Can't log onto PH.

[pdV6]

Thanks for the suggestions Jamie, but as detailed earlier, I can't even ping PH from anywhere on the network.

All is fine at home & via this snail-like dialup connection that I'm using to type this!

I'm not going to diable the firewall service on the ISA service, as its all that's protecting this site , but I can confirm that there are no site or content filters running.

(for the record, telnet gives "connection to host lost" immediately, which is kinda what I thought would happen)

[pdV6]

FWD, that's scarily close...

[JamieBeeston]

ok, so your not leaving your network.

Is everything running of the one box ? Firewall / Proxy / you

or are there several boxes. ?

If several, can you try from the one directly connected to the net first, and from the proxy box and the firewall box.

Is it ONLY pistonheads you cant access?

have you tried 'recycleing' your net connection.

If its DSL, power it off, if its a leased line, reboot the router etc (tho this may not be feasable if its a critical business link)... maybe a night time job..

Have you tried entering in some public web proxies into your browser to try and access that way...

Lots to try yet

[pdV6]

JamieBeeston said:

ok, so your not leaving your network. Is everything running of the one box ? Firewall / Proxy / you or are there several boxes. ?

1 box

JB said:

If several, can you try from the one directly connected to the net first, and from the proxy box and the firewall box.

Can't access PH from the ISA server either

JB said:

Is it ONLY pistonheads you cant access?

PH and any other site hosted on the same server as PH

JB said:

have you tried 'recycleing' your net connection. If its DSL, power it off, if its a leased line, reboot the router etc (tho this may not be feasable if its a critical business link)... maybe a night time job..

Will try that anyway, but not sure it'll make much difference

JB said:

Have you tried entering in some public web proxies into your browser to try and access that way... Lots to try yet

Nope - do you have any IP addresses to hand?

Thanks

[JamieBeeston]

www.publicproxyservers.com/page1.html

Seem to have a fair old number

Strange how its only that one server / one IP

are there any other IPS bound to that box, that you could try.

Would point towards firewall / proxy blocking of that one IP.

Defo check for the IP / Hostname in your settings, or where possible, set a general ALLOW from that IP first.

OR, get Ted to move his hosting :P

[pdV6]

OK - I'm a numpty. Finally found a rogue packet filter hiding away on the ISA server.

Created automatically by the Firewall service, I guess, as it was named "Block Attacker" and had the PH IP address specified.

So - thanks to you all for your help & suggestions.

Now, the only problem is why did this happen in the 1st place?...

[FourWheelDrift]

pdV6 said:

OK - I'm a numpty. Finally found a rogue packet filter hiding away on the ISA server. Created automatically by the Firewall service, I guess, as it was named "Block Attacker" and had the PH IP address specified. So - thanks to you all for your help & suggestions. Now, the only problem is why did this happen in the 1st place?...

Anything to do with the recent Ebay popup perhaps?

[pdV6]

FourWheelDrift said:

Anything to do with the recent Ebay popup perhaps?

[JamieBeeston]

Randomly clicking OK on popups from firewalls :P