isoHunt.com network changes

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:01 pm

Some changes are underway for accessing isoHunt.com. We are testing alternate DNS servers which we changed over 2 days ago, and we are planning on changing bandwidth providers tomorrow.

So, in relation to certain countries/ISP not able to access isoHunt.com properly, please report whether this changes things for better or for worse. I would like to hear both sides, whether you couldn't access isoHunt before but now you can, and vice versa.

During networking changes, we don't expect any downtime longer than say 10 minutes so no worries

EDIT 5/1/08 07:38 UTC (SecretSquirrel): The network routes seem to have been changed already, with much better routes to much of the world (and lower latency). Please let us know if you have connectivity issues

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:03 pm

I just had a downtime for about 20 minutes. It was just to isohunt. Were you just recently trying something or was it just a. . . thing. Nothing to worry about?

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:15 pm

Eien wrote:

I just had a downtime for about 20 minutes. It was just to isohunt. Were you just recently trying something or was it just a. . . thing. Nothing to worry about?

It was us. Just rebooted router.

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:37 pm

our primary router is currently undergoing maintenance, which is why i had to flip us over to the secondary... which took over transparently and is currently routing packets for us... when the primary is back online, it should be another transparent failover

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:34 pm

I cannot access isohunt from the www subdomain alias.

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:26 pm

I posted in the former thread about this but for the past few days I have not been able to get to isohunt through the url, i have to search the dns and enter it, then it comes right up....

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 12:57 am

I haven't been getting topic reply notifications the last couple of hours, checked my profile and all seems to be in order there.

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 1:31 am

Same, IN MO (USA) www.isohunt.com doesn't work, but isohunt.com does.

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 2:04 am

Yah, that's an unrelated change (we went to a dns service provider)

Update: we added a record for www.isohunt.com (previously this was caught by a wildcard)

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 2:35 am

Still can't get at the site via AOL Desktop.

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 2:42 am

Why not host it locally using bind9? That way, if it goes down, you don't have to wait for a provider to respond. Just use crontab and a monitor script. If need be, I can give you my bind9 monitor.

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 4:46 am

Because BIND fails, BIND < TinyDNS. And if you'd look, some of the nameservers are within the cluster, while others are external. Having them all at the same place introduces a SPOF. This isn't mininova

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 10:55 am

I did, after I posted that. And BIND9, when set up properly, is far stronger than tinyDNS.
As for the redundancy factor, it's a good idea, but when it comes to a site like this, two nodes simply is simply a bad idea. Three or more is good for stability. It may seem like overkill to some, but then again, odds are they aren't thinking about true redundancy.

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 12:03 pm

fasteddie001 wrote:

DONT KNOW WHY BUT IM GETTING NO AUDIO ON MOST FILMS,,ONLY AUDIO UP TO YET HAS BEEN ON "FAMILY GUY" AND "FORBIDDEN KINGDOM"
WORK EXCELLENT ON MUSIC THOU,,ANY IDEAS

this is totally the wrong section to post this in...
Not too mention a completely unrelated thread, I suggest you turn your caps lock off and try again.

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 5:45 pm

I dont know about anyone else but I accessed Isohunt much faster