http://www.geocities.com/ doesn't work for me either here on vm (AL7 - welwyn garden city)
Something is screwed with VM. Looks like an internal routing issue. It'll be affecting more than geocities unfortunately.
From my server in Redbus, London:
Code:
Microsoft Windows [Version 5.2.3790]
(C) Copyright 1985-2003 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\server.SERVER6>ping www.geocities.com
Pinging geocities.com [66.218.77.68] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 66.218.77.68: bytes=32 time=165ms TTL=50
Reply from 66.218.77.68: bytes=32 time=165ms TTL=51
Ping statistics for 66.218.77.68:
Packets: Sent = 2, Received = 2, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 165ms, Maximum = 165ms, Average = 165ms
Control-C
^C
C:\Documents and Settings\server.SERVER6>tracert www.geocities.com
Tracing route to geocities.com [66.218.77.68]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 147 ms <1 ms 1 ms 85.236.98.252
2 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms po0-1-650-cr0.ixnlon.as35028.net [85.236.110.5]
3 6 ms 7 ms 6 ms po0-1-705-cr0.gswams.as35028.net [85.236.110.17]
4 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms ge-1-3-0.pat1.ams.yahoo.com [195.69.145.110]
5 6 ms 46 ms 6 ms ge-0-2-0.pat2.ams.yahoo.com [66.196.65.71]
6 17 ms 6 ms 6 ms so-3-1-0-pat1.the.yahoo.com [66.196.65.67]
7 92 ms 92 ms 92 ms so-2-1-0-pat1.nyc.yahoo.com [66.196.65.13]
8 92 ms 92 ms 92 ms ge-2-0-0.pat2.nyc.yahoo.com [216.115.111.64]
9 113 ms 113 ms 113 ms so-6-1-0.pat1.che.yahoo.com [216.115.101.158]
10 138 ms 138 ms 140 ms as1.pat1.dnx.yahoo.com [216.115.96.34]
11 164 ms 164 ms 164 ms as0.pat1.sjc.yahoo.com [216.115.101.149]
12 164 ms 163 ms 165 ms ge-4-0-0-p470.msr2.scd.yahoo.com [216.115.106.213]
13 174 ms 165 ms 165 ms ten-2-3-bas2.scd.yahoo.com [66.218.82.223]
14 163 ms 165 ms 164 ms intl1.geo.vip.scd.yahoo.com [66.218.77.68]
Trace complete.
From my house:
Code:
C:\Users\ross>ping www.geocities.com
Pinging geocities.com [66.218.77.68] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 194.117.136.41: TTL expired in transit.
Reply from 194.117.136.41: TTL expired in transit.
Reply from 194.117.136.41: TTL expired in transit.
Reply from 194.117.136.41: TTL expired in transit.
Ping statistics for 66.218.77.68:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
C:\Users\ross>tracert www.geocities.com
Tracing route to geocities.com [66.218.77.68]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms XXX[192.168.1.1]
2 86 ms 82 ms 84 ms 10.136.X.X
3 98 ms 103 ms 70 ms lutn-t2cam1-a-v115.network.virginmedia.net [80.4.118.73]
4 65 ms 81 ms 81 ms lutn-t3core-1a-ae1-0.network.virginmedia.net [195.182.174.169]
5 95 ms 107 ms 102 ms pop-bb-a-so-220-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.105.175.149]
6 53 ms 81 ms 108 ms win-bb-b-so-010-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.253.185.202]
7 78 ms 56 ms 107 ms bir-bb-a-so-100-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.253.185.141]
8 107 ms 127 ms 87 ms florence-pos20.network.virginmedia.net [213.105.175.218]
9 137 ms 128 ms 147 ms cancun-pos50.network.virginmedia.net [194.117.136.22]
10 133 ms 102 ms 97 ms puebla-pos90.network.virginmedia.net [194.117.136.169]
11 111 ms 114 ms 130 ms rabat-pos90.network.virginmedia.net [194.117.136.149]
12 108 ms 95 ms 51 ms osr02know-tenge73.network.virginmedia.net [62.30.249.173]
13 95 ms 51 ms 69 ms wb7301a.network.virginmedia.net [62.30.0.204]
14 147 ms 148 ms 89 ms osr-hsd-gw3-ge147.network.virginmedia.net [62.30.249.46]
15 128 ms 151 ms 65 ms gsr-hsd-gw1-ge10.network.virginmedia.net [194.117.136.145]
16 125 ms 64 ms 71 ms osr-hsd-bus1-ge23.network.virginmedia.net [194.117.136.41]
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 78 ms 87 ms 102 ms rabat-pos100.network.virginmedia.net [194.117.136.157]
19 80 ms 29 ms 28 ms osr02know-tenge73.network.virginmedia.net [62.30.249.173]
20 75 ms 59 ms 63 ms wb7301a.network.virginmedia.net [62.30.0.204]
21 245 ms 231 ms 226 ms osr-hsd-gw3-ge147.network.virginmedia.net [62.30.249.46]
22 283 ms 243 ms 140 ms gsr-hsd-gw1-ge10.network.virginmedia.net [194.117.136.145]
23 134 ms 138 ms 119 ms osr-hsd-bus1-ge23.network.virginmedia.net [194.117.136.41]
24 * * * Request timed out.
25 184 ms 222 ms 207 ms rabat-pos100.network.virginmedia.net [194.117.136.157]
26 160 ms 147 ms 94 ms osr02know-tenge73.network.virginmedia.net [62.30.249.173]
27 92 ms 51 ms 43 ms wb7301a.network.virginmedia.net [62.30.0.204]
28 84 ms 91 ms 111 ms osr-hsd-gw3-ge147.network.virginmedia.net [62.30.249.46]
29 86 ms 102 ms 95 ms gsr-hsd-gw1-ge10.network.virginmedia.net [194.117.136.145]
30 35 ms 78 ms 100 ms osr-hsd-bus1-ge23.network.virginmedia.net [194.117.136.41]