geocities no longer works after STB reboot

zer0 · 01-10-2008, 16:07

internet went down, so i rebooted the STB, now i cant access my site on geocities.com it works in a proxy but a direct connection to the website or ip gives a blank page in both Firefox and IE, havnt found any other pages that dont work

rossdagley · 01-10-2008, 20:56

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]

Warzone · 02-10-2008, 08:16

Exact same issue (blank page on geocities)...just loops around timing out on:

osr-hsd-gw3-ge147.network.virginmedia.net (62.30.249.46)
osr-hsd-bus1-ge21.network.virginmedia.net (194.117.136.5)

(This is on a website I administrate though same for geocities as well)

Cannot connect to certain websites, just loops around those two nodes...in the end...the browser(Firefox 3) gives a time out error.

Hmmm...a good chance this is related to the email issue that has been posted on the virgin media status page...hopefully it will be resolved soon.

puzzledDave · 02-10-2008, 20:41

I'm getting the same result as Warzone with tracert looping round and giving up after 30 hops!

Strange that this only affects geocities user sites. I can access the admin site and it shows that all my site files are still there.

cherimoya · 02-10-2008, 21:40

Same thing here. For the last couple of days been getting a blank page for Geocities using Firefox and a 404 error for Geocities using Internet Explorer. VirginMedia ISP, Guildford area. Ping and Tracert results here:

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>ping www.geocities.com

Pinging geocities.com [66.218.77.68] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 66.218.77.68:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>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 192.168.1.1
2 137 ms 9 ms 6 ms 10.129.36.1
3 7 ms 8 ms 7 ms glfd-t2cam1-b-v118.network.virginmedia.net [86.2
8.21.169]
4 8 ms 8 ms 13 ms glfd-t3core-1b-ge-114-0.network.virginmedia.net
[195.182.181.229]
5 10 ms 17 ms 16 ms gfd-bb-b-ge-220-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.1
05.175.89]
6 23 ms 82 ms 23 ms man-bb-a-so-200-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.25
2.192.93]
7 19 ms 20 ms 43 ms man-bb-b-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.253.1
87.178]
8 21 ms 19 ms 21 ms bir-bb-a-so-010-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.25
3.185.133]
9 23 ms 22 ms 21 ms florence-pos20.network.virginmedia.net [213.105.
175.218]
10 27 ms 27 ms 27 ms cancun-pos50.network.virginmedia.net [194.117.13
6.22]
11 26 ms 24 ms 25 ms puebla-pos90.network.virginmedia.net [194.117.13
6.169]
12 27 ms 28 ms 28 ms rabat-pos90.network.virginmedia.net [194.117.136
.149]
13 26 ms 26 ms 26 ms osr02know-tenge73.network.virginmedia.net [62.30
.249.173]
14 26 ms 25 ms 25 ms wb7301a.network.virginmedia.net [62.30.0.204]
15 27 ms 26 ms 35 ms osr-hsd-gw3-ge147.network.virginmedia.net [62.30
.249.46]
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 236 ms 219 ms 220 ms osr-hsd-bus1-ge21.network.virginmedia.net [194.1
17.136.5]
18 36 ms 36 ms 34 ms gsr-hsd-gw1-ge1321.network.virginmedia.net [194.
117.136.6]
19 36 ms 34 ms 93 ms rabat-pos100.network.virginmedia.net [194.117.13
6.157]
20 33 ms 36 ms 34 ms osr02know-tenge73.network.virginmedia.net [62.30
.249.173]
21 36 ms 36 ms 78 ms wb7301a.network.virginmedia.net [62.30.0.204]
22 34 ms 34 ms 33 ms osr-hsd-gw3-ge147.network.virginmedia.net [62.30
.249.46]
23 * * * Request timed out.
24 52 ms 36 ms 35 ms osr-hsd-bus1-ge21.network.virginmedia.net [194.1
17.136.5]
25 41 ms 41 ms 42 ms gsr-hsd-gw1-ge1321.network.virginmedia.net [194.
117.136.6]
26 42 ms 45 ms 44 ms rabat-pos100.network.virginmedia.net [194.117.13
6.157]
27 58 ms 41 ms 39 ms osr02know-tenge73.network.virginmedia.net [62.30
.249.173]
28 45 ms 50 ms 43 ms wb7301a.network.virginmedia.net [62.30.0.204]
29 203 ms 199 ms 44 ms osr-hsd-gw3-ge147.network.virginmedia.net [62.30
.249.46]
30 * * * Request timed out.

Trace complete.

Like puzzledDave I AM able to access my Geocities FileManger and I have even managed to update some files. It's just that I cannot view the website or indeed any Geocities websites. I have written to VirginMedia twice via their website and also written to Geocities, though it really looks as though this is a VirginMedia problem. Hope it gets sorted soon. Cheri.

zer0 · 03-10-2008, 22:47

seems fixed now

Warzone · 04-10-2008, 07:01

Awesome, looks like it was related to that national email issue posted on the virgin media status as it has now gone.

chopperchipe · 09-11-2008, 15:00

I don't know if it's the same problem but I can only sporadically log into UK Geocities.

If I go to the usual login page: http://uk.geocities.yahoo.com/

...sometimes I can log in and open File Manager, but sometimes it has a "start building now" message (even though I have a long established site).

In File Manager I managed to upload a few files today, but now it seems on the rare occasion File Manager actually opens, I can't upload any files ("cannot find server") or File Manager won't open at all.

I see from looking at Yahoo Tech forums I'm not the only one from the UK experiencing trouble.

Is this still a VM issue? If so, it's not fixed for me