2025-06-17 - Workaround for network connectivity problems

If you are running into timeout and "server not found" errors while trying to access the ISFDB server, the following steps should be able to help if you are running Windows:

1. Press and hold the Windows key + R to open the "Run" dialog box
2. Type ipconfig /flushdns into the text field and click OK

This command tells your PC's Windows to get the latest internet address for the ISFDB server, which should fix the immediate problem. Whatever issues the ISFDB server is currently experiencing may still result in occasional "timeout" and "server not found" errors, but they seem to be relatively rare. All you have to do is reload the displayed page (press F5) to get past them.

 

It's possible that the hosting company may change its configuration settings yet again, in which case you will need to re-do the steps listed above, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. 

2025-06-16 - Unscheduled ISFDB downtime

The ISFDB server is effectively down due to network problems. This announcement will be updated once the problems have been resolved. There is no ETA at this time.

 

2025-06-17 update: Things were mostly OK this morning, but then, at 11:53am server time (EDT), the server went back to the pattern that we saw yesterday: up for 5-10 seconds, then down for 1-2 minutes, then up again for 5-10 seconds, down for 1-2 minutes, etc. There is no ETA at this time.