Poly is unaccessible from some PCs

[MarkG]

it looks ok (the fact that ping or tracert doesnt reach apolyton.net doesnt mean you cant get to apolyton)

1) do you use any kind of proxy?
2) did you try any of the other addresses (apolyton.com, moo3/galciv/civilization2/3/4/calltopower.net) ?

[laurentius]

From Drogue:


1) Not using proxy
2) the other addresses arent working either

He is connecting to internet from home LAN but the router/broadband modem seems ok

[MarkG]

does www.ev1servers.net work for him?

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by MarkG
it looks ok (the fact that ping or tracert doesnt reach apolyton.net doesnt mean you cant get to apolyton)

Uh, no. Ever since the archiving started, IIRC, the 'Poly server stopped responding to ping at all. I know; even when I can access it, ping doesn't work.

[Skanky Burns]

The ping function on Poly was turned off way before that. Pinging Poly will not work, ever, even if you can access the site fine. Markos was just pointing out that a failed ping doesn't necessarily mean the site is uncontactable.

[Drogue]

Originally posted by MarkG
does www.ev1servers.net work for him?

I'm at work at the moment. Will try that when I get home. Thanks for the help!

[Garth Vader]

I was able to access www.ev1servers.net from work, but not poly.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
The ping function on Poly was turned off way before that. Pinging Poly will not work, ever, even if you can access the site fine. Markos was just pointing out that a failed ping doesn't necessarily mean the site is uncontactable.

I read his post wrong - I didn't see the "n't" on the "doesn't"

[Sprayber]

Perhaps poly has been deemed unsuitable children and that is the reason why Paiktis can't access it

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by Ming
That's what you get for using a pop up blocker

If a person thinks they are having a problem accessing the site because of a pop up blocker... THEY SHOULD JUST TURN IT OFF AND SEE IF THAT IS THE PROBLEM... DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I'm sorry, but I use a popup blocker. Maybe if the link redirect ad page didn't spawn multiple additional popups, I would unblock Poly popups. But as it is, there's no way.

[Rasbelin]

Most likely the firewall of the Internet café or their ISP, any proxy server (not necessarly visible, if it's a forced proxy) or eventually maybe even EV1Servers blocks the IP block or CIDR used by the PC connected to the net and used by some Apolytoner to access ACS, if they have found abuse of the service at one end of the line. This is quite common. Especially in Drogue's case I suspect a forced proxy or blocking of IP block or CIDR, as many British ISPs are very prone to restrict traffic or use forced proxy servers.

[Agathon]

I dunno. I've had trouble getting any response from Apolyton for the whole day.

[Stefu]

I've been having trouble accessing Poly from home for over a month.

I'm also having a similar trouble accessing pitchforkmedia.com. No I don't read Pitchfork shut up I'm not an indie snob

[Skanky Burns]

Indie snob!
/me points and laughs

[rush]

I had problems accessing Poly from home, from hotels (when i am on business trip) a few months back. Connecting from office is ok. I tried various ways including changing the firewall setting, proxy etc etc but i still cannot access.

Eventually, I found the problem ! I had selected "hide signature" under the Poly Control Panel Settings. Once I switch to "Show signature", i can access Poly anywhere.