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Post by OziRiS on Feb 17, 2016 23:06:35 GMT
I had some trouble logging in about a week ago, but that just turned out to be an issue with a CloudFlare server in Copenhagen. Logged in through kproxy.com without issue. Might want to try that to see if it's your IP. Because we have VPN's for accessing business data from a number of outside locations, I have a fairly elaborate router/firewall computer that interfaces between my LAN and the outside world. There seems to be something going on with that system that is messing things up. If I connect my computer directly to the ISP's modem, without going through our router/firewall, I don't seem to have the problem. The systems been working OK for about 6 years now, so I'm not sure what's changed. Automatic firmware upgrade to one of the routers, maybe? |
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Post by GTCGreg on Feb 17, 2016 23:33:18 GMT
Because we have VPN's for accessing business data from a number of outside locations, I have a fairly elaborate router/firewall computer that interfaces between my LAN and the outside world. There seems to be something going on with that system that is messing things up. If I connect my computer directly to the ISP's modem, without going through our router/firewall, I don't seem to have the problem. The systems been working OK for about 6 years now, so I'm not sure what's changed. Automatic firmware upgrade to one of the routers, maybe? I wasn't aware that the router did any type of automated updates, but I could be wrong there. This isn't your normal home type router system and doing any detailed work on it is outside my comfort zone. I think it's time to call in my IT expert. |
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Post by OziRiS on Feb 17, 2016 23:54:55 GMT
Automatic firmware upgrade to one of the routers, maybe? I wasn't aware that the router did any type of automated updates, but I could be wrong there. This isn't your normal home type router system and doing any detailed work on it is outside my comfort zone. I think it's time to call in my IT expert. When I was in Iraq, one of our routers suddenly stopped letting traffic through. I fiddled with it for a full day and came to the conclusion that there was really nothing wrong with it, as every attempt I made at isolating the problem came up with nothing. Everything seemed to be working. It made connections both ways from all ports and it sent and received packages as it was supposed to. It just wouldn't connect the computers that were hooked up to it to the Internet. It was like there was a barrier between the ingoing and outgoing ports, so I called Cisco Systems and asked them if they'd encountered that before and they told me it was an automatic firmware upgrade they'd launched because of security issues. All I had to do was reset the encryption settings and manually assign an IP address for the hub all the computers were connected through and I was good to go. But yeah, maybe calling your IT guy isn't a bad idea. That's basically what I did when I called Cisco. |
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Post by the light works on Feb 18, 2016 15:43:15 GMT
I had some trouble logging in about a week ago, but that just turned out to be an issue with a CloudFlare server in Copenhagen. Logged in through kproxy.com without issue. Might want to try that to see if it's your IP. Because we have VPN's for accessing business data from a number of outside locations, I have a fairly elaborate router/firewall computer that interfaces between my LAN and the outside world. There seems to be something going on with that system that is messing things up. If I connect my computer directly to the ISP's modem, without going through our router/firewall, I don't seem to have the problem. The systems been working OK for about 6 years now, so I'm not sure what's changed. it's a router... change is inevitable. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Feb 22, 2016 1:02:48 GMT
So, the IT guy stopped by. When I explained what was going on, he said that probably, for some reason, my IP address was on a black list. I told him that I plugged my computer directly into the cable modem and the problem went away so it couldn't be my ISP's IP address and that it must be something with the router/firewall. He said that the cable modem is only a level two bridge and doesn't get an IP address from the ISP, the IP address is assigned to the Ethernet card's MAC address in the router. When I plugged my computer directly into the modem, the ISP didn't recognized my computer's MAC address so it resigned a new IP address. That's why it worked OK. When I plugged the router back into the modem, the ISP saw the old MAC address and reassigned the old black listed IP address again. He said that if I left the router disconnected from the modem for more than 24 hours, the ISP probably would have assigned a new IP address when I connected the router back up. What he ended up doing is program the router to spoof a different MAC address so the ISP wouldn't recognize it and would assign a new address. How he did that, I don't have a clue, but it worked. No more problem signing on here or anywhere else. Guess that's why he gets the big bucks.
Only problem is now I have to change the IP address on the remote systems so our VPN's will work, but that, I know how to do.
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Post by the light works on Feb 22, 2016 1:16:42 GMT
So, the IT guy stopped by. When I explained what was going on, he said that probably, for some reason, my IP address was on a black list. I told him that I plugged my computer directly into the cable modem and the problem went away so it couldn't be my ISP's IP address and that it must be something with the router/firewall. He said that the cable modem is only a level two bridge and doesn't get an IP address from the ISP, the IP address is assigned to the Ethernet card's MAC address in the router. When I plugged my computer directly into the modem, the ISP didn't recognized my computer's MAC address so it resigned a new IP address. That's why it worked OK. When I plugged the router back into the modem, the ISP saw the old MAC address and reassigned the old black listed IP address again. He said that if I left the router disconnected from the modem for more than 24 hours, the ISP probably would have assigned a new IP address when I connected the router back up. What he ended up doing is program the router to spoof a different MAC address so the ISP wouldn't recognize it and would assign a new address. How he did that, I don't have a clue, but it worked. No more problem signing on here or anywhere else. Guess that's why he gets the big bucks. Only problem is now I have to change the IP address on the remote systems so our VPN's will work, but that, I know how to do. now the only mystery is how your IP address ended up on the no-fly list...  |
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Post by GTCGreg on Feb 22, 2016 2:32:30 GMT
Good question. I'm blaming my wife.
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Post by the light works on Feb 22, 2016 3:26:33 GMT
Good question. I'm blaming my wife. you did express an opinion in the FBI vs Apfel dispute that was not wholly supportive of the FBI...  |
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Post by GTCGreg on Feb 22, 2016 4:52:48 GMT
Good question. I'm blaming my wife. you did express an opinion in the FBI vs Apfel dispute that was not wholly supportive of the FBI... Well, there is that. |
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Post by silverdragon on Feb 22, 2016 7:20:29 GMT
I now have Log OUT issues...
I post something, and immediately get logged out?...
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Post by OziRiS on Feb 22, 2016 8:48:27 GMT
So, the IT guy stopped by. When I explained what was going on, he said that probably, for some reason, my IP address was on a black list. I told him that I plugged my computer directly into the cable modem and the problem went away so it couldn't be my ISP's IP address and that it must be something with the router/firewall. He said that the cable modem is only a level two bridge and doesn't get an IP address from the ISP, the IP address is assigned to the Ethernet card's MAC address in the router. When I plugged my computer directly into the modem, the ISP didn't recognized my computer's MAC address so it resigned a new IP address. That's why it worked OK. When I plugged the router back into the modem, the ISP saw the old MAC address and reassigned the old black listed IP address again. He said that if I left the router disconnected from the modem for more than 24 hours, the ISP probably would have assigned a new IP address when I connected the router back up. What he ended up doing is program the router to spoof a different MAC address so the ISP wouldn't recognize it and would assign a new address. How he did that, I don't have a clue, but it worked. No more problem signing on here or anywhere else. Guess that's why he gets the big bucks. Only problem is now I have to change the IP address on the remote systems so our VPN's will work, but that, I know how to do. now the only mystery is how your IP address ended up on the no-fly list... By that logic, shouldn't most of us here be blacklisted for something we've posted at some point?  |
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Post by GTCGreg on Feb 22, 2016 15:52:24 GMT
You can check to see if your IP address is blacklisted by any of 70+ anti-spam blacklists using the link below. Turns out my old IP was blacklisted on 7 of them. whatismyipaddress.com/blacklist-check |
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Post by silverdragon on Feb 24, 2016 5:29:41 GMT
Log OFF issues....
Right off, out in the deep end, WTF issues, Internet Protection programs.....
I renew my Anti-nasty program.
I aint getting personal with which one here, because this is an issue with all of them.....
But the thing immediately requires a MASSIVE update.
You know, you spend half hour downloading the "Latest build", and then it tells you you have Updates?...
What part of latest build is NOT "Everything" up to date?...
So yesterday I spent a merry hour or two trying to get round logging in and out of the board as my anti-virus played merry hell with "You need to restart to reload the updates...."
And then BLOCKED the whole of firefox from running whilst it did that.
Oh it didnt tell me, oh no, it just stopped working, and I find myself looking at the main citadel home screen whilst waiting for proboards to "load"...
And of course, as soon as you walk away and leave it to it, it pops up "Need to restart y/n?"
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Post by silverdragon on Feb 24, 2016 5:37:31 GMT
You can check to see if your IP address is blacklisted by any of 70+ anti-spam blacklists using the link below. Turns out my old IP was blacklisted on 7 of them. whatismyipaddress.com/blacklist-check There is a way around this if your ISP uses dynamic... Open command window, and type in the below ipconfig /release followed by ipconfig /renew as soon as it actions all that and finishes, restart your computer, which will do all the renewal of local area connections for you. ipconfig on its own will tell you all of your Local Area Connections. (Lan) You may need, dependant on your router, to restart the router as well?... (Just a warning as some routers take a while to reset themself after a /renew/release command?..) |
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Post by the light works on Feb 24, 2016 5:38:47 GMT
Log OFF issues.... Right off, out in the deep end, WTF issues, Internet Protection programs..... I renew my Anti-nasty program. I aint getting personal with which one here, because this is an issue with all of them..... But the thing immediately requires a MASSIVE update. You know, you spend half hour downloading the "Latest build", and then it tells you you have Updates?... What part of latest build is NOT "Everything" up to date?... So yesterday I spent a merry hour or two trying to get round logging in and out of the board as my anti-virus played merry hell with "You need to restart to reload the updates...." And then BLOCKED the whole of firefox from running whilst it did that. Oh it didnt tell me, oh no, it just stopped working, and I find myself looking at the main citadel home screen whilst waiting for proboards to "load"... And of course, as soon as you walk away and leave it to it, it pops up "Need to restart y/n?" beats "I'm going to set an auto restart loop you will have to manually interrupt every minute, unless you want your computer to shut down in the middle of what you are doing" |
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Post by silverdragon on Feb 24, 2016 6:08:32 GMT
I have had one of them....
A lot of annoying when you are trying to get something finished before it kicks in.
There is a way to kill it, run up the task manager, find the program that running it, and kill that.
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Post by GTCGreg on Feb 24, 2016 18:57:59 GMT
You can check to see if your IP address is blacklisted by any of 70+ anti-spam blacklists using the link below. Turns out my old IP was blacklisted on 7 of them. whatismyipaddress.com/blacklist-check There is a way around this if your ISP uses dynamic... Open command window, and type in the below ipconfig /release followed by ipconfig /renew as soon as it actions all that and finishes, restart your computer, which will do all the renewal of local area connections for you. ipconfig on its own will tell you all of your Local Area Connections. (Lan) You may need, dependant on your router, to restart the router as well?... (Just a warning as some routers take a while to reset themself after a /renew/release command?..) That will give my computer a new IP address from the router but does nothing to give the router a new IP address from the ISP. And that's what I needed. That has to be done in the router's software and I don't go there. |
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Post by silverdragon on Feb 25, 2016 7:00:42 GMT
There is a way around this if your ISP uses dynamic... Open command window, and type in the below ipconfig /release followed by ipconfig /renew as soon as it actions all that and finishes, restart your computer, which will do all the renewal of local area connections for you. ipconfig on its own will tell you all of your Local Area Connections. (Lan) You may need, dependant on your router, to restart the router as well?... (Just a warning as some routers take a while to reset themself after a /renew/release command?..) That will give my computer a new IP address from the router but does nothing to give the router a new IP address from the ISP. And that's what I needed. That has to be done in the router's software and I don't go there. In that case, go as far as the release, then turn EVERYTHING off, including the router. Release will "let go" of your DHCP address held by the server of your ISP, turn everything off and back on again, it will grab a new ip address. If that doesnt work, try /flushdns as well, which should completely renew all ip addresses on the whole of your network including router. You WILL need to restart router to get that done, and check you are on Dynamic IP address from your ISP first. |
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Post by GTCGreg on Feb 25, 2016 15:06:00 GMT
According to my IT guy, I had three options. Call the cable company and ask them to change the IP address, disconnect the router from the cable modem for more than 24 hours at which point the cable company probably would have assigned a new IP address, or spoof a different MAC address for the ethernet card that connects the router to the cable modem. We went with option three and it worked.
Because of some special business requirements, the router isn't your typical sit on the shelf standalone box. It's a complete dedicated PC running Linux and special routing software. That's why I left it to a professional.
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Post by silverdragon on Feb 26, 2016 6:41:11 GMT
Ahh... almost a server?....
In that case, my IPConfig tricks would not have worked unless you did them on that machine as well.
I wish you had told me earlier, I would have provided different advice?..
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