Problems reaching EEVBLOG

[Lightages]

Over the past few days I have had intermittent connection to the forums. Sometimes I can't connect for an hour. It comes and goes. Very frustrating when I am trying respond to people. Here is the tracert when it fails. It looks like I am getting routed through Argentina when it fails

1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.62.5
 2    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  pfSense.localdomai
 3    <1 ms     1 ms    <1 ms  200.111.180.113
 4    22 ms     6 ms     7 ms  192.168.159.85
 5    41 ms    41 ms    48 ms  192.168.212.209
 6    41 ms    41 ms    40 ms  192.168.212.209
 7    43 ms    43 ms    56 ms  172.31.232.25
 8    44 ms    45 ms    41 ms  192.168.201.9
 9    46 ms    41 ms    41 ms  190.211.167.17
10     *      168 ms    63 ms  200.0.17.135
11     *        *        *     Request timed out.


When I can connect I get routed this way

 1    <1 ms    <1 ms     1 ms  192.168.62.5
 2    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  pfSense.localdom
 3     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  200.111.180.113
 4     7 ms     6 ms     7 ms  192.168.159.85
 5    43 ms    46 ms    44 ms  192.168.212.209
 6    45 ms    43 ms    44 ms  192.168.212.209
 7    45 ms    48 ms    42 ms  172.31.232.25
 8    50 ms    45 ms    43 ms  192.168.201.9
 9    42 ms    41 ms    41 ms  190.211.167.17
10     *       64 ms    63 ms  200.0.17.135
11    64 ms    63 ms    63 ms  200.0.17.181
12   162 ms   149 ms   160 ms  104.31.75.133

So it looks like something is failing at step 10 and 11.


Thoughts? This is getting frustrating. I have not encountered a failure to any other site I normally connect to.

[retiredcaps]

Try

http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/

https://www.site24x7.com/check-website-availability.html

[Lightages]

I should have said that I have already confirmed using those services that it is not the EEVBLOG website causing the problem.

[Lightages]

Well the problems persists. The router at 200.0.17.181 in Argentina goes up and down like a toilet seat. Can anybody tell me if there is a way to force a new route on the internet so my packets go through some other route instead of this faulty one?

[Rasz]

yes, you can use VPN

[Lightages]

VPN from my computer to eevblog.com? 

[Len]

VPN from my computer to eevblog.com? 

No, use a VPN service as an internet gateway. Some have servers in South America, hopefully you can find one that's accessible without going through that troublesome node.

Here's a recent list:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403388,00.asp

[Lightages]

Of course! 

I was using a php proxy script on my server in Canada, but it was limiting. I just re-installed Hotspot Shield for the 20th time in my life to bypass problems.

[retiredcaps]

A possible alternative is to use a browser like Chrome or Opera with datasaver extension and Opera turbo enabled just for eevblog.

https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/data-compression

http://www.opera.com/turbo

With the feature enabled, your browser sets up an encrypted session to a backend server.  Its main feature is to compress data so it saves bandwidth for mobile devices.  Using this feature, it might bypass that bad router so that you can access eevblog forum.

[Rasz]

Hey guys, regarding VPNs, i'm looking at StrongVPN, because it has AES-256 bit security. Apparently this is one important factor in choosing VPN and is preferable over AES-128 or something like that. Anyone here who may vouch for this or can give like a brief review? thanks!

if someone tells you the above they are scamming you
here is explanation for dogs, should be simple enough for everyone to understand https://blog.1password.com/guess-why-were-moving-to-256-bit-aes-keys/

tldr: 'Dogs feel better about 256-bit keys'

[Mechatrommer]

Hey guys, regarding VPNs, i'm looking at StrongVPN, because it has AES-256 bit security. Apparently this is one important factor in choosing VPN and is preferable over AES-128 or something like that. Anyone here who may vouch for this or can give like a brief review? thanks!

i dont care what AES they are using, presumably every providers by now should use the latest tech in order to gain more customers... but for $5.83/month, ouch thats going to be like $120 for 2 years plan... thats going to hurt my pocket thats all i care. so iirc i googled for "recommended VPN provider" few weeks ago, exactly the same reason as this thread OP. i think the problem rised when i changed my internet provider. so i settled with SurfSharkVPN.. not in the top list, but its the money i'm willing to spend on it. it turned out they are using AES-256 as well https://surfshark.com/learn/vpn-encryption, who cares if they even still use AES-128? since they are about $50 (a bit less) for 2 years plan. so why pay triple for the same level of security? i dont even use it everyday, only when i got problem accessing some sites like this eevblog. and it seems they have like 10 (or maybe more?) "gateways"? scattered across the globe and... have a "unofficial"? app to work in WinXP yay! thats whats matters!

edit: sorry thats a real defamation over there if its only 10 servers (thats what i saw in my app here) but they actually have 1700+ servers... https://surfshark.com/servers ymmv.
err.. vs... https://strongvpn.com/locations/