Scheduled Maintenance COMPLETE

Discussion in 'Announcements' started by waseric, Jan 12, 2024.

  1. waseric

    waseric The hidden hand Sandlot Administrator Moderator VIP

    Sandlot will be undergoing some important maintenance today, January 12.

    Edit: And we're back! Sandlot is now online.

    We will start our four hour maintenance window at 10pm US Eastern time (EST), and will be back online with the normal restart at 2am.

    Our IP address is changing.
    Please restart your Minecraft game any time after the maintenance starts before trying to reconnect.
    There is nothing else you need to do.


    Bedrock Edition users who use our "Method 1 - Using custom network settings" to connect:
    During maintenance, all you need to do is restart minecraft.
    You will need to change the IP address for your DNS server by January 26.
    We will update instructions in the next day or two.
    The new IP address is 15.204.44.34.
    The old IP address 66.70.181.137 (will stop working on Jan 26).


    During maintenance:
    Screenshot 2024-01-12 060736.png

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    Maintenance Window in various time zones:


    10pm-2am Eastern Standard Time starting January 12. (a.k.a. Sandlot Standard Time ;) )

    4pm-8pm New Zealand Daylight Time starting January 13.
    2pm-6pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time starting January 13.
    11am-3pm Australian Western Standard Time starting January 13.

    3am - 7am GMT/UTC
    4am - 8am Central European Time

    9pm-1am Central Standard Time starting January 12.
    8pm-12am Mountain Standard Time starting January 12.
    7pm-11pm Pacific Standard Time starting January 12
     
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  2. PintoBean77

    PintoBean77 Master Elder VIP

    One can only hope this means new (better?) hardware! Thanks for the heads up Waseric!
     
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  3. c0wg0d

    c0wg0d Master Owner Moderator Helper VIP

    Thank you for your hard work on this @waseric!

    Yes! We were able to score a good Black Friday deal on a new server. The server is almost identical to what we have now, but with a slightly upgraded CPU and a lower monthly cost!

    The current/old server is hosted in Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada. The new server is located in Hillsboro, Oregon, USA. I am hoping this doesn't change anyone's network ping to the server too drastically, but it was a deal too good to pass up!

    The new monthly server cost for The Sandlot is $157.96.

    The new server hardware has the following:
    • AMD Ryzen 7 5800X - 8c/16t - 3.8 GHz/4.7 GHz CPU
    • 128 GB ECC 2666 MHz RAM
    • 2x 960 GB SSD NVMe drives in RAID 1
    • 2x 4TB HDDs in RAID 1
    • 1Gbps internet connection from Hillsboro, Oregon, USA
     
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  4. KRiskKaT

    KRiskKaT Piecing it together Moderator Elder Helper VIP

    Awesome!! Thank you for all your hard work keeping the server up to date!!
     
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  5. MCtwilight

    MCtwilight Ed Shakespearean Moderator Elder Helper VIP

    Exciting! Thanks so much for all the work you do for this server, was! :)
     
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  6. .Geoluxe2551

    .Geoluxe2551 Geoluxe ingame!

    Exciting, best server perfomance for everyone!
     
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  7. .Geoluxe2551

    .Geoluxe2551 Geoluxe ingame!

    Does this mean I can't use: server.sandlotminecraft.com domian name anymore?
     
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  8. waseric

    waseric The hidden hand Sandlot Administrator Moderator VIP

    You will keep using server.sandlotminecraft.com.

    This is to make sure that your computer/device will see the new ip address for server.sandlotminecraft.com.
     
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  9. trubuhl

    trubuhl The Stinky Sock Moderator Elder VIP

    Bwahaha! I live only about 30 miles from Hillsboro, and I used to work there once upon a time. Zero ping Sandlot, now I can finally start my Sandlot PVP career that I've always longed for but never dared to start... JK ;)
     
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  10. waseric

    waseric The hidden hand Sandlot Administrator Moderator VIP

    I mentioned that to @ladybxg and she suggested that you can take pictures of our new server! Sadly, not quite as easy as that, but it's a fun thought. But I think you'll win for ping now.
     
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  11. KRiskKaT

    KRiskKaT Piecing it together Moderator Elder Helper VIP

    :eek:ROFL:cool:
    Adding: he’ll dominate Hard server pvp
     
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  12. LegoBoyo

    LegoBoyo Pop Culture Enthusiast Elder Helper VIP

    Thank you @waseric for doing all of this for us!
     
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  13. VolgaLVI

    VolgaLVI The Prowler of Posts Elder Helper VIP

    Score! One more upgrade for the Sandlot. Thanks, was!
     
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  14. Krakhis

    Krakhis Adept VIP

    Great job!
     
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  15. .LostSpot

    .LostSpot Adept

    What about bedrock players do we still use the same ip thing or no
     
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  16. waseric

    waseric The hidden hand Sandlot Administrator Moderator VIP

    You only need to stop and restart minecraft today.

    On the Switch, if you have set this ...
    upload_2024-1-12_16-14-9.png

    (according to our "Method 1 - using custom network settings") (https://www.sandlotminecraft.com/pages/bedrock-nintendo-switch/)
    ... then you will need to change 66.70.181.137 to 15.204.44.34 before January 26.

    You don't need to do it today (but it will work if you do).

    This (or the DNS settings on other devices) is the only reason you should set Sandlot's IP address (or therefore have to change it).

    To change or check DNS settings on any Bedrock device, click on the Help link at the top of this page.
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    (https://www.sandlotminecraft.com/forums/get-help.17/)

    And follow the link for your game system:
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    Look for the "Method 1 - Using custom network settings" section.
     

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  17. .LostSpot

    .LostSpot Adept

    Thx
     
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  18. .Geoluxe2551

    .Geoluxe2551 Geoluxe ingame!

    How do you change my ip on Nintendo Switch?
     
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  19. KRiskKaT

    KRiskKaT Piecing it together Moderator Elder Helper VIP

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  20. MineZapp

    MineZapp Master VIP

    Excellent! And we live in the PNW, so our PVPer will love this! Speaking of- can any mod confirm we’re celebrating January birthdays tomorrow? CraftZapp sets special alarms and reminders so he never misses one AND this is his birthday month. I’m happy to help any way I can!
     
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