Was down for me at 5.50 pm till now, while it was down I tried pinging the site since I am on dial-up right now and then yahoo.com to compare both one after the other.
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
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C:\Documents and Settings\ping
www.ironworksforum.com
Pinging
www.ironworksforum.com [24.173.154.114] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Ping statistics for 24.173.154.114:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
C:\Documents and Settings\ping
www.yahoo.com
Pinging
www.yahoo.akadns.net [216.109.118.71] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.109.118.71: bytes=32 time=242ms TTL=52
Reply from 216.109.118.71: bytes=32 time=225ms TTL=52
Reply from 216.109.118.71: bytes=32 time=226ms TTL=52
Reply from 216.109.118.71: bytes=32 time=227ms TTL=52
Ping statistics for 216.109.118.71:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 225ms, Maximum = 242ms, Average = 230ms