10-15-2007, 11:05 PM
Keep in mind there's a link to the left to check the Server Status.
From here, you can see who may be online, where they are, how long they've been on, as well as their latency (as determined server-side).
A really easy way to determine whether or not the server is up is to see when the last time that page was updated! In the upper-right portion of the page, check to see if the timestamp is within two or three minutes of the current time. Obviously, since the page is updated every two minutes normally, if the last update was five or so minutes ago, the server is undoubtedly down!
Furthermore, if the page doesn't actually load? Then the server computer is either in the process of restarting, or is simply off.
From here, you can see who may be online, where they are, how long they've been on, as well as their latency (as determined server-side).
A really easy way to determine whether or not the server is up is to see when the last time that page was updated! In the upper-right portion of the page, check to see if the timestamp is within two or three minutes of the current time. Obviously, since the page is updated every two minutes normally, if the last update was five or so minutes ago, the server is undoubtedly down!
Furthermore, if the page doesn't actually load? Then the server computer is either in the process of restarting, or is simply off.