# Having some issues with the board lately **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 18, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-some-issues-with-the-board-lately/650672 "2013-02-18T05:17:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-some-issues-with-the-board-lately/650672/1 "2013-02-18T05:17:44Z")
Just an(other) FYI to the admins, been having some major issues authenticating to the board and just doing basic stuff. I’m on the road atm, but it’s the same issue I was having at home a few weeks ago when this came up in another thread. Takes me several attempts to log in, took me like 6 tries to get into my User CP to renew my subscription, takes several tries to load a user page…all the while other web sites are loading fine, I’m able to stream video from things like YouTube with no issues, etc. It could be a peering issue between your ISP and one of the major carriers out here in the south west I suppose, but there is definitely something going on and just wanted you guys to be aware of it. ETA: 3 tries to finally get this thread started. ---
**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-some-issues-with-the-board-lately/650672/2 "2013-02-18T14:40:10Z")
> [@XT](#): > > Takes me several attempts to log in I had the same problem just now. I went to [Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb) and entered my username and password in the top-right corner. I got the “Thanks for logging in” page, then was redirected to the main page ([Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb)) where I again saw the area to log in and the blue strip with the few links for guests rather than all of the features for logged-in users. I logged in a second time, and the same experience/results as the third. I logged in a third time, and it worked properly. I’m using Firefox 18.0.2 for Mac OS 10.7. I’m using the default settings for javascript, caching, cookies, etc. I have Ad Block Plus installed, but disabled for the SDMB. Let me know if you need any more info. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-some-issues-with-the-board-lately/650672/3 "2013-02-18T15:41:06Z")
I have problems logging in too. Usually takes the board 3 times to finally log me in. Same issues as StephenG. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-some-issues-with-the-board-lately/650672/4 "2013-02-18T17:51:08Z")
> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#): > > I have problems logging in too. Usually takes the board 3 times to finally log me in. Same issues as StephenG. That’s perfectly normal. The mods always use the 3-times-to-loggin as the step immediately before banning posters. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-some-issues-with-the-board-lately/650672/5 "2013-02-18T18:17:21Z")
> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#): > > I have problems logging in too. Usually takes the board 3 times to finally log me in. Same issues as StephenG. And between the time I (finally) get logged in and the time I go to the first forum, the board forgets that I had logged in in the first place. If I go back to the main page, I’m logged in; if I go forward to the forum page, I’m not. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-some-issues-with-the-board-lately/650672/6 "2013-02-18T19:29:08Z")
Searches seem to be taking a lot longer to complete in recent days. Today, they’ve all been failing for me. > [@The hamster-powered Compaq 386 that powers this site](#): > > Service Unavailable. > > Technical description: > 504 Gateway Time-out - The web server is not responding ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-some-issues-with-the-board-lately/650672/7 "2013-02-18T23:14:36Z")
I started a [thread about this about a month ago](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=678915), at which time **TubaDiva** guessed that my browser was going crazy. Now we know! It’s not just me! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-some-issues-with-the-board-lately/650672/8 "2013-02-19T00:11:09Z")
> [@XT](#): > > I’m on the road atm… I’m surprised you can log on to the Dope at all from an ATM. Maybe it would help if you learned Braille.