exactly, patient is the key. I maybe wrong but I think it goes through file/software integrity check which takes longer especially you have huge firmware & software together.
im not testing p6 yet but only reason im saying try url with /c or with port because you said it was working on labor day weekend and nbs said nothing has changed so it must be server side.
yes I know and things do get change on server sides. if I were you I would try that. first type url on your browser and if it loads just look at the complete url then copy that and try that way might help.