People can't get on Canreef

[midgetwaiter]

In addition to being a nosy basterd I'm a web guy so I did a little poking around.


First the problem with the index page seems to just be a SQL error, for what ever reason that query can't run. Seeing as through the rest of the site is operating for some people the DB itself is okay, maybe a missing table or something.

Second, the some people can't get the site problem seems to be determined by which browser they are using. IE has issues, Firefox (probably all Mozilla / Netscape browsers), Opera and a few others I have tried does. I've tried it on a few different machines. The server does not respond, something must be breaking on the back end.

Now interestingly enough, I was able to use the site but putting IE through a local proxy server I was using to monitor the traffic and get an idea of what was going on. The only difference I can see is that IE requests HTTP v1.0 where the others use HTTP v1.1. IE's request headers are alo much simpler, there are much fewer options sent along. There may be some interpretation of the headers done in the vbulliten code that is screwing up. I can't even hazzard a guess as to why the browser only works through the proxy, it should be transparent. That's a wierd one for sure.

Possibly the people that aren't having problems are using some sort of proxy either at thier ISP or a local one like a virus scanner of some kind.

If you guys could use a hand to sort this out I'd be willing to take a look. Email me at midgetwaiter(at)gmail.com