Sky UK ISP block

[Karlos]

Let's keep the wild speculation to a minimum.

The issue is being investigated. I believe that there may have been a class C IP address ban put in effect some time before the hosting upgrade, though I am a little hazy on the specifics.

Obviously the mods here are incompetent, so please delete my registration here. I won't be back.

Your prerogative, but try not to hold the moderators responsible for what is likely to be a server configuration setting.

Until we have gotten to the bottom of this issue and have some updates either way, I'm locking this thread.

[Karlos]

Thread cleaned and reopened. If you are a sky customer previously affected by this issue, please follow the advice above and make a test post here.

[Karlos]

why did u delete posts? pointless

To keep the discussion on-topic. Side debate about how much better the site is or is not as a consequence of someone's ban and the typical flamebait that follows is not remotely relevant or useful.

If you want to enjoy some conspiracy and finger pointing rather than address what boils down at the end of the day to a basic site configuration issue, might I recommend the following thread?

http://moobunny.dreamhosters.com/cgi/mbthread.pl/amiga/expand/201411

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Testing posts only please. All subsequent off-topic chat here: http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=58982

[Karlos]

Any news on this?

Sorry about that. It's possible there was more than one range blocked. I'll make sure the admin are aware there are still issues.

[Karlos]

Judging from what Argo said, they couldn't if they wanted to???

desiv

As far as I know, that's correct. Probably just a spot of confusion as there are two built-in control panels for the site (a standard vBulletin configuration), one for moderators and one for admin. Moderators can ban individual users and look up IP addresses to spot possible sock puppets but don't have access to actual IP range blocking tools. The admin control panel contains everything that the moderation one does, but many additional tools besides, including the IP range blocking tools.

I'm guessing perhaps Transition posted that in a hurry, or has only ever used the admin control panel and was thus unaware of the limitations of the control panel that moderators have access to. Other than the number of controls available, they tend to look very similar if my past experience of vB admin is anything to go by.

[Karlos]

Anybody else?