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Title: July 31/17 - Anyone else having problems with Digikey website?
Post by: rbm on July 31, 2017, 11:22:03 pm
Hi, I'm trying to use Digikey's website but it appears not to be responding.  I get the home page but no further; I get site not responding messages.  This is the same both for Canada and US sites.  Are others experiencing problems (could be my Internet provider so I want to refute or confirm that hypothesis)?
Title: Re: July 31/17 - Anyone else having problems with Digikey website?
Post by: MK14 on July 31, 2017, 11:30:39 pm
I also seem to have problems, after the first page.
E.g. https://www.digikey.co.uk/products/discrete-semiconductors/en (https://www.digikey.co.uk/products/discrete-semiconductors/en)
Title: Re: July 31/17 - Anyone else having problems with Digikey website?
Post by: rbm on July 31, 2017, 11:56:06 pm
Ok, that means it's not my provider, and it appears the problem is widespread across several geographies. I have been experiencing it all day (probably meaning no online orders are being created by customers).  That's got to be hard for Digikey.
Title: Re: July 31/17 - Anyone else having problems with Digikey website?
Post by: MK14 on August 01, 2017, 12:07:32 am
About 5 hours ago, their twitter account, says they are having website problems.

Ideally, they should really have that warning, popping up or appearing on the front page.

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Digi-Key Electronics?Verified account @digikey  5h5 hours ago
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 We are currently experiencing network issues.  We are working on it.  Thank you for your patience
Title: Re: July 31/17 - Anyone else having problems with Digikey website?
Post by: EEVblog on August 01, 2017, 08:04:12 am
Works for but a friend in Sydney was complaining it's been down all day.
Title: Re: July 31/17 - Anyone else having problems with Digikey website?
Post by: VK3DRB on August 02, 2017, 01:26:06 pm
It was definitely down most of yesterday (Tuesday). Also I noticed all this week the datasheet links don't work. You click on them and nothing happens. It appears Digikey site that has stuffed databases. Or maybe Digikey had a DOS attack authorised by Chairman Pooh Bear in China  ^-^.

Tonight the links seem to be working. It will be interesting to see if Digikey publishes why its site went down. Hopefully it won't happen again.
Title: Re: July 31/17 - Anyone else having problems with Digikey website?
Post by: VK3DRB on August 03, 2017, 12:06:44 pm
Digikey is still a damaged website. A lot of the datasheet links do not work - far more broken links than when it was all working fine a week ago.