cao website down

eoin_mulhern

Its down on a day like today :eek:

Aisling(",)

i know....ive to go to work without finding out what ive got till 5!

SEInvincible

What a joke , 40 euro and we're left waiting.

As if they didn't knwo there'd be traffic on the site.

Lola92

This is ridiculous, I've gotten a text and email saying I've been made an offer - would it be so hard to put the course code in there too? :mad:

cedomination

Not surprised it's down tbh.

Ian Beale

eoin_mulhern wrote: »

Its down on a day like today :eek:

It happens every year :pac:

Saaron

So glad I got up early when it was working :P

JaTochNietDan

Seems they weren't anticipating the amount of traffic it was going to get this morning, I mean imagine all of the people who just shot onto the website after getting that text lol.

They need more bandwidth!

Lola92

JaTochNietDan wrote: »

Seems they weren't anticipating the amount of traffic it was going to get this morning, I mean imagine all of the people who just shot onto the website after getting that text lol.

They need more bandwidth!

I just don't buy that excuse though! I mean the CAO know how many applicants there are! I suppose it's true - Fail to prepare, prepare to fail..:(

ellieh1

It is back up now

UnionOfV

...aaand down again. I get on, log in, click on accept and *crash*

LovexxLife

mines still not working

eoin_mulhern

UnionOfV wrote: »

...aaand down again. I get on, log in, click on accept and *crash*

at least you can see the course you were offered im close to vomiting with nerves.

LadyGaga!

UnionOfV wrote: »

I get on, log in, click on accept and *crash*

Thought it was just me that it was doing it to! So frustrating!

Lola92

yay i got to see my offer at last dont have to accept it because im defering! Good look to the rest of you trying to accept!

stevenfinnegan

CAO website is working again.
Looks like they finally fixed it.:rolleyes:

stevenfinnegan

stevenfinnegan wrote: »

CAO website is working again.
Looks like they finally fixed it.:rolleyes:

Nah wait....
It seems to have crashed again! lol

Maestoso

Aww come onnnn. I just clicked accept and the "connection to the server reset".

markc1184

I got my offer for Maynooth, just a matter of being able to confirm it on the site now!

Plumpynutt

ah this is ridiculous, i need to get onto that site! i need to accept and defer my course today, not looking likely with it crashing:mad:

cedomination

Listening to the radio, they're trying to blame it on some "mischief maker" who is attacking the site :rolleyes: Don't believe that excuse for a second.

markc1184

cedomination wrote: »

Listening to the radio, they're trying to blame it on some "mischief maker" who is attacking the site :rolleyes: Don't believe that excuse for a second.

That same line gets thrown around each year when this happens IIRC! :rolleyes:

UnionOfV

cedomination wrote: »

Listening to the radio, they're trying to blame it on some "mischief maker" who is attacking the site :rolleyes: Don't believe that excuse for a second.

*chuckle* If it was some idiot spamming cao.ie it'd be a drop in the ocean compared to the mountains of students legitimately accessing the site, and if it was a proper DDoS attack we wouldn't be able to get on the thing in the first place! Pretty sure the SEC cut back on their bandwidth budget recently... :rolleyes:

STBR

UnionOfV wrote: »

*chuckle* If it was some idiot spamming cao.ie it'd be a drop in the ocean compared to the mountains of students legitimately accessing the site, and if it was a proper DDoS attack we wouldn't be able to get on the thing in the first place! Pretty sure the SEC cut back on their bandwidth budget recently... :rolleyes:

Precisely.

Grace16

So annoying i was so close but i went to log in and it just said that the page couldn't be displayed haha

PowerTaxi

Logged in and accepted my offer.

Now it won't let me log out...:rolleyes:

Galway_Girl767

@PowerTaxi
Oh no!! :eek: well at least you were able to log on in the first place!!!:)

PowerTaxi

Galway_Girl767 wrote: »

@PowerTaxi
Oh no!! :eek: well at least you were able to log on in the first place!!!:)

I just thought it was hilarious.

highgiant1985

is there anywhere online you can see how many points were required for each course this year?

hevsuit

Now the CAO bunch are saying the site is down for maintainance...pfff:mad:

Fionn MacCool

Does anyone know what might be a 'quiet time' time (relatively)?

Galway_Girl767

PowerTaxi wrote: »

I just thought it was hilarious.

Aw i guess thats a good way of looking at it!! Cant change anthing now!!!

Ian Beale

highgiant1985 wrote: »

is there anywhere online you can see how many points were required for each course this year?

Here's the level 8's. http://www2.cao.ie/points/2010_RND1_L8_XYZ.HTM

KayTea13

Now its saying this!!

Maintenance Notice

Due to maintenance work, the CAO web site is currently unavailable.
We apologise for the inconvenience.

Can't get in at all!! Inconvenience is such an understatement!:mad:

Grace16

KayTea13 wrote: »

Now its saying this!!

Maintenance Notice

Due to maintenance work, the CAO web site is currently unavailable.
We apologise for the inconvenience.

Can't get in at all!! Inconvenience is such an understatement!:mad:

Yeah that just showed up on mine too.....wonder how long it's going to last. How annoying!

Niall09

highgiant1985 wrote: »

is there anywhere online you can see how many points were required for each course this year?

http://irishtimes.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx

Go to page 7 & 8

DancingQueen:)

Mine's just saying: Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage :mad: Been trying for ages.

Fionn MacCool

Just checked the post and got a letter saying I didn't get an offer. Not an issue as I had decided not to pay €5.8k for the year!

Still though, looking at my CAO application from 2007 and it says I got 430 points, yet I didn't get an offer for any of my choices, which had entries of:

355
330
325
260

:rolleyes:

dambarude

Site crash was just on RTE news... it looks like cao.ie was attacked.

cedomination

I doubt it.

Sparky

Cyber attack lol

More like "we can't handle the capacity of requests right now"

orlabobs

highgiant1985 wrote: »

is there anywhere online you can see how many points were required for each course this year?

http://www2.cao.ie/points/2010_RND1_L8_XYZ.HTM#gyd

orlabobs

I seriously hope the entire cao team are working on getting it back on!! seriously not acceptable! I mean, 46,000 ppl's lives are hanging in the balance here!! just let me accept my dam course!!!:mad:

Grace16

Mine's working up to a point.....It's letting me go into the site but when i click on "my application" it doesn't show anything. Just a blank screen

Burswood

To be honest, the more likely of the two is that they can't handle the traffic.

Regardless, I payed and anyone else in the country who payed for a CAO application payed 45 quid. The CAO bloody well knew they would be inundated with site traffic, thus, they should have been prepared for "the floods".

45 quid. Its an absolute sham.....

Fionn MacCool

The word's piss-up, and brewery come to mind.

KayTea13

Seriously, this is the one important thing they have to do all year, and they can't even get this right!

Bummer1234

So its a Malicious attack on the website....Best idea for people to do is walk to the shops and look at the paper!!

http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/malicious-attack-crashes-cao-site-470431.html

Grace16

This is actually really annoying. I mean i wouldn't mind as much if i had my post but even that isn't coming on time today.....it had to be today of all days haha

The_D_Man

The bastardin thing is still down and i've been trying all morning. what an absolute joke, they'd want to get their **** together!

Annasopra

see here

http://gavreilly.com/cao2010/