OH hey, i just found this posted in the “status” section on dreamhost.com:
Jul 18
3:22 am
Network problems due to Distribution Switch
Posted (July 18th, 2009 at 3:22 am PST) by Sandon
it looks like one of our distribution switches in our primary data center became unresponsive and all racks/switches attached to it have gone offline. This is affecting the following machines:
abe, abraxor, accordionguy, accserver, adamserver, adbo, adonis, agamemnon, ajax, alc-tftp, ampedsports, amw, annie, apezone, aphrodite, apollo, apu, arda, aries, arnie, atlas, atra, avenus, azcuehnos, baachus, balto, barriodelcarmen, bart, bashtage, batserver, bbd, ben, berniemedia, betelgeuse, bettyboop, bic, biffster, bimbodulcop, bitters, blackfalcon-web, blackfday, blackhole, blatant, blizzard, blogshare, bloodcopy, blueprint, bobo, bogus, bollocks, bomberstudios, booger, borealis, brandine, brawndo, breckgear, brockman, browser, broztrain, burns, caiman, caitlin, calypso, caparazon, carl, casaclubtv, casper, celeb, celtics, cfndc, chalmers, charon, charybdis, checkers, cheech, cheeky, cheritek, chronos, chubu, ciclo22, clancy, cletus, concorde, coolblue, cupid, da, daedalus, daffy, damage, danton, dawber, dewey, dib, dione, dionysus, diversity, djm, djpreet, donald, dragonball, drederick, drooper, duffman, dusqi, dynomutt, ecards, eclipse, ed, eduagora, einstein, electra, elmyra, elvis, emanuel, emg, engine57, enigmarey, erebus, erida, eros, evildead, evolve, ewaste1, ewok, farnsworth, felham, fiercee, flamjam, flanders, flowstudios, forkpile, fresh, fxdollar, ga, gassi1, gaz, getrightmusic, ghost, gimli, gir, girl, glass, gloop, gnif, gobehost, gorgon, gotcha, grandstand, grasshopper, grimbald, grimm, gromit, guava, gumoz, hades, hadron, harpo, haystack, hb02, hdotnet, hecate, hector, helios, hephaestus, hera, heracles, hermes, hestia, hibbert, hmtotc, homer, huey, hypatia, hyperblocks, hypnos, i2, iandi, icarus, iceandrock, ichigo, identity, iinst1, imu, insie, instantcenter, iotatec, iris, itauna, jankymail-a3, janky-vserver01, janky-vserver02, janky-vserver03, janky-vserver04, janky-vserver05, janky-vserver06, janky-vserver07, janky-vserver08, janky-vserver09, janky-vserver10, janky-vserver11, janky-vserver12, janky-vserver13, janky-vserver14, janky-vserver15, janky-vserver16, janky-vserver17, janky-vserver18, janky-vserver19, janky-vserver20, janky-vsql01, janky-vsql02, janky-vsql03, jarcas, jasper, jbutton, jebediah, jelly, jezebel, jiborrabotia, jimbo, jingoro, jove, jtse, jubjub, kaysnature, kearny, keei, kesido, keyiflimutfak, keysersoze, kiley, kitwe, kongerweb1, kopi, krabappel, kratos, kronos, krusty, kztixo, lablogs, lagrange, larry, leancode, leichtman, lenny, leto, limbo-randy, linkmoney, linneo, lisa, lolicg, lovejoy, lucy, madotter, madsamurai, managedq, manjula, marbles, marcdorcel, marge, marhgil, maya, mccallister, mcclure, mediadirect, medusa, mho, midas, mikaeljansson, millhouse, mills, minerva, misfit, mita, mll, mona, monkey, montecristo, mooshi, mooze, morpheus, mtrends, mudpuppy, mundodigital, muttley, mwl, mysportonline, nanook, ned, nelson, nemesis, netrino, netseyredin, nipper, noodledee, noticiaria, numbers, oden, odysseus, odyssey, oedipus, ohso, oneclick1, oneclick2, optimusprime, oriza, oscarfishlover, osiris, osteele, otto, pan, pandora, patty, pegasus, persephone, phan, phi, pimp, plubble, pmbd, pogo, popehat, porker, poseidon, postal-vserver01, postal-vserver02, postal-vserver03, postal-vserver04, postal-vserver05, postal-vserver06, postal-vserver07, postal-vserver08, postal-vserver09, postal-vserver10, postal-vserver11, postal-vserver12, postal-vserver13, postal-vsql01, precious, prospero, proteus, ps3626, ps3710, ps3845, ps3865, ps3900, ps3927, ps3930, ps3953, ps3957, ps3982, ps3997, ps4053, ps4072, ps4087, ps4098, ps4131, ps4168, ps4206, ps4326, ps4337, ps4419, ps4421, ps4473, ps4571, ps4582, ps4583, ps4693, ps4721, ps4729, ps4730, ps4731, ps4978, ps5037, ps5120, ps5230, ps5244, ps5251, ps5257, ps5263, ps5291, ps5389, ps5524, ps5548, ps5594, ps5608, ps5633, ps5635, ps5694, ps5724, ps5741, ps5752, ps5755, ps5760, ps5826, ps6152, ps6272, ps6300, ps6366, ps6417, ps6428, ps6429, ps6432, ps6445, ps6449, ps6457, ps6459, ps6465, ps6467, ps6511, ps6803, ps6848, ps6917, ps7004, ps7013, ps7035, ps7158, ps7283, ps7290, ps7368, ps7371, ps7524, ps7922, ps7938, ps7990, psmysql1829, psmysql1861, psmysql2529, psmysql2532, psmysql2535, psmysql2552, psmysql2553, psmysql2561, psmysql2565, psmysql2570, psmysql2571, psmysql2593, psmysql2596, psmysql2607, psmysql2614, psmysql2634, psmysql2637, psmysql2652, psmysql2844, psmysql2848, psmysql2874, psmysql2997, psmysql3002, psmysql3003, psmysql3011, psmysql3165, psmysql3171, psmysql3228, psmysql3356, psmysql3369, psmysql3516, psmysql3544, psmysql3730, psmysql3811, psmysql3866, psmysql4039, psmysql4149, psmysql4211, psmysql4240, psmysql4247, psmysql4588, psmysql4647, psmysql4655, psmysql4683, psmysql4684, psmysql4881, psmysql4975, psmysql5183, psmysql5278, psmysql5377, psmysql5598, psmysql5756, psmysql5757, psmysql5769, psmysql6082, psmysql6127, psmysql6423, psmysql6433, psmysql6441, psmysql6455, psmysql6526, psmysql6598, psmysql6996, psmysql7040, psmysql7156, psmysql7157, psmysql7360, psmysql745, psmysql7946, psmysql799, psmysql802, psmysql961, psmysql962, psmysql963, psmysql965, psmysql966, psmysql967, psmysql969, psmysql972, psmysql979, psmysql986, psmysql991, puch, quifflet, quimby, quimbys, radiograffiti, ragland, raiden, ralphie, razor, rhea, rhinoco, rhythm, sammi, sanjay, sarabi, schadenfreude, schnoodle, seamus, sempei, seven75, shaneandpeter, shemp, shyfry, si, simflight, siminteractive, sisyphus, sitesablaze, sixtytwo, skimbleshanks, skinner, slinky, smithers, socket, softwa, somaticvision, sowired, spunky-vserver20, spunky-vserver23, ssiws1, streaky, sturman, sturmgroup, sunnywood, svetluska, sweetdreams, syscount, tachibana, tailfin, tak, talkbox, tamiyaclubmovies, tammany, tartarus, tethys, tfotw, thanatos, thetis, tic, tinyblip, tnmedia, tonni, tooth, touchofdeath, touchofdeathforums, triage, triton, tweety, twunbbs, tyche, universoprivate, unusedvps3093, unusedvps471, unusedvps472, unusedvps473, uwtsweb, vidda, vivartes, vivenet, vpg, vrt7, vulcan, wally, warppipevps, webben, weblogstematicos, webmail5, webprojnet, webxl, wiggum, willie, willimedia, wittenberg, wolkanca, woodstock, wyld, xgun, xiondesigns, yerba, yestoronto, yggsdrasil, zdki, zentastic, zero, zeus, zim
We have already dispatched someone to check it out and hopefully will have status updates soon.
What do you mean by “RL”? Hang on, lemme check wikipedia…