Connecting to GS problems - damn firewalls!

[TheEschaton]

Alright, so I got a C in Networks, and I think the main reason is because my prof didn't want to see me for another semester, which is what would of happened had I failed the course. Therefore, I know much less about this than I should.

So, I'm working in this NGO here in Namibia. No one here seems to know anything about computers. But, when I try to connect to GS, I can't DL the Wizard FE (No connection to the server could be established) and I can't connect to eScape "Server Connection Lost". The status page claims that GS has been up for the past two days, so what's the deal?

I'm thinking it has to be a firewall, but no one here seems to know anything about a firewall, and if it's there, it's not maintained by anyone, or monitored. They don't even have monitoring software on their computers. Anyone have suggestions on my connectivity woes?

-TheE-

I think it's because you're in Namibia.

[TheEschaton]

Hmmmmmmmmm, can't tracert or ping www.play.net either. Which is weird, since I can connect to the website. Grrr.

[Numbers]

Play.net cannot be pinged.

Try pinging ping.simutronics.com or ping.play.net instead.

[TheEschaton]

Those are timing out as well.


-TheE-

[Wezas]

Odd that the ping doesn't work. I was going to suggest that it's a firewall/port blocking issue, but if there's no ping return on ping.play.net then that's probably not your current issue (but might be an issue when you can actually ping)

[Mistomeer]

Those traceroutes and pings are normal. Most likely Simu is blocking ICMP on their firewalls which would explain why everything times out.