Well, as of 12:33 am here in PA, the new IP address was the one the
local DNS computer replied with.
And I have to say, it does load fast!
Now, if you'd like to update the look of the site, and add a good
shopping cart, we should talk :)
Neil Z.
KN3ILZ
On 1/8/2016 8:14 PM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
I hit send too soon.. :-)
Continuing regarding our new server location for the Elecraft web
page; both it and the prior server are both active with the same data,
so you will still see the same elecraft.com web pages displayed even
if you are still pointing to the old iP address for Elecraft.com.
For those of you who can 'ping' elecraft.com, the old server address
starts with 63.249.. and the new server address starts with 50.31..
For Windows users, from the command window you can both ping
elecraft.com and flush your local DNA cache to forcibly load the new
iP mapping for the new elecraft.com server. To flush the cache, type
"ipconfig /flushdns" <enter> (without the quotes) and then "ping
elecraft.com" <enter> to see if the address changes to the new one.
This may take more than one try to be successful, depending on you DNS
configuration. Also, it may be necessary to close your browser and
then restart it to load flush the browser's local web page cache. Its
also possible your ISP uses multiple DNS servers that may update at
different times..
You can tell if you are seeing the web page from the new server by
scrolling down to the bottom of the elecraft.com home page and looking
for the "Last Edited" date section, located on the right just above
the web page links bordered by bars. If you see "Last Edited: **NEW
SERVER**: .... , you know you are on the new elecraft server. If you
don't see this, don't worry, the new address will automatically
propagate to your local DNS servers over the next day or so, and you
will still be able to access elecraft.com on the old server in the
meantime.
One nice impact of this is that we now have a way to immediately
switch to the backup copy on a totally different server for
elecraft.com should there be a major problem with the main server.
We'll keep both servers active for this reason.
Please let me know via -direct- email if you still can not access
elecraft.com at all, or if there are any problems with the new
elecraft.com web page once your DNS updates and you can get to it.
Whew! Have a great weekend everyone.
73,
Eric
/elecraft.com/
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On 1/8/2016 4:49 PM, Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:
Wow - this has been frustrating for us (and all of our Verizon based
customers!)
Verizon appears to have fixed the routing problem from their FiOS and
DSL customers to Elecraft.com sometime last night. The fix slowly
migrated through the net and based on customer feedback received
here, most Verizon customers were up and able to access elecraft.com
by sometime this morning.
It apparently was a problem with misconfiguration by Verizon for
their traffic via an internet backbone router (layer42.net) upstream
of the ISP that hosts elecraft.com. Interestingly when accessing the
Elecraft website from other ISPs (Comcast etc) it also routed through
layer42.net's backbone and router with no problems. Our ISP has been
in contact with layer42.net, and layer42.net confirmed it was a
Verizon problem. Unfortunately Verizon was very slow to correct the
problem, much to our frustration (and our ISPs and Level43.net's).
New Server:
While the Verizon FiOS saga was transpiring this week, we also began
implementing a backup copy of the elecraft.com webpage on a totally
different server farm both hosted by a different company and
geographically located outside of our immediate area. We copied all
of the website and ftp files over to this new server and had it ready
to go this morning. It actually turns out to be faster for web
access, and also for ftp file downloads of new f/w via our utility
programs. As a result, we decided to switch over to the new server
for elecraft.com at about 2000 Z today. Its been up and operating
since then. Its new iP address may take up to 24 or more to propagate
through the internet's network of DNS servers, routers and your
browser programs.
Eric
/elecraft.com/
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