The strangest thing...

[Scuzz]

So, I fire up my machine today, and I get the message " [#1000B] you are not allowed to visit this forum"

This is the same message that another guy was complaining about a couple days ago.

I cleared my cookies and cache and tried again.

I get the same message in Firefox, IE, Chrome, and Safari. It has me logged in, and I can't log out.

I can't get the documentation, the help files, the password reset or anything. All I get is the message on an ordinary looking page.

If I try to log out, the page just refreshes.

 

HOWEVER>>> I happen to have 2 internet connections here at home.

One is ADSL with Telus communications http://www.telus.com/ , and the other is a cable connection with Shaw cable. http://www.shaw.ca/

I tried connecting with another machine using the Telus connection, and no problem at all!

So, I rebooted my main machine and made sure that it would hook up to Telus rather than Shaw.

No sweat and here I am.

So, it seems that the problem is with my ISP and not with my computers(s) or membership.

A month or so ago there was some problem with the DNS servers in England and Shaw cold not connect to addicts but that was resolved after a few days.

This time, I get the regular addicts page, but just cannot do anything.

Any suggestions?

Anybody else ever had this happen?

[Scuzz]

OK, after some research and another try, it turns out that the error is [#2000] You are not allowed to visit this forum.

This seems to be an IP ban for some reason.

My IP is: 184.66.66.224

Another board said that it may be a problem with the routing through a cache server.

Can some Mod or admin please check the above IP and see if it's banned?

[kgbagent]

Same same here since yesterday

[lastminutewinner]

kgbagent - do you use vividwireless? I am having the same since yesterday. Perhaps we are on the same network.

[kgbagent]

newp .... OZ TPG

[forqalso]

I had the same problem yesterday, tried everything above and still couldn't get on. I did a full shutdown last night (instead of just going into hibernation) and got on like normal this morning. I don't know if that had anything to do with it or if it was just a coincidence.

[kgbagent]

Yes ... it all came good a few hours ago ... dunno why :>

[Scuzz]

I noticed that LaaMok had read this thread.

A few hours later it started to work again for me as well.

Fixed? Temporary aberration?

Dunno, but I'm happy again.