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#11

IDNet Help / Re: idnet down? (sort of)

Last post by zappaDPJ - Jun 12, 2026, 14:02:13

I use the IDNet's email server a lot and find it fails to authenticate fairly regularly. I've never thought to check if their site is down at the same time but I'll check next time it happens and post back.

#12

IDNet Help / Protocol oddity

Last post by Bill - Jun 12, 2026, 12:11:29

I've no idea if this is new or has always been this way, but if I do a basic (IPv4) ping to idnet.com it works perfectly, but with an IPv6 one (ping6) I get "nodename nor servname provided, or not known", suggesting no IPv6 record on the DNS server?

But browsing to idnet.com shows the connection as being being over IPv6...

Main DNS is Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) with Google (8.8.8.8) as backup.

Doesn't happen on other sites I've tried and it's not causing any issue that I can see, it just seems odd.

#13

IDNet Help / Re: idnet down? (sort of)

Last post by Bill - Jun 12, 2026, 10:21:49

Belay that, it seems to be behaving itself now... for the moment anyway. I'll be keeping a close eye on it 

#14

IDNet Help / idnet down? (sort of)

Last post by Bill - Jun 12, 2026, 09:39:37

Just checking- my email has gone strange (haven't yet sorted out all the symptoms) but the issue seems to be centred on idnet- I can't access idnet.com in a browser (Chrome or Safari) and pinging it (ipv4 or v6) just hangs. But my internet is otherwise OK and downdetector says it's up 

Anyone else having issues?

#15

Apple News & Discussion / Re: Apple iOS 26.4.2

Last post by Clive - May 25, 2026, 19:09:11

Just ignore it and it will go away.  I have 2 of the beasts and ignoring works on both.  Mind you, I may have threatened them with Mrs Clive.

#16

IDNet Help / Re: Banned from Netters??

Last post by Simon - May 07, 2026, 17:36:15

The problem is, without knowning the IP ranges of the Safari proxies, we can't identify if a ban on those IPs is in place. 

#17

IDNet Help / Re: Banned from Netters??

Last post by Tacitus - May 07, 2026, 16:06:30

Didn't we have a conversation in PM relating to this?  Could it be your Private Relay hitting on a banned IP again?  I've checked our logs and can only see one IP which isn't your usual one, but that particular one didn't have a ban on it. 

I think that was when I was playing with anonymous proxies.  This time I've done nothing at all and don't use one.  Safari does have its own proxies and since I use that on the iPad it's probably something to do with that.  I use FireFox on the Mini and that appears to have escaped the ban. So far.....

I'll have a play with the Safari setup and see what happens.

#18

IDNet Help / Re: Banned from Netters??

Last post by Simon - May 06, 2026, 20:44:40

Didn't we have a conversation in PM relating to this?  Could it be your Private Relay hitting on a banned IP again?  I've checked our logs and can only see one IP which isn't your usual one, but that particular one didn't have a ban on it. 

#19

IDNet Help / Re: Banned from Netters??

Last post by Simon - May 06, 2026, 20:29:47

Maybe a VPN in play somewhere? 

#20

IDNet Help / Banned from Netters??

Last post by Tacitus - May 06, 2026, 19:29:37

For some reason when I try to login to Netters on my iPad I get the msg that I'm banned and the ban is permanent.

When I login using the desktop machine here I am 

Anyone any ideas on what's happening?  I'm using FireFox on the desktop and Safari on the iPad.  My only thought is that I use Firefox uBlock Origin on the desktop and the "Lite" version on the iPad and for some reason the iPad version is blocking something.