Questions such as this need to be directed towards the #freenode channel. <a href="http://irc.ubuntu.com">irc.ubuntu.com</a> is a redirect to <a href="http://irc.freenode.net">irc.freenode.net</a> (or <a href="http://chat.freenode.net">chat.freenode.net</a>), and therefore it is Freenode staff that would have the answer. ------ Thomas LPID: trekcaptainusa-tw Ubuntu Member Ubuntu BugSquad Member <div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Chuck Peters <<a href="mailto:cp@axs.org" target="_blank">cp@axs.org</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">A small percentage of users connecting to <a href="http://irc.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">irc.ubuntu.com</a> are having issues. Chuck ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chuck Peters <<a href="mailto:cp@axs.org">cp@axs.org</a>> Date: Sat, May 26, 2012 at 6:33 AM Subject: <a href="http://verne.freenode.net" target="_blank">verne.freenode.net</a> Packet filtered and IPv6 To: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Yesterday <a href="http://verne.freenode.net" target="_blank">verne.freenode.net</a> stopped working. It looks like they are firewalling the IRC server. Anyone know why? It really kind of sucks since it is the only IPv6 IRC server listed in the US at: <a href="http://freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml" target="_blank">http://freenode.net/irc_servers.shtml</a> Since I don't have one of those cloaks I prefer to use tunnelbroker and IPv6... $ host <a href="http://verne.freenode.net" target="_blank">verne.freenode.net</a> <a href="http://verne.freenode.net" target="_blank">verne.freenode.net</a> has address 216.155.130.130 <a href="http://verne.freenode.net" target="_blank">verne.freenode.net</a> has IPv6 address 2001:19f0:feee::dead:beef:cafe $ ping <a href="http://verne.freenode.net" target="_blank">verne.freenode.net</a> PING <a href="http://verne.freenode.net" target="_blank">verne.freenode.net</a> (216.155.130.130) 56(84) bytes of data. >From <a href="http://tge1-50-c6-12-c6-1.pnj1.choopa.net" target="_blank">tge1-50-c6-12-c6-1.pnj1.choopa.net</a> (108.61.93.6) icmp_seq=1 Packet filtered >From <a href="http://tge1-49-c6-12-c6-1.pnj1.choopa.net" target="_blank">tge1-49-c6-12-c6-1.pnj1.choopa.net</a> (108.61.93.2) icmp_seq=2 Packet filtered ^C --- <a href="http://verne.freenode.net" target="_blank">verne.freenode.net</a> ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 0 received, +2 errors, 100% packet loss, time 2002ms $ ping6 2001:19f0:feee::dead:beef:cafe PING 2001:19f0:feee::dead:beef:cafe(2001:19f0:feee::dead:beef:cafe) 56 data bytes ^C --- 2001:19f0:feee::dead:beef:cafe ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 1999ms Chuck -- Ubuntu-irc mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-irc@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-irc@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-irc" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-irc</a> </blockquote></div>