getting to linuxchix.org (was) [Techtalk] Politeness and the purpose of Techtalk

[Wim De Smet]

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 19:23:17 +0000 (GMT), David Sumbler
<david at aeolia.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Oct 2004, Carla Schroder wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > On Sunday 31 October 2004 2:59 am, David Sumbler wrote:
> >> On Sun, 31 Oct 2004, Claudine Chionh wrote:
> >>
> >>> Grrltalk and grrls-only are two different mailing lists: grrltalk is
> >>> open to anyone.
> >>>
> >>> http://www.linuxchix.org/content/docs/faqs/grrltalk.html
> >>
> >> If you can get to it: I haven't been able to access the LinuxChix
> >> web-site for days.  I can ping it, but browsers come up with messages
> >> like "linuxchix.org contacted.  Waiting for reply."  No reply comes,
> >> though.
> >>
> >> David
> >
> > Try these two tests:
> >
> > 1. run some remote traceroutes from traceroute.org. This will give you an idea
> > if the problem is local to you, or more widespread.
> >
> > 2. run the excellent utility mtr from your pc, like this:
> >
> > $ mtr linuxchix.org
> >
> > Give it a hundred passes or so. This might pinpoint a bottleneck between your
> > PC and linuxchix.org. Usually when you get timeouts like you describe,
> > there's some big packet loss somewhere.
> 
> Thanks for that advice.  'mtr' is fun, isn't it!  I didn't know about
> it before.
> 
> These tests all seem to run OK - yet I still can't get to
> http://203.7.155.11
> 
> I haven't had a problem with any other sites.
> 

I have the same problem. Host seems to be extremely low and suffering
from package loss. When those packages have to travel halfway around
the world (or more) that results in some slowdown I reckon. :-)

greets,
Wim