# Why can't I log into the SDMB from my home? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 11, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-log-into-the-sdmb-from-my-home/376062 "2006-10-11T15:40:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-log-into-the-sdmb-from-my-home/376062/1 "2006-10-11T15:40:11Z")
For the last week or so I cannot get here at all. I can get the front page, but that is it. I haven’t done anything new or added/taken off anything to my computer, but I am left to slog off to the library to see what kind of shenanigans you guys are all up to. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-log-into-the-sdmb-from-my-home/376062/2 "2006-10-11T15:42:16Z")
Psst! Guys! She found us! Ix-nay on the Irley-shay ashing-bay! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-log-into-the-sdmb-from-my-home/376062/3 "2006-10-11T15:43:49Z")
What type of error do you get? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-log-into-the-sdmb-from-my-home/376062/4 "2006-10-11T15:43:55Z")
Try clearing both your cookies and your cache (temporary files). I can’t tell you how do do that until you tell me which browser and version you are using. I _can_ tell you that when experiencing login problems like this, better than 99% of the time, it’s either a cookie or cache issue. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-log-into-the-sdmb-from-my-home/376062/5 "2006-10-11T15:50:43Z")
Manually Log out then log back in. Don’t use the automatic login via the cookies. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-log-into-the-sdmb-from-my-home/376062/6 "2006-10-11T15:52:54Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Psst! Guys! She found us! Ix-nay on the Irley-shay ashing-bay! [/QUOTE] Am I on Double Secret Probation? cause that would be sweet! I can’t remember what the response is when I try to log in. I’m just a techno tard. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-log-into-the-sdmb-from-my-home/376062/7 "2006-10-11T18:56:31Z")
This is a question best asked in ATMB, so I’ll shoot you on over there. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-log-into-the-sdmb-from-my-home/376062/8 "2006-10-12T18:23:36Z")
Same questions, though; what happens when you try to access the board? And what kind of computer do you have? And what is on it for operating system? (Hoping this is not the beginning of another WebTV horror story.) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-log-into-the-sdmb-from-my-home/376062/9 "2006-10-12T21:06:57Z")
Possible she overlaps IPs with a banned identity? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-log-into-the-sdmb-from-my-home/376062/10 "2006-10-13T13:40:58Z")
We do endeavor when we ban a particular IP range to be sure no current SDMB member falls into that range except the miscreant but people move and change ISPs all the time and things happen. But if that was the case when you tried to sign in you would get a message that your IP# was banned, so it’s pretty easy to diagnose and fix. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-log-into-the-sdmb-from-my-home/376062/11 "2006-10-13T15:33:09Z")
Perhaps unrelated, but when I tried to get on at work this morning, I had been logged off the Board. No updates ran since the last time I was on SDMB on this computer.