Re: [MiNT] Atari.org down?

[Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:22 AM, Bernd Mueller <ragnar76@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Am 27.07.2011 17:15, schrieb Paul Wratt:
>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 3:07 AM, Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:56 AM, Bernd Mueller <ragnar76@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>> maybe not, because I cant get to toshyp.atari.org either, so it is
>>>>> probably the server where their nameserver (DNS) is hosted..
>>>> so *.atari.org and dhs.nu are not reachable since they share the same
>>>> nameserver
>>>>
>>> confirmed
>>>
>>> they should have a backup DNS or use a global DNS host like..
>>>  free: http://zoneedit.com/
>>>        http://freedns.afraid.org/
>>> com: http://editdns.net
>>>
>>> BTW it might be network related, not specifically their server, like a
>>> peer split, or one of the .nu routers down
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>> actually you can confirm if it is just their nameserver by http'ing to
>> the IP address for dhs.nu
>
> none of them works from here:
>
> ragnar@gareth:~$ ping dhs.nu
> PING dhs.nu (62.220.235.11) 56(84) bytes of data.
> ^C
> --- dhs.nu ping statistics ---
> 7 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 6024ms
>
> ragnar@gareth:~$ ping 62.220.235.11
> PING 62.220.235.11 (62.220.235.11) 56(84) bytes of data.
> ^C
> --- 62.220.235.11 ping statistics ---
> 20 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 19152ms
>
> ragnar@gareth:~$ ping www.atari.org
> PING gem.atari.org (62.220.235.11) 56(84) bytes of data.
> ^C
> --- gem.atari.org ping statistics ---
> 4 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 3023ms
>
> ragnar@gareth:~$ ping toshyp.atari.org
> PING vhost.atari.org (62.220.235.11) 56(84) bytes of data.
> ^C
> --- vhost.atari.org ping statistics ---
> 6 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 5039ms
>
> but look at the times
>
> Bernd
>
hmm.. and I suspect 100% packet loss is due to "no route to host" or
"connection timeout"

Interesting that you do get a lookup tho, maybe they do have
secondary/backup NS, or maybe it is not their NS

confusing, because toshyp.atari.org is on atari-users.net servers ..

Paul