On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:51, Robert Fraser wrote: > I should have mentioned previously, no problems connecting or > downloading from work (some sort of Telecom connection).
That's what I feared. I was told ( by SlashDot ) that Paradise has a proxy which makes it appear that all customers have the same IP number. As far as the other end is concerned that makes it look as if they are being attacked. I fear that we have been blocked by SourceForge at the IP number level. Currently talking to Pardise support. They appear to be at a loss and are talking to "the technicians". I have just explained in great detail that to the ouside world all connections from Paradise members appear to come from a single IP number, that of the Paradise proxy. Naturally enough when the other ends sees that many connection coming from one number they think they are under a DoS attack and block the number. Apparently i.e. according to the Pardise help desk, SourceForge have suffered a DoS from numbers within the 202.0.x.y IP number block and have blocked the whole class B net. Essentially the Paradise response is:- "We can't do anything about it. Thanks for calling. Click". A precise explantion as to my current state of mind is not printable here, so I will merely expostulate "Oh Botheration". I would be very grateful if someone with more sway than I could persuade Paradise to re-configure their proxy so that all the different client IP numbers are transmitted to the other end. > My friend logged this with Paradise helpdesk a few days ago, but no > useful response yet. > > Cheers > Robert > > Wesley Parish wrote: > >So my recent experience with trying to download some largish files and > > having to restart the download again and again and again, isn't just _my_ > > problem!? > > > >That's a relief! ;) > > > >Wesley Parish > > > >On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 20:07, Robert Fraser wrote: > >>Yeah, me too, and someone else on the same Paradise subnet as me. > >> > >>We can connect using wget or links, but any graphical browser (firefox/ > >>linux, firefox/win, ie/win) gets through very, very intermittantly. > >> > >>Other OSTG sites seem fine. > >> > >>Cheers > >>Robert > >> > >>Peter Burke wrote: > >>>Hi Chris, > >>> > >>>I've tired to access Sourceforge through Gentoo, WindowsXP (both > >>> Firefox) and Jaguar (Safari) through my Paradise/XTRA ADSL link without > >>> success on ALL accounts. It's trying to download data from the site > >>> though. I've had the same problem trying to access Inkscape.org as > >>> well. Most annoying. > >>> > >>> > >>>NEWSFLASH>>>> > >>> > >>>The Mac got through, but it's really slow. Almost as if they're running > >>> on half their servers, with the usual number of people trying to access > >>> the site. Result ---- bottlenecks and slow loading times upstream. > >>> > >>>Regards, > >>> > >>>Peter Burke > >>> > >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: Christopher Sawtell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>Sent: Friday, 19 August 2005 5:13 p.m. > >>>To: CLUG > >>>Subject: Connecting to SourceForge > >>> > >>>Greets List, > >>> > >>> Is anybody else on Paradise cable having difficulty connecting to > >>>SourceForge? > >>> > >>>Thanks. -- CS
