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Support => Technical support => Topic started by: Joosy on October 25, 2012, 12:23 am

Title: Why can I only connect to SR at certain times..
Post by: Joosy on October 25, 2012, 12:23 am
I try to connect to the main site, and get a 'unable to connect' pretty much 22 hours a day. Sometimes I am lucky and get a 2 hour window where I can... is anyone else getting this? I can connect to the forum and other websites most of the time though.
Title: Re: Why can I only connect to SR at certain times..
Post by: Niriane on October 25, 2012, 12:51 am
Try clicking "Use a New Identity" in the TOR control panel and then refreshing. I usually do that a couple of times until SR starts working again.
Title: Re: Why can I only connect to SR at certain times..
Post by: Joosy on October 25, 2012, 01:00 am
^ I just tried that 20 times. Nothing.
Title: Re: Why can I only connect to SR at certain times..
Post by: Droughtx on October 25, 2012, 08:20 pm
I have this same exact problem. Anyone with information to help?
Title: Re: Why can I only connect to SR at certain times..
Post by: being on October 25, 2012, 09:14 pm
**bump**

Same, can't connect at today, actually. I've quit and relaunched TOR  few times as well...
Title: Re: Why can I only connect to SR at certain times..
Post by: mnak on October 26, 2012, 12:38 pm
I had similar problems but finally upgraded to the alpha version of the tor bundle and haven't really had any issues since.
Title: Re: Why can I only connect to SR at certain times..
Post by: androd3 on October 26, 2012, 11:09 pm
Allways check your TOR is up to the last version, and always get the BOUNDLE from the official web.
Said this, don't worry, it's quite common to get connection errors.. even after changing identity, it's matter of time since you can. It might be because of server load (wich I doubt) or by nodes changing, and some end nodes having blocked Sr maybe? I'm not sure about that last thing , though.
Title: Re: Why can I only connect to SR at certain times..
Post by: shimbabwe on November 02, 2012, 05:33 am
this happens to me as well (right now actually). quite a bummer, I will try a new identity and see if that helps.
Title: Re: Why can I only connect to SR at certain times..
Post by: snickerlover6969 on November 02, 2012, 05:43 am
read this thread by posted DPR!!!

http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=64627.0
Title: Re: Why can I only connect to SR at certain times..
Post by: Nunya on November 02, 2012, 06:16 am
I had similar problems but finally upgraded to the alpha version of the tor bundle and haven't really had any issues since.
Where do you get this?
Title: Re: Why can I only connect to SR at certain times..
Post by: microRNA on November 02, 2012, 07:23 am
not sure about the alpha version, but you can download tor updates on the main tor page

torproject.org
Title: Re: Why can I only connect to SR at certain times..
Post by: mnak on November 03, 2012, 11:36 pm
I had similar problems but finally upgraded to the alpha version of the tor bundle and haven't really had any issues since.
Where do you get this?
From this page:

https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en

Latest Windows alpha version as of this post:

https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrowser/tor-browser-2.3.24-alpha-1_en-US.exe
Title: Re: Why can I only connect to SR at certain times..
Post by: shoophaha on November 03, 2012, 11:47 pm
I hear that setting up your computer to do exit relays helps? Possibly worth trying.