Can't connect to the forum

[deluxestogie]

Here is what I get (when I'm able to connect to the forum)

C:\Documents and Settings\Bob>tracert www.mediacollege.com

Tracing route to mediacollege.com [69.72.153.253]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1849 ms 124 ms 139 ms 68.28.153.69
2 143 ms 147 ms 133 ms 68.28.84.124
3 112 ms 121 ms 114 ms 68.28.66.161
4 108 ms 117 ms 110 ms 10.158.195.22
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 110 ms 105 ms 107 ms 10.158.207.41
7 90 ms 116 ms 109 ms 68.28.85.69
8 109 ms 109 ms 112 ms sl-crs1-kc-.sprintlink.net [144.223.137.225]
9 1403 ms 127 ms 125 ms 144.232.12.137
10 * 980 ms 339 ms 144.232.1.161
11 342 ms 339 ms 338 ms 144.232.25.188
12 440 ms 441 ms 437 ms sl-tisca2-432396-0.sprintlink.net [144.228.250.9
8]
13 484 ms 478 ms 478 ms xe-5-0-0.nyc41.ip4.tinet.net [141.136.110.26]
14 471 ms 479 ms 479 ms fortress-gw.ip4.tinet.net [216.221.158.90]
15 475 ms 477 ms 478 ms 208.116.63.207
16 580 ms 481 ms 477 ms 208.116.63.171
17 499 ms 498 ms 479 ms spock.mediacollege.com [69.72.153.253]

Trace complete.

Bob

 

[FmGrowit]

Here's the latest email

OK. Didn't think this was necessary but please use your site name (here it is in case fairtradetobacco.com ) instead of the mediacollege.com site.

Here are the directions right off that site:

In Windows, select Start > Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt. This will give you a window like the one below.Enter the word tracert, followed by a space, then the domain name.
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If you guys need more help please let me know.

 

[Seanz]

Heres what I get:
C:\Users\Rex>tracert fairtradetobacco.com


Tracing route to fairtradetobacco.com [198.136.53.115]
over a maximum of 30 hops:


1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms NB304N.Home [192.168.1.1]
2 47 ms 46 ms 47 ms lo0.internet.ivpn.pe23.telstraclear.net [121.74.
32.1]
3 69 ms 69 ms 70 ms ie2-g-0-0-0.telstraclear.net [203.98.50.2]
4 66 ms 65 ms 65 ms ge-0-2-0-1.xcore1.acld.telstraclear.net [203.98.
50.251]
5 67 ms 66 ms 66 ms unknown.telstraglobal.net [134.159.174.37]
6 196 ms 195 ms 195 ms i-0-0-4-1.1wlt-core01.bx.telstraglobal.net [202.
84.142.110]
7 223 ms 224 ms * i-0-1-0-0.eqnx-core01.bi.telstraglobal.net [202.
84.144.202]
8 223 ms 224 ms 224 ms i-0-4-0-3.eqnx03.bi.telstraglobal.net [202.84.25
1.98]
9 195 ms 194 ms 195 ms l3-peer.eqnx03.pr.telstraglobal.net [134.159.62.
198]
10 274 ms 270 ms 281 ms vlan90.csw4.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.69.152.254]
11 270 ms 269 ms 269 ms ae-72-72.ebr2.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.69.153.21]


12 270 ms 271 ms 270 ms ae-2-2.ebr2.SanJose5.Level3.net [4.69.148.141]
13 270 ms 270 ms 270 ms ae-6-6.ebr2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.69.148.201
]
14 271 ms 270 ms 271 ms ae-6-6.ebr2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [4.69.148.201
]
15 270 ms 269 ms 270 ms ae-7-7.ebr3.Atlanta2.Level3.net [4.69.134.22]
16 271 ms 271 ms 271 ms ae-63-63.ebr1.Atlanta2.Level3.net [4.69.148.242]


17 271 ms 270 ms 270 ms ae-1-8.bar1.Orlando1.Level3.net [4.69.137.149]
18 271 ms 270 ms 270 ms ae-1-8.bar1.Orlando1.Level3.net [4.69.137.149]
19 270 ms 270 ms 294 ms ten-7-4.edge1.level3.mco01.hostdime.com [67.30.1
40.198]
20 271 ms 270 ms 270 ms 198-136-53-115.static.dimenoc.com [198.136.53.11
5]


Trace complete.


C:\Users\Rex>

 

[johnlee1933]

Here's the latest email

WTF?

 

[FmGrowit]

WTF?

I don't know WTF. WTF is right though. If you think that's bad, try dealing with the prima donnas on the VBulletin site. If you don't know how to write code, they treat you like a red headed step child. If you don't talk their lingo, you're a moron and they let you know it too. Without a doubt the most cold hearted, hateful people I've ever encountered not only on the internet, but anywhere. Their shit doesn't stink and if yours does, you don't belong there.

 

[johnlee1933]

I don't know WTF. WTF is right though. If you think that's bad, try dealing with the prima donnas on the VBulletin site. If you don't know how to write code, they treat you like a red headed step child. If you don't talk their lingo, you're a moron and they let you know it too. Without a doubt the most cold hearted, hateful people I've ever encountered not only on the internet, but anywhere. Their shit doesn't stink and if yours does, you don't belong there.

And they won't understand when you take your business elsewhere. TS!

 

[deluxestogie]

Heres what I get:
C:\Users\Rex>tracert fairtradetobacco.com

Seanz has it right. (I took their instructions literally, incorrectly assuming that their server was at mediacollege.com.)

Save the sentence, "tracert fairtradetobacco.com" somewhere you can find it later. If you are unable to reach FTT, open a DOS window (run cmd), type in tracert fairtradetobacco.com, then press enter...and wait. That's the info Don needs for the wonks.

A method to see if you can get any response from the FTT site, you can open a DOS window and enter:

ping fairtradetobacco.com

Bob

 

[Boboro]

They cant run it from thir side?

 

[johnlee1933]

If they're not smart enough to run their own server how the Hell am I supposed to?

 

[Knucklehead]

I've e-mailed the info to Maks so he can run a trace. If he can't get back on, he'll e-mail the trace to me and I'll post it here.

 

[deluxestogie]

The Concept of Trace Route

Picture yourself out in the Gulf of Mexico in a small boat. You want to go to New Orleans. As you approach the Mississippi River Delta, there are numerous river channels. As you work your boat through the various branches of the channel, each juncture getting you closer to New Orleans, you write down each of the intersections (say, with a set of GPS coordinates). The route you choose is somewhat random, but eventually you get to New Orleans. Your list of intersections, and the time it took for each leg are similar to a Trace Route.

On the Internet, the path your messages take (from one "node" to another) to reach FTT may be similar or different with each page navigation, and usually includes a dozen or more hops. Each FTT member starts from a different location as well. Trace Route (tracert) will record each relay node along the way, and the time it takes (in milliseconds) to get to that node.

IF the Trace Route of many FTT members reaches the host server where FTT is hosted, but can't get to the FTT forum, then there is a problem that the hosting company must resolve. [It's their fault.]

If, on the other hand, many FTT members (in different locations) are blocked at a number of different nodes along the way, then likely the DNS Servers (that translate "fairtradetobacco.com" to its IP address) do not have the correct IP address for the forum. This can happen after a website changes to a new IP address [e.g. changing the hosting company], since the updated IP must propagate across all the Internet's DNS servers (the nodes in the Trace Route) throughout the world. This update starts at the Domain Name Registry (the authoritative DNS server), and is replicated over a period of days to all DNS servers.

So, Boboro, they can't run it from the host side. It's a question of how the messages move from your house to theirs.

What is truly amazing is that any of this works at all. The beauty of having many alternate paths is that a disruption of any one node (or even several nodes) is simply bypassed using an alternate path.

Bob

 

[BarG]

Gore says he invented the internet in a speech! Did he give any proof or even have a clue how it really works? Heh heh
I think Bob may have had a hand in it?

 

[rainmax]

The Concept of Trace Route


On the Internet, the path your messages take (from one "node" to another) to reach FTT may be similar or different with each page navigation, and usually includes a dozen or more hops. Each FTT member starts from a different location as well. Trace Route (tracert) will record each relay node along the way, and the time it takes (in milliseconds) to get to that node.

IF the Trace Route of many FTT members reaches the host server where FTT is hosted, but can't get to the FTT forum, then there is a problem that the hosting company must resolve. [It's their fault.]


What is truly amazing is that any of this works at all.
Bob

Thanks Bob is this fiction writing or you are polyglot. Nicely explained.
I'm Back again today. BTW I'm on Mac platform. Is there another way to check the tracert fairtradetobacco.com?

 

[deluxestogie]

BTW I'm on Mac platform. Is there another way to check the tracert fairtradetobacco.com?

On Mac OS-X:
Method 1
1.Applications | Utilities | Terminal
2.At the prompt, type traceroute fairtradetobacco.com
3.Copy the results, and paste to a text editor.

Method 2
1.Open the Utilities folder on your hard drive.
2.Launch the Network Utility.
3.Click Traceroute.
4.Enter fairtradetobacco.com, and then click Trace.
5.Select the results, and then right-click and select Copy or press COMMAND+C to copy the text.
6.Paste the text into a text editor (TextEdit, etc.).

Bob

 

[webmost]

"No Data Received" just thirty seconds ago

 

[rainmax]

here's what I get

Maks-Dezmans-iMac:~ maksdezman$ traceroute fairtradetobacco.com
traceroute to fairtradetobacco.com (198.136.53.115), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 gateway.home (192.168.1.1) 3.683 ms 0.697 ms 0.639 ms
2 bsn-access.dsl.siol.net (213.250.19.90) 33.711 ms 33.546 ms 33.149 ms
3 95.176.253.5 (95.176.253.5) 35.991 ms 37.346 ms 36.194 ms
4 bpt-b4-link.telia.net (80.239.167.241) 42.824 ms 43.711 ms 41.655 ms
5 prag-bb1-link.telia.net (80.91.250.163) 49.414 ms 52.721 ms 81.187 ms
6 ffm-bb1-link.telia.net (80.91.246.138) 76.377 ms 68.769 ms 67.962 ms
7 ffm-b10-link.telia.net (80.91.251.120) 68.573 ms
ffm-b10-link.telia.net (213.155.134.135) 63.880 ms
ffm-b10-link.telia.net (80.91.247.185) 68.442 ms
8 ae11.edge4.frankfurt.level3.net (4.68.70.105) 68.298 ms 67.799 ms 67.728 ms
9 vlan90.csw4.frankfurt1.level3.net (4.69.154.254) 187.307 ms
vlan70.csw2.frankfurt1.level3.net (4.69.154.126) 187.844 ms 191.594 ms
10 ae-91-91.ebr1.frankfurt1.level3.net (4.69.140.13) 189.005 ms 189.343 ms
ae-71-71.ebr1.frankfurt1.level3.net (4.69.140.5) 189.507 ms
11 ae-48-48.ebr2.paris1.level3.net (4.69.143.146) 189.035 ms 187.558 ms
ae-46-46.ebr2.paris1.level3.net (4.69.143.138) 183.756 ms
12 ae-43-43.ebr2.washington1.level3.net (4.69.137.58) 185.994 ms
ae-44-44.ebr2.washington1.level3.net (4.69.137.62) 187.640 ms
ae-41-41.ebr2.washington1.level3.net (4.69.137.50) 188.739 ms
13 ae-92-92.csw4.washington1.level3.net (4.69.134.158) 188.528 ms
ae-62-62.csw1.washington1.level3.net (4.69.134.146) 185.464 ms
ae-72-72.csw2.washington1.level3.net (4.69.134.150) 188.624 ms
14 ae-91-91.ebr1.washington1.level3.net (4.69.134.141) 186.475 ms 186.230 ms 186.969 ms
15 ae-2-2.ebr3.atlanta2.level3.net (4.69.132.85) 185.053 ms 184.415 ms 184.537 ms
16 ae-63-63.ebr1.atlanta2.level3.net (4.69.148.242) 190.098 ms 189.126 ms 189.218 ms
17 ae-1-8.bar1.orlando1.level3.net (4.69.137.149) 185.883 ms 186.331 ms 184.741 ms
18 * ten-7-4.edge1.level3.mco01.hostdime.com (67.30.140.198) 186.204 ms 185.161 ms
19 * * *

 

[FmGrowit]

Please write this email address down somewhere and send me a message when you can not access the site in the future.

Don@WholeLeafTobacco.com

If you have a problem accessing the site, run a trace, copy the results and send them to me.

Thanks