it's also something we crew do...spend hours in the hot seat & back again!

Also noticed that 'certain' swellnet links I posted kept spinnin' forever...not kickin' in.
Like ya said...just check back & try & try again until it links...
Just then checked back to same link...still slow or notably random link time!
Gets quicker each time the connection is established...
So that's been happening all the while over last month!
Notably for any PDF / Word type Nerdy links...( Exaggerates any link delay)

Just with all that experimenting...
Each lockout was 4hrs > 2hrs > 1hr > (Getting closer)
But also less lock out time each time...almost like a proportioned matrix delay timer...
Keep continuing with lesser length but more frequent bump off shorter delays > Links...
As said Links were likewise exhausting > timing out (Just Forget it!)
Then just ran a test > Each time the connection is faster for same link...
Like 5 Mins > 2mins > 30 secs > 10 secs > 5secs >

So that seems to be a dual pattern of being faster or learned restoration.

Also get more AVG pop ups...never used to get them...
So just by doin' that link test then...get another AVG Pop up.

About 3 weeks back...
Was actually gonna contact swellnet but just assumed it was the New Guy...so let him be.
Don't need more work place harassment so close to Local lineup...[sURF'S uP!]
From the Goldie end it was worse about 1 month back...
As said...keeps correcting itself as if it's like an ai bot learning to link better each time...

Consider these facts...
* Switch from 3G buggered the black spot mobile patching...
tbb reported that more were losing blanket mobile coverage > breaking up.
So we can consider more squeezed onto Cable > being rationed...
* They also reckon the ai switch is clogging up the grid & soon be no ocean...
Just one massive thick massive land bridge for infinite ai bot regurgitating computations.
All know that the robots bully all banking / Govt cable & leave us to mop up the dregz!

So guessin' the mass Switch from Mobile to ai bully dominated Cable is gettin' real cozy.
Kinda explains the timing of the rationed response tbb is getting...getting there!

PS tbb reported here about ALL 'Green' Web Pages were not linking at all recently..
During Qld Campaign...they thought tbb was mad...but got onto it & rebooted what ever it was...
Seems to be ongoing long haul glitches in the G switch...

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burleigh Monday, 9 Dec 2024 at 1:12pm

Been receiving a security warning when loading Swellnet home page recently:

Your connection is not private
Attackers might be trying to steal your information from swellnet.com.au (for example, passwords, messages or credit cards). Learn more about this warning
net::ERR_CERT_DATE_INVALID
This server could not prove that it is swellnet.com.au; its security certificate expired 1,866 days ago

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mikehunt207 Monday, 9 Dec 2024 at 1:42pm

Maybe swellnet have been infiltrated by big pharma and are watching you through the surf cams?

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Jono Monday, 9 Dec 2024 at 2:01pm
burleigh wrote:

Been receiving a security warning when loading Swellnet home page recently:

Your connection is not private
Attackers might be trying to steal your information from swellnet.com.au (for example, passwords, messages or credit cards). Learn more about this warning
net::ERR_CERT_DATE_INVALID
This server could not prove that it is swellnet.com.au; its security certificate expired 1,866 days ago

Burleigh what URL are you trying to view? Can you please cut and paste from the browser address bar? The site redirects from the '.com.au' to the '.com' by default, so I'm interested to know how you're loading the '.com.au' URL.

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burleigh Monday, 9 Dec 2024 at 2:16pm
Jono wrote:
burleigh wrote:

Been receiving a security warning when loading Swellnet home page recently:

Your connection is not private
Attackers might be trying to steal your information from swellnet.com.au (for example, passwords, messages or credit cards). Learn more about this warning
net::ERR_CERT_DATE_INVALID
This server could not prove that it is swellnet.com.au; its security certificate expired 1,866 days ago

Burleigh what URL are you trying to view? Can you please cut and paste from the browser address bar? The site redirects from the '.com.au' to the '.com' by default, so I'm interested to know how you're loading the '.com.au' URL.

swellnet.com.au is the URL saved in my address bar. Once i click through it's showing swellnet.com. So must be something with the redirect.

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maddogmorley Friday, 13 Dec 2024 at 8:43am

Any known issues this morning Swellnet team? For the first time in over a year I've had to login again and all the South Oz cams are experiencing technical difficulties when i try to access them

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maddogmorley Friday, 13 Dec 2024 at 9:17am

Actually seems all cams are experiencing technical difficulty for me even tho i am logged in now

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Jono Friday, 13 Dec 2024 at 9:25am
maddogmorley wrote:

Actually seems all cams are experiencing technical difficulty for me even tho i am logged in now

There's been a few updates recently, and a couple of changes just now - can you please try again?

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maddogmorley Friday, 13 Dec 2024 at 9:28am

Same problem Jono - everything else seems fine just always get experiencing technical difficulty when try to look at any cam. Was fine yesterday. Seems to have started after i got logged out overnight

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maddogmorley Friday, 13 Dec 2024 at 9:41am

Just tried on my phone...accessed ur site thru vivaldi browser and cams are working fine. Interestingly i didn't have to login again this morning on my phone. Only my laptop. Problem must be my end

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maddogmorley Friday, 13 Dec 2024 at 9:46am

Problem seems to be limited to Firefox (v 133.0.3) on my laptop - if i use Chrome on my laptop its fine.

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truebluebasher Friday, 13 Dec 2024 at 8:46pm

Last reported access had bumped me off but more often and less each time...
That pattern continued to Dec 4th shortest shutdown...
This was interesting coz tbb never gets any Telstra Messages...
But they did inform tbb during this said period...
So we can lock in that Telstra have been upgrading during the 3G switch
(Confirmed) By tbb during same bump off window!

Telstra did notify tbb on 3rd Dec for { Updates }
Interruption on the 6th Dec [ 1:00AM? 7:00AM ]
Total duration 1 hour...

Only tbb thinks they were just informing that they've been tampering for a good while..
And that was just a default Memo...for their purpose...coz don't recall that shutdown?

Happy to report it seems to be resolved...since this email...Date!
No outages from Telstra GC Reedy Creek from that Advertised Upgrade date!

All this Times perfectly with
3G switch Rainy / Patchy reception defaulting to crowding of more reliable Online connect...
tbb did read Families switched to online plans to secure Parents in Aged Care

Also more importantly...
Research times 3G switch with Telstra NBN Bill hike / Cable TV package price rises...
Noting it all times with blocking o's phones > Forcing crews into bumped up Cable plans!

tbb feels it resembled a good ol' fashioned Dial Up throttling...
Telstra starts throttling Home customers from their non mainstream sites...like our blogs...

Coz we know Govt clips Non essential Home air con etc...during Peak overload.
So tbb is confirming he lives in a bump off zone
Non essential a/h town neighbouring a power plant...Peak summer shutdowns as all around is fine.
(We'd often get flicked on Sunday Morning internet / Phone)
Like our buses go well over their timetable to skip the hour by 3:00pm Oopsie > Only locals know!
Our Burb's students cop Fares as Posh Burbs get Varsity Catchment exemption & free Buss Passes
We're used to being treated as that poor lot & we're over it...Wotever!

So establishing tbb was not surprised or put out as it's expected 'round our neighbourhood!
Also always bumped outside our Posh school's hours coz they make sure not to upset Private schools.

So here's where tbb's search leads from this end..
Guessing there might be an Out clause for Telstra if things heat up...as in any Upgrade switch...
Kinda like in the advent of upgrades Telstra reserves right to throttle for greater good...

15 Nov 2024...Timely Update times in with our 3G switch / Patch rainy update here!
[ All about Cookies ]
"Is my internet being Throttled"
This seems to cover tbb's > timely rationed swellnet bump off better than other explanation...
https://allaboutcookies.org/how-to-stop-internet-throttling