[Lazarus] Problem accessing the lazarus forums...

[Bo Berglund]

On Mon, 4 Dec 2017 10:16:04 +0100, Marc Weustink via Lazarus
<lazarus at lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote:

>> https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php
>> and all othergoogle hits targeting specific posts all time out.
>> And using the Google cahched page does not show it either.
>
>No problem in reaching the forum here.
>

Hmm, if I use my Win7 laptop with either FireFox or Chrome using the
above link then both *never* succeed. Same if I use ping on a command
line on my PC towards it:

ping forum.lazarus.freepascal.org

Pinging server.lazarus-ide.org [37.97.187.115] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Then tested on an RPi3 unit in my home LAN
$ ping forum.lazarus.freepascal.org
PING server.lazarus-ide.org (37.97.187.115) 56(84) bytes of data.
^C  <== Had to break command after 7 minutes
--- server.lazarus-ide.org ping statistics ---
423 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 422001ms

So the RPi just hangs there, no feedback or result at all...

Next I connected with PuTTY to an RPi unit on a remote LAN via VPN and
tried ping there:

$ ping forum.lazarus.freepascal.org
PING server.lazarus-ide.org (37.97.187.115) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from server.lazarus-ide.org (37.97.187.115): icmp_seq=1
ttl=46 time=132 ms
64 bytes from server.lazarus-ide.org (37.97.187.115): icmp_seq=2
ttl=46 time=132 ms

HMMM
Next I used my phone connected to my home WiFi, same result:
Timeout wile connecting to the forum.

So I shut down WiFi on the phone and tested again using the mobile
network: SUCCESS!

It seems like my fiber ISP is blocking the lazarus forums!!!!

I need to talk to them.

-- 
Bo Berglund
Developer in Sweden