NAO Timeout, connection failure

Andrew Gray <sweetandy.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey, I'm Andrew, and I'm new to Usenet.
>
> I used to play on NAO, but lately I can't even get a response from
> pinging nethack.alt.org. I also cannot view alt.org in a browser on any
> computer in my house. On the freenode Nethack channel, though, everybody
> is happily hacking away. Does anybody know what I can do to connect
> again to NAO, or have any knowledge on why I can't connect?

Sounds like either your adsl modem (or whatever) or your ISP.

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Andrew Gray <sweetandy DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in news:flacru$1aq$1@aioe.org:

> Hey, I'm Andrew, and I'm new to Usenet.
>
> I used to play on NAO, but lately I can't even get a response from
> pinging nethack.alt.org. I also cannot view alt.org in a browser on
> any computer in my house. On the freenode Nethack channel, though,
> everybody is happily hacking away. Does anybody know what I can do to
> connect again to NAO, or have any knowledge on why I can't connect?
>
> --Andrew

Try using a different DNS server. If you open the properties of your
TCP/IP try setting the DNS host to 4.2.1.1 and see if that helps. If it
does, it's your isp. I can ping it fine with that server:

C:\WINDOWS>ping nethack.alt.org

Pinging nethack.alt.org [64.71.163.206] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 64.71.163.206: bytes=32 time=89ms TTL=52
Reply from 64.71.163.206: bytes=32 time=86ms TTL=52
Reply from 64.71.163.206: bytes=32 time=85ms TTL=52
Reply from 64.71.163.206: bytes=32 time=86ms TTL=52

Ping statistics for 64.71.163.206:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 85ms, Maximum = 89ms, Average = 86ms



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chuckcar wrote:

> Try using a different DNS server. If you open the properties of your
> TCP/IP try setting the DNS host to 4.2.1.1 and see if that helps. If it
> does, it's your isp. I can ping it fine with that server:
>
> C:\WINDOWS>ping nethack.alt.org
>
> Pinging nethack.alt.org [64.71.163.206] with 32 bytes of data:
>
> Reply from 64.71.163.206: bytes=32 time=89ms TTL=52
> Reply from 64.71.163.206: bytes=32 time=86ms TTL=52
> Reply from 64.71.163.206: bytes=32 time=85ms TTL=52
> Reply from 64.71.163.206: bytes=32 time=86ms TTL=52
>
> Ping statistics for 64.71.163.206:
> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> Minimum = 85ms, Maximum = 89ms, Average = 86ms
>

I tried the 4.2.1.1 as my DNS host and no connection could be found
until I dhclient'd back to normal. I have a cable connection to the
internet via Comcast that is otherwise fully functional, just not to
www.alt.org, nor to the nethack.alt.org server. alt.org is simply down
to me. Pinging, I have to ^c interrupt to make it stop.

(snip)
andrew@ubuntu:~$ ping www.alt.org
PING alt.org (64.71.163.201) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- alt.org ping statistics ---
49 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 48042ms

andrew@ubuntu:~$ ping nethack.alt.org
PING nethack.alt.org (64.71.163.206) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- nethack.alt.org ping statistics ---
28 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 27022ms

andrew@ubuntu:~$
========
But then there's the rest of the internet:

andrew@ubuntu:~$ ping nethack.wikia.com
PING nethack.wikia.com (216.224.121.158) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 216.224.121.158: icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 time=26.5 ms
64 bytes from 216.224.121.158: icmp_seq=2 ttl=53 time=28.7 ms
64 bytes from 216.224.121.158: icmp_seq=3 ttl=53 time=38.3 ms
64 bytes from 216.224.121.158: icmp_seq=4 ttl=53 time=28.8 ms
64 bytes from 216.224.121.158: icmp_seq=5 ttl=53 time=27.4 ms
64 bytes from 216.224.121.158: icmp_seq=6 ttl=53 time=28.9 ms

--- nethack.wikia.com ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 25431ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 26.520/29.810/38.378/3.931 ms
andrew@ubuntu:~$


An interesting note: tracerouting gives me about ten systems and then
*'s through the limit.

Thanks for trying, guys. I hope to be hacking again on NAO soon, and am
about to call Comcast.

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Andrew Gray <sweetandy DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in news:flbrv7$gs6$1@aioe.org:

> chuckcar wrote:
>
>> Try using a different DNS server. If you open the properties of your
>> TCP/IP try setting the DNS host to 4.2.1.1 and see if that helps. If
>> it does, it's your isp. I can ping it fine with that server:
>>
>> C:\WINDOWS>ping nethack.alt.org
>>
>> Pinging nethack.alt.org [64.71.163.206] with 32 bytes of data:
>>
>> Reply from 64.71.163.206: bytes=32 time=89ms TTL=52
>> Reply from 64.71.163.206: bytes=32 time=86ms TTL=52
>> Reply from 64.71.163.206: bytes=32 time=85ms TTL=52
>> Reply from 64.71.163.206: bytes=32 time=86ms TTL=52
>>
>> Ping statistics for 64.71.163.206:
>> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
>> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
>> Minimum = 85ms, Maximum = 89ms, Average = 86ms
>>
>
> I tried the 4.2.1.1 as my DNS host and no connection could be found
> until I dhclient'd back to normal. I have a cable connection to the
> internet via Comcast that is otherwise fully functional, just not to
> www.alt.org, nor to the nethack.alt.org server. alt.org is simply down
> to me. Pinging, I have to ^c interrupt to make it stop.
>
Cable networks can be wierd. I had our local cable provider for an isp
for a while and if I tried to do a second IP connection on the same
computer (read web page ftp *anything*) the mouse cursor would
completely disapear from the screen, although it would still work as if
it was there.

> (snip)
> andrew@ubuntu:~$ ping www.alt.org
> PING alt.org (64.71.163.201) 56(84) bytes of data.
>
> --- alt.org ping statistics ---
> 49 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 48042ms
>
> andrew@ubuntu:~$ ping nethack.alt.org
> PING nethack.alt.org (64.71.163.206) 56(84) bytes of data.
>
> --- nethack.alt.org ping statistics ---
> 28 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 27022ms
>
> andrew@ubuntu:~$
> ========
> But then there's the rest of the internet:
>
> andrew@ubuntu:~$ ping nethack.wikia.com
> PING nethack.wikia.com (216.224.121.158) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from 216.224.121.158: icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 time=26.5 ms
> 64 bytes from 216.224.121.158: icmp_seq=2 ttl=53 time=28.7 ms
> 64 bytes from 216.224.121.158: icmp_seq=3 ttl=53 time=38.3 ms
> 64 bytes from 216.224.121.158: icmp_seq=4 ttl=53 time=28.8 ms
> 64 bytes from 216.224.121.158: icmp_seq=5 ttl=53 time=27.4 ms
> 64 bytes from 216.224.121.158: icmp_seq=6 ttl=53 time=28.9 ms
>
> --- nethack.wikia.com ping statistics ---
> 6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 25431ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 26.520/29.810/38.378/3.931 ms
> andrew@ubuntu:~$
>
>
> An interesting note: tracerouting gives me about ten systems and then
> *'s through the limit.
>
A lot of the time when you do a tracert, it tries to go through a
private network and dies as a result.

> Thanks for trying, guys. I hope to be hacking again on NAO soon, and
> am about to call Comcast.
>
Yup, that's who it is alright. You *might* try running winipcfg or it's
equivalent on your system do a release all/renew all.


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