astraweb blocked by sky

entail · 26 Jan 2012 at 17:19

one would guess he is american. with all the hops its doing in america with none of the usual UK hubs, but if hes on sky who knows XD

wonko · 26 Jan 2012 at 17:47

entail said:
one would guess he is american. with all the hops its doing in america with none of the usual UK hubs, but if hes on sky who knows XD

That's what I'm getting at...

OP, can you tell us if you're on Sky LLU in the UK, and if you are using any sort of VPN please?

llywmog · 26 Jan 2012 at 17:57

wonko said:
That's what I'm getting at...

OP, can you tell us if you're on Sky LLU in the UK, and if you are using any sort of VPN please?

sky uk user. no vpn

KIA · 26 Jan 2012 at 19:16

You didn't run the traceroute from your PC. You used http://network-tools.com/

See http://support247webs.com/windows-traceroute.htm

Which DNS are you using? Try http://208.69.38.205/ or http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/

wonko · 26 Jan 2012 at 19:32

Thanks, that was the "something obvious" I was missing

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llywmog · 26 Jan 2012 at 23:38

KIA said:
You didn't run the traceroute from your PC. You used http://network-tools.com/

See http://support247webs.com/windows-traceroute.htm

Which DNS are you using? Try http://208.69.38.205/ or http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/

sorry

C:\Users\******>tracert astraweb.com
Unable to resolve target system name astraweb.com.

C:\Users\******>tracert 216.151.153.111

Tracing route to 216.151.153.111 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 4 ms 2 ms 2 ms 192.168.1.1
2 42 ms 39 ms 38 ms dr3.bllon.isp.sky.com [89.200.128.46]
3 39 ms 39 ms 38 ms vl193.ar8.bllon.isp.sky.com [89.200.133.62]
4 42 ms 40 ms 40 ms 195.50.122.113
5 43 ms 41 ms 42 ms ae-52-52.csw2.London1.Level3.net [4.69.139.120]

6 42 ms 40 ms 41 ms ae-59-224.ebr2.London1.Level3.net [4.69.153.141]

7 172 ms 203 ms 203 ms ae-44-44.ebr1.NewYork1.Level3.net [4.69.137.78]

8 221 ms 192 ms 215 ms ae-81-81.csw3.NewYork1.Level3.net [4.69.134.74]

9 138 ms 203 ms 203 ms ae-82-82.ebr2.NewYork1.Level3.net [4.69.148.41]

10 219 ms 203 ms 203 ms ae-2-2.ebr4.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.69.135.185]
11 226 ms 203 ms 204 ms ae-81-81.csw3.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.69.153.10]

12 223 ms 204 ms 203 ms ae-3-80.edge8.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.69.152.148]

13 222 ms 204 ms 203 ms SEARCHTECH.edge8.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.53.30.14
2]
14 181 ms 179 ms 266 ms 216.151.153.111

Trace complete.

will try dns ideas tomorrow or saturday.

llywmog · 26 Jan 2012 at 23:51

you're a star KIA. adding the DNS worked. ssl also working.

so what was all that about?

Neil79 · 27 Jan 2012 at 01:38

Looking at that tracert Level3.net in the usa is causing an issue, using a different DNS probably bypasses that or the issue was fixed today.

That tracert shows that sky isn't the problem, glad you got it working though

llywmog · 27 Jan 2012 at 08:56

could it have been virus / trojan related?

MasterPlan1 · 27 Jan 2012 at 09:26

llywmog said:
testing on sabnzbd on all ssl servers on port 563 shows 'invalid server address'

563 on both VM and Sky is throttled, use 443.

DJDaz · 27 Jan 2012 at 10:22

I use 563 on Sky and i'm not throttled at all :confused:

3dcandy · 27 Jan 2012 at 10:23

443 is throttled on sky for me, but 563 isn't. I'm on Sky LLU

KIA · 27 Jan 2012 at 20:49

llywmog said:
you're a star KIA. adding the DNS worked. ssl also working.

so what was all that about?

Some issue with Sky's DNS servers I guess.

3dcandy said:
443 is throttled on sky for me, but 563 isn't. I'm on Sky LLU

Do you have proof? There isn't any traffic management on the network.

3dcandy · 27 Jan 2012 at 21:41

proof as in when I change the port settings the download speed is a tenth? It hasn't really bothered me as such...just changed it and carried on

KIA · 27 Jan 2012 at 21:48

Nonsense, until you provide evidence.

3dcandy · 27 Jan 2012 at 21:50

right then..oh two cans of Bud I can't be arsed...

KIA · 27 Jan 2012 at 22:02

http://www.sky.com/shop/terms-conditions/broadband/network-management-policy/

3dcandy · 27 Jan 2012 at 22:11

Hey Kia I know...but even if it's not managed it's loads slower...

whitecrook · 27 Jan 2012 at 22:20

MasterPlan1 said:
563 on both VM and Sky is throttled, use 443.

For me, 443 is throttled, 563 is fine. Weird.

drunkenmaster · 27 Jan 2012 at 23:42

KIA said:
Nobody cares about downloaders as they're not responsible for distributing the files.

You know how you PAY money to a company who then for the fee, maintains a working server of illegal content..... yeah, that IS being responsible for distributing the files. If people didn't pay usenet providers to run the servers, the content wouldn't be there.

They don't APPARENTLY care about usenet yet as, P2P is generally easier to find people, and they haven't had a huge amount of success prosecuting people.

Honestly if it gets to that point they'll be trying to arrest 1/4 of the worlds(with internet) population due to downloading illegal content, it won't be feasible, they keep going after small numbers while governments generally don't react to it and kick up a fuss. Going after a few people can cause trouble and potentially make them some money, you wouldn't want to be that one person for the sake of not checking the ssl box on a options menu?

is it likely you'll get caught, no, is it possible, yes, can you reduce that risk, yes, does it hurt you in any way to check that box, no, so why the hell wouldn't you?