Livejournal down?

[ghost2]

I haven't been able to access Livejournal for over 24 hours. I've tried on multiple computers, from multiple locations. The Livejournal status page says the site is up, but it's the only place I can't access.

Anyone else having similar problems?

Comments

[brewsternorth]

LJ has been swatting down IPs in an effort to keep the whole system from falling over. If you can figure out a way to log in from a different IP or reset the IP on your existing one (IDK how), it should work. copperbadge had the same problem not so long ago and was justifiably livid about it, but found a way to reset so that he's now back, though when I tried to comment LJ 'hung up'.

[brewsternorth]

eta: It could be that an entire server cluster has fallen over covering where you are?

http://www.livejournal.com/misc/whereami.bml but that's not very helpful until you can get back on LJ.

[ghost2]

I'm in Wisconsin. In the eastern section. Fond du Lac, between Milwaukee and Green Bay.

[ghost2]

Thanks. I just googled how to reset my IP, and it seems like a fairly straightforward process. Only I'm pretty cautious and don't like to fiddle around with things on my computer, but I think I'll do it on my laptop and hope I don't blow the thing up. ;)

[ghost2]

Well, it didn't work on the laptop. I opened up the scary black box and followed the instructions from eHow. Things went fine, but when I reset the address it gave me my old IP again, not a new one. Maybe the results will be different if I try on my desktop. Now that I've become acquainted with the black box and it obeyed me, I feel much better about trying again.

[usuallyhats]

It's down for me too, but I can access it via a proxy - I'm using Filter Sneak. It's really frustrating!

[ghost2]

Thanks, I can read unflocked entries that way. It helps a lot. :)

[usuallyhats]

Shiny! I found I could login using it, too, unlike some of the other proxies I tried.

[ghost2]

Awesome! I can't log in with my desktop or iPod Touch, but it works perfectly with my laptop. Thanks so much for telling me about this. Now I can by fine even if LJ keeps being uncooperative for a while. :)