Re: [boost] Trouble accessing www.boost.org

From: Greg Colvin (gcolvin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-06-10 19:45:12

I can get there OK via browser, but something strange is going on:

C:\>ping www.boost.org

Pinging ns.portraitsfromphotos.net [205.157.137.216] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=281ms TTL=238
Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=250ms TTL=238
Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=234ms TTL=238
Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=235ms TTL=238

C:\>ping www.uscs.org

Pinging ns.uscs.org [205.157.137.197] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 205.157.137.197: bytes=32 time=250ms TTL=238
Reply from 205.157.137.197: bytes=32 time=922ms TTL=238
Reply from 205.157.137.197: bytes=32 time=250ms TTL=238
Reply from 205.157.137.197: bytes=32 time=266ms TTL=238

C:\>ping ns.portraitsfromphotos.net

Pinging ns.portraitsfromphotos.net [205.157.137.216] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=282ms TTL=238
Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=235ms TTL=238
Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=266ms TTL=238
Reply from 205.157.137.216: bytes=32 time=250ms TTL=238

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Howard Hinnant <hinnant_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 2:15 PM
Subject: [boost] Trouble accessing www.boost.org

> I'm still unable to access www.boost.org.  When I try I'm taken to 
> another site that claims to be WWW.USCS.ORG (and when I specifically try 
> to go to http://www.uscs.org/ I get the same page).  Perhaps this is a 
> problem with my DNS (Time Warner RoadRunner).  I haven't yet had problems 
> visiting other sites I frequent.  I've rebooted and cleared my web page 
> cache just to make sure it isn't a problem on my machine.  Anyone else 
> having trouble?
> 
> -Howard
> 
> Beman Dawes wrote on 6/10/2000 4:01 PM
> >At 10:35 AM 6/10/00 -0400, Howard Hinnant wrote:
> >
> >>I'm having trouble accessing www.boost.org this morning ...
> >
> >The host ISP was down from 3:45 AM until 11:45 AM EDT Saturday
> >morning.
> >
> >Their luck has been all bad for the last couple of weeks; two major
> >and several minor outages.  Boost will change ISP's if it gets to be
> >a habit.
> >
> >--Beman 
> 
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