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...I can't connect to TSS on my IP...

Zodas
Sat, 07/03/2026 - 21:14

I was in the middle of a trade when I stopped being able to access TSS. I get a 404 code. My iPad, PC and phone with different browsers...nothing worked.

I was told by a different user that TSS was live...so I checked via mobile connection...it finally connected.

...my home IP is blocked...no idea why. The only guess is sending a link to the USPS in a message just before it happened. Any solutions to get this problem fixed?


doctordeath's picture

We had a huge attack from robots, it took the site down, do you know what ip it was?

Zodas's picture

...sent you a dm.

doctordeath's picture

thanks , solved.

Envenometal's picture

I have the same problem.

doctordeath's picture

well the big obvious question is, that you could have told me before i need to ask you and write this annoying long sentence is WHAT IP DID YOU USE? (or PM it to me)

Envenometal's picture

Not that your fingers hurt now. 😅
I'll send you a PM later when I'm back home. Thanks!

doctordeath's picture

goto google and type in "whats my IP address"

VoodooChild's picture

okay my situation is similar but different. So I don't know if sending IP in DM would work for me. I can't access from my both my laptop and my wife her laptop, no matter the browser or VPN I use. I can connect from both our phones even on wifi. I can connect on a tablet and I can connect on both our desktop PCs. But on the 2 laptops ( my laptop is my main tss device) I can not enter the site. Since VPN does not work on laptop but wifi/ethernet on all other devices I feel like IP is not my problem. But maybe I'm wrong. I don't know much about computers etc

no_teleology's picture

I have the exact same problem.

doctordeath's picture

Can you say exactly what means "i cant connect" is there an error? if so, paste me the exact text of the error

no_teleology's picture

Yeah I just get this error when I try to connect via my laptop, even though I’m able to connect on my phone using the same wifi

no_teleology's picture

Thanks for the efforts, unfortunately still getting the same 404 not found nginx error when I follow that link on my MacBook

doctordeath's picture

and now?

no_teleology's picture

fixed, thank you!

doctordeath's picture

Can you say exactly what means "i cant connect" is there an error? if so, paste me the exact text of the error

VoodooChild's picture

404 not found nginx in says

doctordeath's picture

and now?

VoodooChild's picture

you fixed it my brother. Absolute legend. What was the problem in the end?

I hope it's fixed for the others as well.

doctordeath's picture

it was your user-agent, strangely, that same user agent is what the robots were using when they flooded the website

VoodooChild's picture

well. I don't know what a user-agent is and I also swear I was not the bots. And again thank you for fixing it. I love it here.

Envenometal's picture

I still have the same problem.
Has this changed for the other people affected?

Zodas's picture

No...it says solved up above but nothing changed for me. I still can't use TSS on anything but my phone.

GStarrZ's picture

Same issue here. Have that issue since one week ago

Zodas's picture

I just checked TSS on my phone with wifi and it worked...I thought it was my IP but apparently it's the device.

The guy up above was right...Mobile only...no PCs or tablets.

Ysidro's picture

Same problem here, since about a week. Running latest iOS and MacOS. Guess you need to update your forum software.
Works only on my phone.

VoodooChild's picture

Mac ey? My 2 macbooks are also the only devices I cant connect with.

Ysidro's picture

Yes, it‘s MacBook and iPad.

doctordeath's picture

I removed the huge list of IPs that was slamming the server and basically crashing TSS... we'll see if they come back...

Ysidro's picture

Still doesn’t work. Don’t think it has something to do with the blocked IPs because I had different IPs and now I am even in a different country.
Somehow your board software lost the compatibility to Safari or is blocking Safari browser by default. Did you update lately? Sometimes updates can fuck things up instead of improving.

Zodas's picture

I wasn't able to access it with Microsoft Edge on my PC too.

doctordeath's picture

I will repeat "Can you say exactly what means "i cant connect" is there an error? if so, paste me the exact text of the error""

if you dont ggive me exact information i cannot help you

VoodooChild's picture

Okay so to give more info since I saw someone say mac:

You removed the huge list but I still cant connect on my work laptop (which is my main device I use all day)

To give a list of devices I use in my house which I use and have tried. All on same internet.
All of these have been tested with multiple browsers and with and without VPN

My macbook (latest software): 404 Not Found nginx
My wifes macbook (not up to date): 404 Not Found nginx
My desktop/gaming PC (Windows 10): I can reach the site fine and write this comment.
My wifes gaming PC (Windows 11): we can reach the site fine
iPad with latest iOS: we can reach the site fine
My phone (a bit older iPhone with older ios): can connect fine with or without wifi
My wifes phone (newest iPhone with latest ios): same as my phone, connect through both our wifi and 5G

I also normally use Ubuntu for another job but that PC actually died last month so cant test Ubuntu now. No rush in picking up a new device for that atm.

I hope this helps a bit

doctordeath's picture

I wonder if the 404 is cached, can you try like https://tshirtslayer.com/?nocache=yesplease ?

Zodas's picture

I tried the link on my iPad with safari and got the same 404 message

VoodooChild's picture

Hey man. Thanks for trying to find a solution. I hope that step by step we can narrow it down.
That links has the exact same results as the regular tshirtslayer.com
Works fine on my phones, tablet and desktops. Same error on the laptops

Ysidro's picture

Link also doesn‘t work here.

doctordeath's picture

and now?

Ysidro's picture

You fixed it! :))

phantasm's picture

Seems to be working for me now on desktop browser

Zodas's picture

It’s working now…🤘

Envenometal's picture

Yes, it's working again. Great, thanks!

Acid Bath's picture

I had problems a few days back on my iPad , all good now

doctordeath's picture

I had to set the 'filtering' for searching band items to registered users/logged in only, this is where the robots were basically crashing the site out

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