Off topic, but I need help please....

Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

12/07/2006 09:39:20 PM · #1

I need internet/dns help desperately. I tried webhostingtalk forum but no answers. So I turn to this wonderful and diverse community. Surely there are some dns/tcpip experts on board?

I have a virtual hosted server which I can no longer reach. I thought it was down, but now it seems like I am the only one who cannot access it.

the site is peparchive.org. (If you go to it with http successfully, you will simply be rerouted to pep-web.org. Thats because the web pages I use from that site are not meant to be used from the root.

When I tracert to it, I get stopped just before the server. HTTP can't reach it. FTP can't reach it. But others can--even someone in my neighborhood, using the same cable service.

I've tried resetting my local DNS cache (I use treeDNS); I've tried resetting my cable modem, my router. I've tried to get on the site from three computers here--two PCs and a Mac. Nothing.

Here's what happens when I tracert.

[c:\win32app\4nt4]tracert //www.peparchive.org

Tracing route to peparchive.org [208.101.58.188]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms cpe-69-204-172-131.nycap.res.rr.com [69.204.172.131]
2 13 ms 10 ms 9 ms 10.121.0.1
3 7 ms 9 ms 8 ms gig1-0-3.albynysch-rtr01.nyroc.rr.com [24.29.32.173]
4 9 ms 7 ms 9 ms pos2-0.albynywav-rtr02.nyroc.rr.com [24.29.32.153]
5 * 17 ms 16 ms rdc-24-24-7-70.nyroc.rr.com [24.24.7.70]
6 23 ms 36 ms 24 ms so-1-0-0-0.gar1.Philadelphia1.Level3.net [63.209.188.1]
7 40 ms 25 ms 29 ms ge-7-0-0.mp1.Philadelphia1.Level3.net [209.247.9.229]
8 44 ms 61 ms * ae-0-0.bbr1.Dallas1.Level3.net [64.159.1.109]
9 * 67 ms * ae-11-51.car1.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.68.122.13]
10 59 ms 58 ms * unknown.Level3.net [209.246.152.246]
11 61 ms 62 ms 66 ms ae-11-55.car1.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.68.122.141]
12 66 ms 65 ms 66 ms softlayer-4.border2.ext1a.dal.pnap.net [63.251.44.94]
13 67 ms 62 ms 61 ms fcr01.dal01.softlayer.com [66.228.119.238]
14 68 ms 61 ms * softlayer-4.border2.ext1a.dal.pnap.net [63.251.44.94]
15 62 ms * * fcr01.dal01.softlayer.com [66.228.119.238]
16 * * * Request timed out.

I can't figure out why this would be happening, other than a router problem somewhere. But then why does it seem to only affect me?

HELP HELP HELP HELP....

wavelength

Nikon D300

12/07/2006 09:41:49 PM · #2

have you tried the IP instead? //208.101.58.188

ed- nevermind, that just gets to a cpanel splash page.

Message edited by author 2006-12-07 21:42:34.

tmhalling

Nikon D200

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

12/07/2006 09:42:48 PM · #3

It seems like your IP address is being blocked. Try renewing your ip address using your cable modem interface. If you have a static ip you will need to have your ISP change your address.

12/07/2006 09:43:46 PM · #4

Originally posted by wavelength:

have you tried the IP instead? //208.101.58.188

Yes, of course. It doesn't work either (and as you can see, the tracert is using it so my local dns is looking it up correctly)

Nikon AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.8D

12/07/2006 09:45:30 PM · #5

Originally posted by tmhalling:

It seems like your IP address is being blocked. Try renewing your ip address using your cable modem interface. If you have a static ip you will need to have your ISP change your address.

I did reset my cable modem to try and get a new address and that didn't work. However, I didn't verify that my address actually changed, so I'll try that again.

That sounds like the most logical explanation so far, but I can't imagine why they would block me. I've been using it for more than two years!

Louis

Nikon D800

12/07/2006 09:45:31 PM · #6

I was going to suggest also that your IP or netblock are possibly being blocked by the last hop. Confirm by trying dialup, if you have access to it, or contacting requestdns.com, or whoever is responsible for that server.

12/07/2006 09:58:02 PM · #7

That must be it. Louis, great idea. I just went through a web proxy, and I was able to get there. So now the question is who is blocking me (and why)

12/07/2006 10:17:05 PM · #8

Ok, weird, but somehow I fixed it.

I rebooted my modem, but it gave me the same address.

So I tried something that's probably not neetiquette. I set the IP in my router to force it to use my IP address + 1.

Then it worked.

So then, to be a good netizen, I switched back to "getting the IP address" dynamically from the cable company.

[And it still works. Even though my address is back. I don't quite understand that.] NOT! (edit)

I think it must be cached now, since I can't FTP to the site. I need to somehow figure out how to get the dynamic server to assign a new address. Maybe I need to be unplugged for a while?

Message edited by author 2006-12-07 22:21:24.