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Should I be concerned?
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- Lemon Quarter
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Re: Should I be concerned?
Also had the same problems from last night through much of today. Unable to access LF at all.
Plus someone's clock isn't right.
Plus someone's clock isn't right.
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Re: Should I be concerned?
GoSeigen wrote:On my usual IP address the site puts up a message saying I have been banned for 24 hours based on my IP address. Using VPN the site seems to work fine.
GS
Like this:
Information
You have been banned from this board until Today, 9:31 pm.
Please contact the Board Administrator for more information.
A ban has been issued on your IP address.
sounds like there might not be a safe and legal route at present to TLF from foreignland
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servodude wrote:GoSeigen wrote:On my usual IP address the site puts up a message saying I have been banned for 24 hours based on my IP address. Using VPN the site seems to work fine.
GS
Like this:Information
You have been banned from this board until Today, 9:31 pm.
Please contact the Board Administrator for more information.
A ban has been issued on your IP address.
sounds like there might not be a safe and legal route at present to TLF from foreignland
Yes, that's the message, hopefully that will help @stooz. I'm still "banned" this morning.
GS
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servodude wrote:GoSeigen wrote:On my usual IP address the site puts up a message saying I have been banned for 24 hours based on my IP address. Using VPN the site seems to work fine.
GS
Like this:Information
You have been banned from this board until Today, 9:31 pm.
Please contact the Board Administrator for more information.
A ban has been issued on your IP address.
sounds like there might not be a safe and legal route at present to TLF from foreignland
Yes, I get exactly the same if I fire up Opera and use their built in (and free) VPN choosing "Asia" as the location. If I choose "Americas" instead I also get the same except that the banned-until time is 5:42 pm. Choosing "Europe" as the location lets me through, as does just turning off their VPN.
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I was getting the banned message from Belgium yesterday, but seems ok now.
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I'm in east Africa and I am banned on both my router based sims but ok over the phone network.
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Re: Should I be concerned?
XFool wrote:...The electronic 'Judge Dredd' strikes again?
Dredd was generally harsh but fair; it's Death you need to worry about
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My ban seems to have been lifted now -- whether it's the expiry of the 24 hours or another reason I don't know. My VPN terminated in the USA and enabled me to use TLF when I was "banned".
Not sure everyone here will be pleased to see me back
GS
Not sure everyone here will be pleased to see me back
GS
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GoSeigen wrote:Aaargh! Another "ban" for me. Please fix, admins!
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Seems to depend "something" that's not just location
Home works fine for me today, but if on VPN to office I'm "banned"
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servodude wrote:GoSeigen wrote:Aaargh! Another "ban" for me. Please fix, admins!
GS
Seems to depend "something" that's not just location
Home works fine for me today, but if on VPN to office I'm "banned"
And posting that seems to have jinxed it - "banned" from both now
VPN to UK or mobile ISP working still
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servodude wrote:servodude wrote:
Seems to depend "something" that's not just location
Home works fine for me today, but if on VPN to office I'm "banned"
And posting that seems to have jinxed it - "banned" from both now
VPN to UK or mobile ISP working still
And I'm back from Siberia now.
I wonder if the internet is slowly breaking under the strain now? I've recently had a couple of years' nightmare dealing with Cloudflare blocking me on a site I use regularly. Then there's the proliferation of paywalls, and even twitter only permits free speech to its signed up members.
GS
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GoSeigen wrote:On my usual IP address the site puts up a message saying I have been banned for 24 hours based on my IP address. Using VPN the site seems to work fine.
I had this too yesterday (24-hour ban based on IP address), but I was in Berlin at the time so assumed it was some temporary confusion.
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Gilgongo wrote:GoSeigen wrote:On my usual IP address the site puts up a message saying I have been banned for 24 hours based on my IP address. Using VPN the site seems to work fine.
I had this too yesterday (24-hour ban based on IP address), but I was in Berlin at the time so assumed it was some temporary confusion.
I wondered if we were being hosted in Royston Vasey - "a local site for local people"
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servodude wrote:Gilgongo wrote:
I had this too yesterday (24-hour ban based on IP address), but I was in Berlin at the time so assumed it was some temporary confusion.
I wondered if we were being hosted in Royston Vasey - "a local site for local people"
Sorry to be late, but I just found this thread.
I had the same problem until this morning, same message etc. When it started a few days ago, I thought it was because of something I'd posted, but I couldn't think of what it could be.
Ironically, I was only able to use TLF with a VPN!
Dontcha love the internet!
Steve
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mc2fool wrote:servodude wrote:Like this:
sounds like there might not be a safe and legal route at present to TLF from foreignland
Yes, I get exactly the same if I fire up Opera and use their built in (and free) VPN choosing "Asia" as the location. If I choose "Americas" instead I also get the same except that the banned-until time is 5:42 pm. Choosing "Europe" as the location lets me through, as does just turning off their VPN.
Nope, not "foreignland". I am now getting "banned" using Firefox and my un-VPN'd Talktalk IP, which all the geolocators (correctly) show as being in London.
However I find that I can now get to TLF (and post this) using Opera with its built in VPN turned on and set to be in the "Americas"! ("Asia" and "Europe" still get me banned, as does turning off the VPN).
If I have to jump through such hoops to access TLF, then as far as I'm concerned the site is broken.
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Strange, I'm having no problems connecting. I just tried connecting via NordVPN from France, Germany, Australia, South Africa and Albania and all were without issue.
RC
RC
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No previously had this “banned” problem, until just now.
“based on your ip address”… so I change my ip address & am still banned.
ah, cookies…?
change browser & ip again, and here I am.
odd thing though, there are NO “new posts” - list empty.
what is going on?
“based on your ip address”… so I change my ip address & am still banned.
ah, cookies…?
change browser & ip again, and here I am.
odd thing though, there are NO “new posts” - list empty.
what is going on?
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ReformedCharacter wrote:Strange, I'm having no problems connecting. I just tried connecting via NordVPN from France, Germany, Australia, South Africa and Albania and all were without issue.
Yeah, and I just tried the Windscribe VPNs and managed to connect through Atlanta, Vancouver, Istanbul and Bucharest -- but not through Windscribe's two (free) London VPNs. Not exactly brilliant for a UK site (with no malice to anyone from the cities listed...)
Bottom line: it's capricious, and I predict you everyone will find that "A ban has been issued on your IP address" sooner or later, as things stand.
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