# HELP!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/63830>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 30, 2001, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/63830 "2001-04-30T12:01:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/63830/21 "2001-05-03T03:18:40Z")

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I’m posting this through Safeweb. I hope this works … I don’t want to have to do this on a full-time basis. I have RoadRunner (cable broadband) both at home _and_ at work, so there’s absolutely no way for me to visit the SDMB directly. My IP number is 65.35.6.\*\*\*.

You all seem to be stuck at [190.ATM9-0-0.GW1.CHI6.ALTER.NET](http://190.ATM9-0-0.GW1.CHI6.ALTER.NET). Won’t help me … the roadblock from this end is [191.ATM9-0-0.GW1.CHI6.ALTER.NET](http://191.ATM9-0-0.GW1.CHI6.ALTER.NET). It’s UUNET, and from my experience, they’re typically unresponsive to the minor technical issues of users who aren’t their clients. The folks doing the complaining aren’t major clients like Megabigient E-Solutions or something like that, so any trouble tickets SDMB users generate would likely have a very low priority.

It’s gonna’ be a _long_ spring. Anyone find an alternative way to access the site, without resorting to another ISP?

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1 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms 10.178.144.1  
2 10 ms \<10 ms \<10 ms [HE8-Central-7507-P010-cfl.rr.com](http://HE8-Central-7507-P010-cfl.rr.com) [24.95.225.122]  
3 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms [HE6-Central-GSRA-P53.cfl.rr.com](http://HE6-Central-GSRA-P53.cfl.rr.com) [24.95.225.29]  
4 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms [HE5-Central-GSRA-P40.cfl.rr.com](http://HE5-Central-GSRA-P40.cfl.rr.com) [24.95.225.113]  
5 11 ms 10 ms 10 ms [HE5-Central-GSRC-P20.cfl.rr.com](http://HE5-Central-GSRC-P20.cfl.rr.com) [24.95.226.106]  
6 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms 12.126.150.13  
7 10 ms 20 ms 10 ms [gbr2-p70.ormfl.ip.att.net](http://gbr2-p70.ormfl.ip.att.net) [12.123.32.110]  
8 \<10 ms \<10 ms \<10 ms [gbr4-p80.ormfl.ip.att.net](http://gbr4-p80.ormfl.ip.att.net) [12.122.5.133]  
9 30 ms 40 ms 20 ms [gbr3-p10.attga.ip.att.net](http://gbr3-p10.attga.ip.att.net) [12.122.2.129]  
10 10 ms 30 ms 20 ms [ggr1-p360.attga.ip.att.net](http://ggr1-p360.attga.ip.att.net) [12.123.20.249]  
11 20 ms 20 ms 20 ms [att-gw.atl.uu.net](http://att-gw.atl.uu.net) [192.205.32.130]  
12 20 ms 30 ms 40 ms [179.at-6-0-0.XR1.ATL5.ALTER.NET](http://179.at-6-0-0.XR1.ATL5.ALTER.NET) [152.63.82.190]  
13 30 ms 30 ms 30 ms [0.so-3-0-0.TR1.ATL5.ALTER.NET](http://0.so-3-0-0.TR1.ATL5.ALTER.NET) [152.63.9.229]  
14 60 ms 70 ms 70 ms [129.at-6-0-0.TR1.CHI2.ALTER.NET](http://129.at-6-0-0.TR1.CHI2.ALTER.NET) [152.63.0.118]  
15 61 ms 90 ms 70 ms [197.ATM7-0.XR1.CHI6.ALTER.NET](http://197.ATM7-0.XR1.CHI6.ALTER.NET) [152.63.65.85]  
16 60 ms 70 ms 70 ms [191.ATM9-0-0.GW1.CHI6.ALTER.NET](http://191.ATM9-0-0.GW1.CHI6.ALTER.NET) [146.188.208.73]  
17 \* \* \* Request timed out.  
18 \* \* \* Request timed out.  
(ad infinitum)

Sigh.

Dan (elmwood)

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/63830/22 "2001-05-03T11:51:01Z")

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Problem solved! For me at least. Call your ISP’s tech support. If you use Netscape, a proxy setting change will do the trick.

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**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/63830/23 "2001-05-03T15:27:11Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \*  
> \*\*Problem solved! For me at least. Call your ISP’s tech support. If you use Netscape, a proxy setting change will do the trick. \*\*

Now I look like a blustering fool! I’ll have to contact my ISP.

By the way, my IP address is : 192.169.x.x

When I try to access [http://www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com) my browser will resolve the IP adress to 65.201.198.8 (which I think is correct).

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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/63830/24 "2001-05-03T16:12:03Z")

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(psoted through SafeWeb)

My ISP, RoadRunner, won’t give me new proxy settings, and won’t do anything else to assist.

This doesn’t help out those who lost access and can’t find their way here otherwise (though an anonymous surfing service or another ISP); or new users who are just plain locked out, who might otherwise assume The Straight Dope Web site went the way of _[pets.com](http://pets.com)_.

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2001, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/63830/25 "2001-05-03T22:24:09Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by elmwood \*  
> \*\*(psoted through SafeWeb)
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> My ISP, RoadRunner, won’t give me new proxy settings, and won’t do anything else to assist. \*\*

Try Tech again. Often, the quality & quantity of help you get depends on _who_ you talk to.

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**Author:** ![JerseyDiamond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@JerseyDiamond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyDiamond)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/63830/26 "2001-05-04T00:01:19Z")

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the problem appears to be fixed, at least from my end. It is not a DNS issue (I run my own, it has had the correct address all along, and nothing has changed there), it is not a proxy issue (proxy ONLY affects web browsing, not ICMP, telnet, etc, and all were affected).

It does, in fact, seem to have been a routing problem. The only thing that seems to have changed is that my route to [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com) is slightly different today. Maybe a change that needed a couple days to propagate.

Anyway, whatever you guys did, thanks.

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**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/63830/27 "2001-05-04T00:02:25Z")

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The last post is mine.  
Sorry. Forgot to change the username on my computer.

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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/63830/28 "2001-05-04T00:05:30Z")

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I think I’m back in without an anonymous proxy. Lemme’ check …

Lalalalalalalalalalala … yup, it works.

All seems right with the world again. Thanks!

🙂

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**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/63830/29 "2001-05-04T00:24:31Z")

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Hallelujuh! I can read the boards in the privacy of my own home again!

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**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/63830/30 "2001-05-04T11:45:38Z")

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It is fixed for me too!

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/63830/31 "2001-05-04T12:40:33Z")

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Fixed here, too, and I didn’t have to mess around with no scary proxy servers, neither.

In 30 years we will all look back on this and tell our grandchildren, “Yes, we remember the days when you had to get out the box of tools and open the hood and tinker with the computer yourself”, the same way my grandma used to tell me how it was when you had to crank the telephone and go through the operator.

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**Author:** ![Redboss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@Redboss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redboss)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2001, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help/63830/32 "2001-05-06T07:41:52Z")

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Except that in thirty years I won’t be here. I’ll be dead.

Think about **that**!

[sub]good to see you posting again DDG![/sub]

Reddead

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