Is the Alibre web site down?

[TomB]

Is anyone else able to get to the Alibre webpage?

Starting yesterday I can't access the Alibre web site from any of my three computers. One is Windows 93, one Windows 96 and the other System 7 and they have different anti-virus and browser SW so I can't imagine how this could happen at my end. I've tried to get to the web home and forum pages directly and via a Google search and in all cases I get a message "IE cannot display the webpage". I also get a failure when Alibre tries to license check at startup.

The System 7 Diagnose Failure function says the problem is with the DNS server. I'm a home user so the DNS is provided by the cable company. But I seem to be able to reach every other non-Alibre-address. I had never tried to access Alibre from the Windows 93 machine so it would not have cached an address resolution so I don't think it can be a caching error.


Tom

[hercules]

It is working fine for me.

[TomB]

Friday afternoon I was accessing the forums using Internet Explorer. I actaully had two computers connected to it so I could watch for a reply with one while searching and reading with the other. Mid-afternoon the first computer dropped out and I blamed my cable modem which has been acting up recently. I continued to use the other computer for another hour or two and then shut things down to reset the cable modem. After I restarted things I could not get back on the Alibre web pages. I was going out Friday evening so I just left things.

Saturday AM I still could not get back on the web pages and when I went into Alibre 12.1 Designe Expert it said the license would not validate. I was investigating 'Motion' and found it would not start. I also used the MS System 7 diagnose function to look at the problem and it indicated the name server DNS, was failing. I put the question on the forum hoping that some other reader would try to signon and let me know if the problem was in my HW or Alibre's. Several hours latter I called my son to find out if DNS was something in my system or somebody elses and had him try to sign ont to the Alibre site. Jim told me that DNS was something on Alibre's computers and also that he could not access the web pages. I gave up and went out to clean up all the fallen leaves.

Sunday AM I tried to use the Alibre web pages again and they worked. Thanks to those that responded here or on the other thread where I accidently started this question.

Tom