China Hosting Blog http://blog.sinohosting.net SinoHosting.net Blog: China Hosting News, Web Hosting Promotions and more Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:03:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en SinoHosting.net now accepting Moneybookers http://blog.sinohosting.net/sinohostingnet-now-accepting-moneybookers/ http://blog.sinohosting.net/sinohostingnet-now-accepting-moneybookers/#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:01:24 +0000 admin http://blog.sinohosting.net/?p=28 We have added Moneybookers as a payment method for our hosting services. After sign up you will be able to select that payment term. The email address to use is payments@sinovantage.cn

]]> http://blog.sinohosting.net/sinohostingnet-now-accepting-moneybookers/feed/ Domain name servers outages http://blog.sinohosting.net/domain-name-servers-outages/ http://blog.sinohosting.net/domain-name-servers-outages/#comments Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:22:52 +0000 admin http://blog.sinohosting.net/?p=26 We are having some issues with our main DNS since this morning (ns1.sinohosting.net / ns2.sinohosting.net). Your site access may be affected if you are using those. Our server admins are working on it and everything should be back to normal asap.

Clients on other DNS (ns3/ns4, ns5/ns6 etc.) should not be affected.

]]> http://blog.sinohosting.net/domain-name-servers-outages/feed/ How to check whether your site is blocked in China or not http://blog.sinohosting.net/how-to-check-whether-your-site-is-blocked-in-china-or-not/ http://blog.sinohosting.net/how-to-check-whether-your-site-is-blocked-in-china-or-not/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:44:25 +0000 admin http://blog.sinohosting.net/how-to-check-whether-your-site-is-blocked-in-china-or-not/ If you find that you are not receiving anymore visits from China, or have Chinese customers complain about not being able to visit your website, it might be because the site has been blocked by the Great Firewall. Below are some online tools that you can use to find out the truth:

1-Website Pulse: A great tool to ping websites from Shanghai, Beijing or Hong Kong. You also have the option to choose a non-China location (Seattle, Munich or Brisbane)

www.websitepulse.com/help/testtools.china-test.html

2-Just Ping: Over 30 locations available worldwide (including Shanghai), you can ping either a website or an IP address

www.just-ping.com/index.php

3-Watchmouse: Also offering pinging from 30 locations including Shanghai in China:

www.watchmouse.com/en/ping.php

]]> http://blog.sinohosting.net/how-to-check-whether-your-site-is-blocked-in-china-or-not/feed/ Godaddy blocked in China http://blog.sinohosting.net/godaddy-blocked-in-china/ http://blog.sinohosting.net/godaddy-blocked-in-china/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:21:56 +0000 admin http://blog.sinohosting.net/godaddy-blocked-in-china/ It appears that leading US domain registration firm and web host Godaddy.com has been blocked in China. Trying to access today the site returns an error/timeout page (tested in Shanghai on China Telecom network). Many clients of Godaddy and other large overseas hosts (Yahoo Small Business, Hostmonster, Lunarpages etc.) have seen their specific servers blocked from time to time but this is probably the first time that the host’s domain itself is not accessible from China. No indication whether this is temporarily or not.

If you are a Godaddy user and considering a move to a host that will allow your sites to be accessible in China, you can consider us! Make sure to use “godaddy” as a coupon when placing the order online, to get a 10% discount. Please note that this coupon is only for sites previously hosted at godaddy.com, and is available for shared plans (China & US, both Linux and Windows). The promotion is valid till September 30th, 2008.

]]> http://blog.sinohosting.net/godaddy-blocked-in-china/feed/ Change of IP address for the China Linux server http://blog.sinohosting.net/change-of-ip-address-for-the-china-linux-server/ http://blog.sinohosting.net/change-of-ip-address-for-the-china-linux-server/#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:11:52 +0000 admin http://blog.sinohosting.net/change-of-ip-address-for-the-china-linux-server/ If you are a Linux shared account customer (Chinese server), please be aware that following a server change the IP address of your server has now changed to 58.215.65.53. In case we manage your DNS then there is nothing to do at your side, since we would get it done by ourselves. If however you do control your domain name servers, you will need to update the A record to this new IP address.

If you need further assistance in that regard feel free to email us directly at support@sinohosting.net

]]> http://blog.sinohosting.net/change-of-ip-address-for-the-china-linux-server/feed/ Linux for China hosting http://blog.sinohosting.net/linux-for-china-hosting/ http://blog.sinohosting.net/linux-for-china-hosting/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:37:48 +0000 admin http://blog.sinohosting.net/linux-for-china-hosting/ After two months of trial period, we are now pleased to announce that Linux OS is now fully available for hosting in China. When signing up you will have the option to choose between Windows and Linux. The Linux hosting comes with Plesk control panel for easy server administration, with the interface available in both English and Chinese. Plans resources are the same as previously for the Windows hosting.

For clients already subscribed to Windows hosting unfortunately it won’t be possible to move your account to Linux hosting. However when your current contract expires you will be able to change it to Linux OS. If you need to purchase now a new Linux hosting account for a domain that was previously on Windows, you will get a 10% discount on the yearly price.

]]> http://blog.sinohosting.net/linux-for-china-hosting/feed/ Billing system maintenance http://blog.sinohosting.net/billing-system-maintenance/ http://blog.sinohosting.net/billing-system-maintenance/#comments Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:51:02 +0000 admin http://blog.sinohosting.net/billing-system-maintenance/ We are currently upgrading our billing system (WHCMS), therefore it is not possible to place an order through it for the time being but we hope to get it back online within 24h.

In the meanwhile, all orders will be processed manually through email (support@sinohosting.net)

]]> http://blog.sinohosting.net/billing-system-maintenance/feed/ Singapore server downtime notice http://blog.sinohosting.net/singapore-server-downtime-notice/ http://blog.sinohosting.net/singapore-server-downtime-notice/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:09:03 +0000 admin http://blog.sinohosting.net/singapore-server-downtime-notice/ Starting from June 15th, one of our Singapore servers had been facing a huge DDOS attack, with the malicious computers found out later to be originating from China. Access to the sites were not possible and we couldn’t move them in the meantime. As a result our own site www.sinohosting.net which was on this server and some of the clients sites that were on the same server were unavailable for a few days while our server admins were resolving the issues.

A temporary solution has been to block access from Chinese IP addresses since the attacks came from China. We are now in the process of moving the sites to new locations and clients will be notified of the new IP addresses soon.

If your site has been affected we do present you our apologies although this was beyond our control. If your site was in another location (China, US or UK) or on one of the other two Singapore servers then you shouldn’t have experienced any issue at all.

Our email server has been affected as well so any support request or email that has been sent in the last 48H has probably been not received. We are working on retrieving the emails and will reply as soon as this is done. For urgent matters please send your emails to sinovantage@gmail.com or directly to Patrick at patrick@sinovantage.cn

]]> http://blog.sinohosting.net/singapore-server-downtime-notice/feed/ China VPS plans debut http://blog.sinohosting.net/china-vps-plans-debut/ http://blog.sinohosting.net/china-vps-plans-debut/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 11:42:54 +0000 admin http://blog.sinohosting.net/china-vps-plans-debut/ As announced a few weeks before, we are pleased to launch today our China VPS plans. Both Linux and Windows VPS plans are available. The economy plan starts at RMB350/month (RMB280/mth for a 12 months billing cycle) with 10GB disk space (plus 10GB back up space), 256MB memory, 100GB monthly bandwidth, with Virtuozzo control panel available in English, Chinese and 10+ other languages. For details on all VPS plans available, please check: www.sinohosting.net/china-vps.php

Our dedicated server plans will be available by the end of next month.

]]> http://blog.sinohosting.net/china-vps-plans-debut/feed/ Direct credit card payment now available http://blog.sinohosting.net/direct-credit-card-payment-now-available/ http://blog.sinohosting.net/direct-credit-card-payment-now-available/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 04:30:46 +0000 admin http://blog.sinohosting.net/direct-credit-card-payment-now-available/ We are pleased to announce that customers worldwide will now be able to pay for our hosting services using their credit cards. In partnership with Payoneer, you will be able to use your Visa or Mastercard credit card (or debit card) to make payments for our web hosting services. If you are based in the United States, you can even pay directly using your bank account.

When placing an order, please choose Credit Card (Mastercard or Visa) as payment method. If you experience any issue or need additional information, please email billing@sinohosting.net

Please note that if you are a Paypal user, you still can use your credit card to fund your payment through Paypal.

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