David Drummond
Member
I guess this ought to be moved to the Everything else. I put it here initially because the problem only seems to be related to the SPC website, something I use every day!
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After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.
I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.
For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.
From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.
Sincerely, Jeff D.
Problems with SPC website?
- Thread starter David Drummond
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Zach Bailey
EF2
This is a strange problem...some troubleshooting tips:
Obviously, you can access other sites on the internet so it doesn't look like an internal problem (i.e. a problem with any of your equipment).
Can you post what IP www.spc.noaa.gov resolves to?
edit: you already posted this. The IP you provided looks fine to me.
Can you ping www.spc.noaa.gov?
edit: you said you can't ping it. That's normal. The network administrators are probably blocking ICMP echo requests at their border routers.
What's the output of running a traceroute to www.spc.noaa.gov?
I've troubleshot issues like this before, hopefully we can get it worked out for you...
edit: You say you have two routers. Why do you have two?
Also, check your "hosts" file. It's usually located in %systemrootsystem32driversetc, where %systemroot is where your windows installation lives, usually c:windows or c:winnt.
Open the file in notepad. Asides from the lines prefixed with "#', there should be one line that says "127.0.0.1 localhost". If there are any other lines, remove them.
Obviously, you can access other sites on the internet so it doesn't look like an internal problem (i.e. a problem with any of your equipment).
Can you post what IP www.spc.noaa.gov resolves to?
edit: you already posted this. The IP you provided looks fine to me.
Can you ping www.spc.noaa.gov?
edit: you said you can't ping it. That's normal. The network administrators are probably blocking ICMP echo requests at their border routers.
What's the output of running a traceroute to www.spc.noaa.gov?
I've troubleshot issues like this before, hopefully we can get it worked out for you...
edit: You say you have two routers. Why do you have two?
Also, check your "hosts" file. It's usually located in %systemrootsystem32driversetc, where %systemroot is where your windows installation lives, usually c:windows or c:winnt.
Open the file in notepad. Asides from the lines prefixed with "#', there should be one line that says "127.0.0.1 localhost". If there are any other lines, remove them.
David Drummond
Member
One is in the attic. The wireless broadband plugs into it. It's a DLINK. ( I actually set all that up with it's own electrical circuit in the attic so I can easily reset those from the breaker box!)
There are two cat5 cables that run out from it through the walls and into one bedroom where one computer is and the other to the living room. We have two computers in the living room, so a second wireless LINKSYS router has the line coming out of the wall into it, and then our two desktop computers cat5 into that. Since it's wireless it's the one I run the laptop on two. (It's not uncommon for me to be working on both the desktop and laptop at the same time.)
Ideally, I would like to have the LINKSYS wireless the one in the attic, but the wireless broadband company says LINKSYS routers muck up their equipment, so I have to "hide" it behind the DLINK anyway.
Now we also have DSL coming into the phone line in the living room, and the box for it sits next to the LINKSYS. The wireless broadband is only about 70% reliable, so when it's down, I plug the DSL into the router and we use it as a backup.
Anyway, that's why I have two routers.
Well, it's currently plugged into the DSL. I rebooted the LINKSYS and the DSL box and now I can again access SPC. I think something in the DSL box was fubar.
thanks for the help folks.
Jay McCoy
EF5
Are you sure your IP wasnt banned from the site for "overuse"?? Just had to ask :lol:
bill mudd
EF4
SPC ALTERNATIVE
I AM LOOKING FOR A FREE WEBSITE THAT OFFERS MORE DETAIL THAN SPC
i cant see freeways or rivers or counties - any suggestions on getting more detailed without paying for it?
I AM LOOKING FOR A FREE WEBSITE THAT OFFERS MORE DETAIL THAN SPC
i cant see freeways or rivers or counties - any suggestions on getting more detailed without paying for it?
Robert Dewey
EF5
Re: SPC ALTERNATIVE
Though this is off topic (and maybe not worth a whole new thread), what exactly are you looking for? Do you just want to overlay counties onto the convective outlook maps, a higher resolution objective analysis, etc? SPC's mesoanalysis page is hands down one of the best on the net, and is used widely by NWSFO. You can't really get much better horizontal resolution than that, since it would require more surface obs (much of the data is integrated with the RUC forecast model anyways, and re-calculated).
Though this is off topic (and maybe not worth a whole new thread), what exactly are you looking for? Do you just want to overlay counties onto the convective outlook maps, a higher resolution objective analysis, etc? SPC's mesoanalysis page is hands down one of the best on the net, and is used widely by NWSFO. You can't really get much better horizontal resolution than that, since it would require more surface obs (much of the data is integrated with the RUC forecast model anyways, and re-calculated).
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