Topic: Accessing Contribs.org

[stancol]

I've got an interesting problem. I can't get to contribs.org from my broadband ISP (Charter Cable) but I can from my dialup ISP (Budget Dialup). I've cleared the PC's internet cashe and squid according to this thread.

http://no.longer.valid/phpwiki/index.php/How%20to%20restart%20Squid%20with%20a%20clean%20cache

Still I can't access contrib.org. All I get when I go there is a blank white screen with the word "Done" in the bottom of my browser window. I've tried IE, Firefox, and even Lynx as browsers and still no access. When I contacted my broadband provider they said they didn't have any casheing going on and couldn't figure out why I couldn't get to the site. I got in the morning right after the upgrade but then I started getting the white screen and have had it ever since.

I feel like I'm missing something simple but I'm pulling my hair out trying to figure out what it is. Makes it really hard to do server upgrades with only a dialup connection.

You might want to send me an email as I might not get back into contribs.org for days.

[stancol]

It's still not working. I've completely cleared squid several times as well as my internet browsers cache. My ISP doesn't have any explainations either. I'm afraid I'll be locked out of contribs.org until somebody changes the opening page. I would think that changing the opening page would change the date or size of the page, causing whoever is cacheing the page to have to recache the page but correctly this time.

[stancol]

I hate to keep posting this but believe it or not it's still a problem. So far I've had no replies or any ideas sent my way.

[Roy]

Have u tried forcing a refresh and new page to be requested from the server? Hold down F5 whilst hitting the refresh icon.

[Reinhold]

Try:

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ping "contribs.org"

PING contribs.org (66.249.6.130) from x.x.x.x : 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 66.249.6.130: icmp_seq=1 ttl=48 time=149 ms

Doesn't work? -> DNS problem ?

Try:

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ping 66.249.6.130

PING 66.249.6.130 (66.249.6.130) from x.x.x.x : 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 66.249.6.130: icmp_seq=1 ttl=48 time=149 ms

Doesn't work?
"Dialup" is a modem connected to Serial port?
Log in, grab and post results of:

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route

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ifconfig

Regards
Reinhold

[stancol]

Tried the "Ping" idea several times over the past 6 or so months and still no go. I tried the other day to down load parts of the web site (so I could access it) with wget -r and all I got was an index page (index.php if I remember correctly) that had 0 bytes in it. After that page wget stopped and claimed it had downloaded all pages.

P.S. I'm accessing the web via cable modem 24x7 and not a dial up account. I only use the dial up account with my laptop when not at home.

[d6hq]

Still sounds like dns problem - what exactly are the results of your ping tests? www.contribs.org should now resolve to something other than the IP posted in December.

If you have a Windows XP Pro box or a Linux machine do nslookup on www.contribs.org and post the results including the DNS server you are using. It could be as simple as your ISP's DNS server caching the address incorrectly or it failing to find contribs.org's nameservers for some reason or other.


A full A record lookup (using cyberkit) should look like this

Header:
   ID=46654, QR=Response, Opcode=QUERY, RCODE=NO ERROR
   Authoritative Answer=No, Truncation=No
   Recursion Desired=Yes, Recursion Available=Yes
   QDCOUNT=1, ANCOUNT=1, NSCOUNT=2, ARCOUNT=2
Question:
   Name=www.contribs.org, QTYPE=A, QCLASS=1
Answer Section:
- Name=www.contribs.org
    Type=A, Class=1, TTL=800 (13 Minutes 20 Seconds), RDLENGTH=4
    IP Address=207.182.33.10
Authority Records Section:
- Name=contribs.org
    Type=NS, Class=1, TTL=800 (13 Minutes 20 Seconds), RDLENGTH=16
    Name Server=ns1.rstrat.com
- Name=contribs.org
    Type=NS, Class=1, TTL=800 (13 Minutes 20 Seconds), RDLENGTH=6
    Name Server=ns2.rstrat.com
Additional Records Section:
- Name=ns1.rstrat.com
    Type=A, Class=1, TTL=9969 (2 Hours 46 Minutes 9 Seconds), RDLENGTH=4
    IP Address=207.182.33.2
- Name=ns2.rstrat.com
    Type=A, Class=1, TTL=9969 (2 Hours 46 Minutes 9 Seconds), RDLENGTH=4
    IP Address=65.39.73.2

[raem]

Look in server manager/Configuration/Review configuration.
What is the setting for Server names/DNS server, is it the IP of your sme server ?

Also do
/etc/init.d/dnscache status
I get:
/service/dnscache: up (pid 1430) 1665048 seconds, normally down

/etc/init.d/tinydns status
I get:
/service/tinydns: up (pid 1584) 1665067 seconds, normally down

[edb]

Two things:

1) if you are running a Windows XP machine try the winsock fix http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html
a great tool for fixing these kinds of problems in 30 seconds blindfolded. The winsock fix is also available for Windows 95/98/98SE/ME
http://digital-solutions.co.uk/lavasoft/whndnfix.zip.
Check out this site http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=426607and you are sure to find the answer.

2) if that for some reason doesn't work then disconect the power to your cable modem for one whole day. Then plug it back in and see what happens. I know how it sounds but either one of these will work.

It happened to me a while back and drove me nuts.

Ed

[stancol]

I am running windows XP but I can't access Contribs.org from the server it self. Typing "lynx contribs.org" comes up with a blank page too.

Would be nice to turn the cable modem off for a day but really can't afford to do that. Don't think that would work anyway because I have a static IP address and nothing in the config file for the modem would change.

The other day I was even having trouble from outside my net accessing contribs.org when you typed it into IE6.0 as www.contribs.org. At that time contribs.org was working but www.contribs.org wasn't. Today though both work from outside my net.

[raem]

stancol

Didn't you bother to read/reply to my post ?

Look in server manager/Configuration/Review configuration.
What is the setting for Server names/DNS server, is it the IP of your sme server ?

Also do
/etc/init.d/dnscache status
I get:
/service/dnscache: up (pid 1430) 1665048 seconds, normally down

/etc/init.d/tinydns status
I get:
/service/tinydns: up (pid 1584) 1665067 seconds, normally down

[lu2fgn]

Hi all

I hope that this can help, after a major crash from
a dns server here in Argentina took a wile to get
all dns working right, for a long time I could not
connect to www.nic.ar from my ADSL connection, the
solution was to use a PROXY server outside ejemp.
from USA, if I use my GPRS connection trough my
GSM phone was also OK, at the present is all OK
I don’t run into this problem any more, by  the way
I use the outside PROXY to check my web pages and
that my dynamic IP is resolving correct.
If someone can’t read my bad English for sure can do
it better with Spanish

Alberto  

[stancol]

stancol

Didn't you bother to read/reply to my post ?

Look in server manager/Configuration/Review configuration.
What is the setting for Server names/DNS server, is it the IP of your sme server ?

Also do
/etc/init.d/dnscache status
I get:
/service/dnscache: up (pid 1430) 1665048 seconds, normally down

/etc/init.d/tinydns status
I get:
/service/tinydns: up (pid 1584) 1665067 seconds, normally down

1.) It's my IP
2.) Looks the same
3.) Looks the same

I did a post a while back saying that everything was exactly as you mentioned.

As for the proxy server that sounds like a good idea and yes I understand lu2fgn's english just fine.

[stancol]

Didn't change any settings and all of a sudden it works today.
I can log in from home for the first time this year!
                               

[raem]

stancol

> Didn't change any settings and all of a sudden it works today.

Possibly/probably due to the contribs.org site now being hosted by ruffdogs, and therefore on a differemt server with different IP.