[Discuss] Not Able to Access Fedoraforum Within Home Comcast Network

[dsr at randomstring.org (Dan Ritter)]

jbk wrote: 
> On 12/4/19 8:47 PM, jbk wrote:
> > On 12/4/19 7:56 PM, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > > Dan Ritter wrote:
> > > > jbk wrote:
> > > > > On 12/4/19 5:15 AM, Steven Santos wrote:
> > > > > > try a different dns.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > It was unreachable with the comcast dns.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Works fine with 8.8.8.8 and opendns
> > > > > Changing dns server has not succeeded yet. How long should I
> > > > > expect to wait
> > > > > before new server provides results?
> > > > 60 seconds, max.
> > > 207.210.201.125 is the IP I resolved.
> > > 
> > > It appears to be a cPanel controlled virtual server, owned by
> > > Endurance, which, interestingly, has offices in Burlington and
> > > Waltham. Oh -- they're the corporate parent of Constant Contact,
> > > Hostgator, Sitebuilder, and a bunch of others.
> > > 
> > > The connectivity is via Cogent, and that might or might not be
> > > the issue: Cogent has a history of getting into spats with other
> > > major ISPs; it wouldn't be too surprising if there was a game of
> > > one-upsmanship going on between Comcast and Cogent. But I don't
> > > know, I'm just speculating.
> > > 
> > > -dsr-
> > > 
> > That ip agrees with what I found. The thing is I can access Fedoraforum
> > at work through a comcast modem with no trouble. I've tried the google
> > dns and opendns without success so far.
> > 
> > Is there any possibility that my dd-wrt router could be blocking a
> > single address w/o me actively blocking a particular site? Since I'm
> > bridged that is the direction the finger is going to point when comcasts
> > tech comes so I'd really like to nip that in the bud.
> > 
> I ran traceroute this AM my dns is pointing to opendns
> 
> 
> traceroute to fedoraforum.org (207.210.201.125), 30 hops max, 60 byte
> packets
> ??1?? bagshot (10.251.227.1)?? 1.351 ms?? 1.355 ms?? 1.804 ms
> ??2?? 96.120.64.65 (96.120.64.65)?? 18.290 ms?? 19.116 ms?? 20.290 ms
> ??3?? 68.87.181.193 (68.87.181.193)?? 19.296 ms?? 20.987 ms?? 20.961 ms
> ??4?? 96.108.157.94 (96.108.157.94)?? 21.663 ms?? 21.638 ms?? 22.022 ms
> ??5?? be-98-ar01.needham.ma.boston.comcast.net (68.85.106.13) 23.213 ms??
> 27.160 ms?? 27.136 ms
> ??6?? be-1003-pe02.onesummer.ma.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.90.173) 25.230 ms??
> 24.667 ms?? 23.913 ms
> ??7?? as174.onesummer.ma.ibone.comcast.net (50.242.149.54)?? 26.246 ms??
> 13.853 ms?? 16.856 ms
> ??8?? be3600.ccr22.alb02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.221)?? 20.005 ms??
> 18.970 ms?? 23.706 ms
> ??9?? be2879.ccr22.cle04.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.29.173)?? 30.878 ms??
> 34.674 ms?? 35.542 ms
> 10?? be2718.ccr42.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.7.129)?? 41.697 ms??
> 42.995 ms?? 42.352 ms
> 11?? be2832.ccr22.mci01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.44.169)?? 58.312 ms??
> 58.747 ms?? 57.608 ms
> 12?? be2433.ccr32.dfw01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.3.213)?? 106.073 ms??
> 105.104 ms?? 108.844 ms
> 13?? be2561.rcr21.b010621-0.dfw01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.6.74) 98.955
> ms?? 95.923 ms?? 95.734 ms
> 14?? 38.32.13.210 (38.32.13.210)?? 96.656 ms?? 100.994 ms?? 100.297 ms
> 15?? * * *
> 
> This without any options to the trace. I'm thinking of asking comcast to
> change my modem ip. I've had the same one for over a year.

That's unlikely to help.

Have you tried:
 - another device on your home network?
 - a different browser on the same machine?
 - telling us exactly what error you are getting?

-dsr-