Chat room technical difficulties

[Doug]

I've tried to log into the chat the last few days and each time I just get a box that pops up saying "Notice: Wrong Password". I'm already logged in when this message appears, so I'm not sure what's wrong. Has anyone else had this problem?

[Leon]

I have a message into our hosting company to see what the problem is. It is a different host than we use for the board. This issue is happening to me also. I will give an update when I get one..Sorry for the issues....

[Leon]

The chat hosting company is actually quite responsive. I got a message back saying they tried and didn't have a problem getting in. I just tried and it said "Wrong Password" again. If anyone else would care to click up there, where it says "0 users in chat" and see if they can get into the chat (user id and password should be the same as the board, I believe, as mine is) then it would help a little. Just let me know if you can get in or not. Just a few folks would be great. That chat function is really neat, once it's working again, if you have never been in there. ..thanks

[pgellis]

Leon,
I just tried to get in and I can't. It comes up with the "Notice - Wrong Password".

Haven't been able to get into the chat for a few days.

[Doug]

I just tried and still no luck.

[Leon]

Thanks guys...I will send the report of issues along....sorry for the inconvenience .....regards

[hangman62]

Why are people in chat room chatting in EGYPTIAN ???

[DJR]

The chat is down and locked again showing Arabic or something...

[Leon]

Originally Posted by DJR

The chat is down and locked again showing Arabic or something...

Thanks for the heads up. We have probably had 6-10 emails with them today, so far. They keep saying either we are messing it up or we are being hacked. Neither is true. The folks hosting it are a bit clueless. We are working with them to get it fixed but I can't give a time frame. I would say a few days or less....then hopefully it won't happen again. I don't have a large amount of confidence in them at this point but we'll see. Still easier to try to get them to fix it than doing something else. Time will tell if we stick with this solution. Sorry for the issues. regards

[Kawika]

Tunisia and Egypt fallen, protests in Libya, Bahrain, Yemen and Iraq, rumblings in the Net54 chatroom. The clock is ticking, Leon.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Tunisia and Egypt fallen, protests in Libya, Bahrain, Yemen and Iraq, rumblings in the Net54 chatroom. The clock is ticking, Leon.

At this time, it is my honest belief that the folks who have hacked and are currently using our chat room are using it to organize protests in the Middle East.

[pgellis]

I was in the chat room the other day and there were 2 people in there (names that I didn't recognize)......all of a sudden I got a message that flashed on the chat room that said: "Banned".

I hadn't seen this before. Very strange stuff going on in there lately.