couldn't access boards while abroad?

Victor McDade · 09-02-2009 5:04pm #1

Lads, i was in China for a few weeks and got the message "you do not have permission to access on this server" (or something like that)

What gives?

Thanks
smj

CuLT · 09-02-2009 5:44pm

Access from Chinese IPs was restricted some time back as a large number of registration bots and spam crawlers are located there, it was causing significant problems at the time; unfortunately the only option was to ban China.

Beruthiel · 09-02-2009 5:53pm

LOL
Ya had to go one better than Cloud.

sceptre · 10-02-2009 1:32am

CuLT wrote: »

unfortunately the only option was to ban China.

Oh, that's impressive. Short of banning the southern hemisphere I'm not sure that can be outdone:)

Victor McDade · 10-02-2009 5:05pm

Hmm, I see. There's a decent chance I'll be moving over there for a while in summer, is it possible to allow a 1-off IP address to have access? I had the sweats cos I couldn't get my boards fix!

Thanks

(I'll be using a home PC, not internet cafe)

Beruthiel · 10-02-2009 5:34pm

Do you know your Chinese IP address?
If not, you can always drop us an e-mail when you get back over there.

seamus · 10-02-2009 5:47pm

Yeah, give us a shout before you go, we'll give you an email address you can send your IP to.

Victor McDade · 10-02-2009 6:10pm

Excellent, appreciate it. I'll PM one of ye before I go (around April)

Beruthiel · 10-02-2009 6:13pm

Hey, we can't have you crawling up the walls with the DT's

Victor McDade · 13-02-2009 10:00am

Beruthiel wrote: »

Hey, we can't have you crawling up the walls with the DT's

Thanks, I had the cold sweats after less than a week!

couldn't access boards while abroad?

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