Linux Forums unreachable.

[Ray Parrish]

Amedee Van Gasse (ub) wrote:
> On Fri, February 19, 2010 06:01, Ray Parrish wrote:
>   
>> Hello,
>>
>> Is anyone else having trouble accessing the Linux Forms? Here is what I
>> get -
>>
>>  >Network Timeout
>>
>>  >The server at www.linuxforums.org is taking too long to respond.
>>
>>  >The requested site did not respond to a connection request and the
>> browser has >stopped waiting for a reply.
>>
>> I get a daily email from them with head lines, and forum post subjects
>> as links, and every time I try to click one, I get the can't be reached
>> error.
>>     
>
> A useful tool to check if the problem is at your end is
> downforeveryoneorjustme.com:
> http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/www.linuxforums.org
>
> Seems like it's just at your end.
>
> A friend of mine has a motto: "Everything is a freaking DNS problem". It's
> actually printed on the back of his company tees. :-)
> So first check your DNS server. Are you using the DNS that your ISP
> provides? Try OpenDNS 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 or Google DNS:
> 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.
> Then come back with the results.
>   
Hello again,

I do not think it is a DNS problem, as I used the following Python code 
to retrieve the ip address of lunuxforums.org as 174.132.123.98, and 
attempted to connect to that ip address with my web browser [Firefox], 
and was unable to connect.

> >>> Address = socket.getaddrinfo("www.linuxforums.org", None)
> >>> Address
> [(2, 1, 6, '', ('174.132.123.98', 0)), (2, 2, 17, '', 
> ('174.132.123.98', 0)), (2, 3, 0, '', ('174.132.123.98', 0))]
> >>>
I then verified the retireved ip address with the following query, which 
down quite a ways verifiies that ip address as being linuxforums.org.

ray at RaysComputer:~$ whois 174.132.123.98

OrgName:    ThePlanet.com Internet Services, Inc.
OrgID:      TPCM
Address:    315 Capitol
Address:    Suite 205
City:       Houston
StateProv:  TX
PostalCode: 77002
Country:    US

ReferralServer: rwhois://rwhois.theplanet.com:4321

NetRange:   174.132.0.0 - 174.133.255.255
CIDR:       174.132.0.0/15
OriginAS:   AS13749,  AS21844,  AS30315,  AS36420
NetName:    NETBLK-THEPLANET-BLK-15
NetHandle:  NET-174-132-0-0-1
Parent:     NET-174-0-0-0-0
NetType:    Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.THEPLANET.COM
NameServer: NS2.THEPLANET.COM
Comment:   
RegDate:    2008-06-17
Updated:    2008-06-17

RAbuseHandle: ABUSE271-ARIN
RAbuseName:   The Planet Abuse
RAbusePhone:  +1-281-714-3560
RAbuseEmail:  abuse at theplanet.com

RNOCHandle: THEPL-ARIN
RNOCName:   The Planet NOC
RNOCPhone:  +1-281-714-3555
RNOCEmail:  noc at theplanet.com

RTechHandle: TECHN33-ARIN
RTechName:   Technical Support
RTechPhone:  +1-214-782-7800
RTechEmail:  admins at theplanet.com

OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE271-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   The Planet Abuse
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-281-714-3560
OrgAbuseEmail:  abuse at theplanet.com

OrgNOCHandle: THEPL-ARIN
OrgNOCName:   The Planet NOC
OrgNOCPhone:  +1-281-714-3555
OrgNOCEmail:  noc at theplanet.com

OrgTechHandle: TECHN33-ARIN
OrgTechName:   Technical Support
OrgTechPhone:  +1-214-782-7800
OrgTechEmail:  admins at theplanet.com

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Found a referral to rwhois.theplanet.com:4321.

%rwhois V-1.5:003eff:00 whois.theplanet.com (by Network Solutions, Inc. 
V-1.5.9.5)
network:Class-Name:network
network:ID:NETBLK-THEPLANET-BLK-15
network:Auth-Area:174.132.0.0/15
network:Network-Name:TPIS-BLK-174-132-123-0
network:IP-Network:174.132.123.96/29
network:IP-Network-Block:174.132.123.96 - 174.132.123.103
network:Organization-Name:linuxforums.com
network:Organization-City:Tornato
network:Organization-State:ON
network:Organization-Zip:m2p1n2
network:Organization-Country:CAN
network:Description-Usage:customer
network:Server-Pri:ns1.theplanet.com
network:Server-Sec:ns2.theplanet.com
network:Tech-Contact;I:abuse at theplanet.com
network:Admin-Contact;I:abuse at theplanet.com
network:Created:20081225
network:Updated:20090216

%referral rwhois://root.rwhois.net:4321/auth-area=.
%ok

So Amadee, [or anyone else who has a clue] what should my next step be 
to determine the source of this non-connectivity? Note that my hosts 
file is stock standard with no entries other than the defaults.

Later, Ray Parrish

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