[Discuss] Problem accessing blu.org

Derek Atkins derek at ihtfp.com
Tue May 19 10:53:07 EDT 2020


What IP Address do you get from "host www.blu.org"?
FWIW, I see 216.235.254.230
And I can reach it (from ATT and from Coresite)

-derek

On Tue, May 19, 2020 10:46 am, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> Yes.
> Gives me no reply after hitting the Comcast gateway.
>
> --
> Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
> Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org
> PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7
> PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1  3050 5715 B88D 6F6
> B B6E7
>
> On Tue, May 19, 2020, 9:20 AM Dr. Anthony Gabrielson <agabriel2 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jerry,
>>    Have you tried doing a traceroute comparison between your phone and
>> comcast?
>>
>> Best,
>> Anthony
>>
>> On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 9:04 AM Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have Xfinity internet at home. In the past few weeks I can't access
>>> blu.org. Ping and website times out from phone over wifi and desktop
>>> fedora
>>> 32 connected by cable to the gateway. If I turn wifo off on my phone I
>>> am
>>> able to ping, sdh, and get web site from my wireless carrier. It seems
>>> to
>>> be related to my Wan address since other Comcast users can access Blu.
>>> John
>>> and I have checked our server and nothing appears to be blocking my Wan
>>> address. One interacting anomaly is that when I reset the gateway I am
>>> able
>>> to access the site for a short period of time, such as 10 mins. I've
>>> been
>>> on chats and phone calls with Xfinity, but they can't find any issues.
>>> I
>>> am
>>> able to access all other web sites and can ping other hosts. It is only
>>> blu.org that is the problem.
>>>
>>> Since it appears to only be my home that is affected, I don't think
>>> Comcast
>>> is blacklisting Blu. I don't have any evidence that the BLU server is
>>> blocking my ip address.
>>>
>>> Looking for ideas
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
>>> Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org
>>> PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7
>>> PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1  3050 5715 B88D 6F6
>>> B B6E7
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> Discuss at lists.blu.org
>>> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>>>
>>
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