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[watervole]

I'd been wondering why it was almost impossible for me to read LJ recently.  Getting it to load was a nightmare.  Henry's away today, and everything is working perfectly.

I'm guessing that Skyrim and other games were a big part of the problem.

We're going to have to agree on some hours for not playing online computer games so that I  can have some sensible internet access.

Comments

[cdybedahl]

Livejournal seemed to have problems yesterday, for what it's worth. I couldn't get at it either, and we have ample bandwidth (100Mbit/s).

[watervole]

Maybe another DOS attack?

[cdybedahl]

Looked very much like it, yes.

[kalypso]

That was what they said in the status report. You can usually get at that at http://status.livejournal.org/ which is independently hosted.

[rpdom]

That's what the status page reported yesterday morning when it started.

[kalypso]

Seems to have started again. Maybe it's something to do with Putin's electoral rally.

In fact, I've just noticed that The Guardian made the same assumption - see tenth par of this article from today's paper.

[damerell]

I think it is worth checking that explicitly before taking any drastic action.

[lexin]

Just to note that Skyrim's not an online game. It's purely on whatever machine it's loaded on - my version is PS3.

[crazyscot]

If it is bandwidth, it might be possible to set up some suitable traffic prioritisation on your home router. (I say "might" because home-level kit often doesn't offer this option...)