[Discuss] Problem accessing blu.org

Jerry Feldman gaf.linux at gmail.com
Wed May 20 15:01:09 EDT 2020 

Thanks Derek.
I've spent hours chatting and speaking with Comcast. They elevated me to
'advanced repair'. The first advanced guy I chatted with seemed to be
pretty sharp, but resetting the modem broke off the chat. The second guy I
spoke to over the phone elevated me to  'advanced repair' and this guy
wasn't too sharp. First he always went to the browser, and I told him it
was on the terminal. He finally said it wasn't comcast. One thing I wanted
to do was to have comcast reset dhcp so I could get a different IP address.

I reset the cable modem/gateway a few minutes ago and I am able to access
blu.org. I did this so I could display the meeting page. As long as I don't
refresh that tab, I can display it on jitsi so if I lose connectivity with
blu, I can still display the web site.

On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 8:41 AM Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> Here is another question for you:  what is your local network
> configuration?  Are you using Comcast's modem/router directly or do you
> have your own router behind their modem?  If the latter, what happens if
> you try to "remove" your own router?  Does that change anything?
>
> Another avenue to look at is whether you might be filling up the modem's
> NAT table?  A very unlikely scenario, but it's certainly one I've hit (on
> AT&T).
>
> IF you can display the problem with only comcast equipment I'd phone into
> their tech support.
>
> -derek
>
> On Wed, May 20, 2020 8:11 am, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > I've rebooted the router a few times. After I reboot the router, I am
> able
> > to access the site for about 5 minutes. I am certain the blocking is
> > relatively local.
> >
> > On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 2:41 PM Joe Polcari <Joe at polcari.com> wrote:
> >
> >> FYI – I am inside Comcast’s network – so not blocked in any manner, in
> >> fact nothing is blocked in any manner in the ISP part of the network.
> >>
> >> – let me see how much of this I can paste here
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> $ traceroute blu.org
> >>
> >> traceroute to blu.org (216.235.254.230), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
> >>
> >>  1  * * *
> >>
> >>  2  192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1)  3.825 ms  3.507 ms  4.291 ms
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Suffice it to say that from Florida it routes through Georgia, to
> >> Chicago,
> >> to Woburn to blu.org.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 22  50.231.30.210 (50.231.30.210)  72.456 ms  71.796 ms  70.346 ms
> >>
> >> 23  vranix.blu.org (216.235.254.230)  71.067 ms !Z  79.478 ms !Z
> 71.794
> >> ms !Z
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> $ ping blu.org
> >>
> >> PING blu.org (216.235.254.230): 56 data bytes
> >>
> >> 64 bytes from 216.235.254.230: icmp_seq=0 ttl=45 time=70.776 ms
> >>
> >> 64 bytes from 216.235.254.230: icmp_seq=1 ttl=45 time=69.724 ms
> >>
> >> 64 bytes from 216.235.254.230: icmp_seq=2 ttl=45 time=70.567 ms
> >>
> >> 64 bytes from 216.235.254.230: icmp_seq=3 ttl=45 time=70.714 ms
> >>
> >> ^C
> >>
> >> --- blu.org ping statistics ---
> >>
> >> 4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
> >>
> >> round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 69.724/70.445/70.776/0.423 ms
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: Discuss <discuss-bounces+joe=polcari.com at lists.blu.org> on behalf
> >> of Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com>
> >> Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 11:22 AM
> >> To: Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com>
> >> Cc: "discuss at blu.org" <discuss at blu.org>
> >> Subject: Re: [Discuss] Problem accessing blu.org
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> One wonders if COMCAST is an ISP or just an infotainment company
> >> providing
> >>
> >> Web access to related media properties only.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Perhaps COMCAST has blackholed the BLU IP address because it has a
> >>
> >> mailserver/Listserve and isn't named Google or Yahoo or AOL and thus is
> >>
> >> misdiagnosed as an infected site or worm control node :-/  .
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> If it helps, from VZ FIOS
> >>
> >> traceroute to 216.235.254.230 (216.235.254.230), 30 hops max, 60 byte
> >>
> >> packets
> >>
> >> 1  172.17.2.1 (172.17.2.1)  0.573 ms  2.032 ms  2.167 ms
> >>
> >> 2  * * *
> >>
> >> 3  B3367.BSTNMA-LCR-21.verizon-gni.net (100.41.9.174)  9.625 ms
> >>
> >> B3367.BSTNMA-LCR-22.verizon-gni.net (100.41.9.176)  13.575 ms
> >>
> >> B3367.BSTNMA-LCR-21.verizon-gni.net (100.41.9.174)  11.152 ms
> >>
> >> 4  * * *
> >>
> >> 5  * * *
> >>
> >> 6  0.ae13.GW13.NYC1.ALTER.NET (140.222.234.193)  24.780 ms  11.364 ms
> >>
> >> 0.ae11.GW13.NYC1.ALTER.NET (140.222.234.191)  17.289 ms
> >>
> >> 7  windstream-gw.customer.alter.net (204.148.1.234)  17.595 ms  17.132
> >> ms
> >>
> >> 17.585 ms
> >>
> >> 8  ae10-0.cr01.nycm01-ny.us.windstream.net (40.129.35.248)  15.832 ms
> >>
> >> 14.770 ms  15.087 ms
> >>
> >> 9  h255.81.138.40.static.ip.windstream.net (40.138.81.255)  15.009 ms
> >>
> >> 14.565 ms  13.248 ms
> >>
> >> 10  te-0-4-0-0.wrcmankgs04.onecommunications.net (64.69.99.239)  15.371
> >> ms
> >>
> >> 15.149 ms  17.693 ms
> >>
> >> 11  te-3-1.wrcsmank-r76-02.onecommunications.net (64.69.99.234)  15.472
> >> ms
> >>
> >> 22.063 ms  22.031 ms
> >>
> >> 12  static-72-248-107-33.mas.onecommunications.net (72.248.107.33)
> >> 17.148
> >>
> >> ms  15.806 ms  15.384 ms
> >>
> >> 13  vranix.blu.org (216.235.254.230)  11.826 ms !X  16.396 ms !X  9.762
> >> ms
> >>
> >> !X
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I do like how an HTTP connection to the real hostname or IP address
> >>
> >> provides a choice page to select the virtual site ! Nice touch.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 216.235.254.230
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> This server belongs to Boston Linux & UNIX <http://blu.org>, a Linux
> and
> >>
> >> UNIX user group.
> >>
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >> Guest Websites
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>     1. BUGC <http://www.bugc.org>
> >>
> >>     2. HeliVets <http://www.heli-vets.net>
> >>
> >>     3. VHCMA <http://www.vhcma.org>
> >>
> >>     4. VHFCN <http://www.vhfcn.org>
> >>
> >>     5. VHPAF <http://www.vhpaf.org>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>
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> >
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> > Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com>
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>        Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
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>
>

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