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Routing issue


Andy.
07-09-2010, 16:48
Quote Originally Posted by darkfyre
I give up trying to get OVH to sort this, they kept trying to tell me it was an issue with my server. Like talking to a brick wall.
I can confirm that if it's a server issue, then I have the exact same issue with my own OVH server. An issue I don't have with ANY other data center (despite almost identical configs) and my home ISP.

This user got the issue sorted so it can be done if you pester OVH enough.

Thelen
06-09-2010, 18:50
Good luck with that In about 3 months time I expect a mass exodus from them unless they improve things, let us know how the chargeback goes

darkfyre
06-09-2010, 12:33
I give up trying to get OVH to sort this, they kept trying to tell me it was an issue with my server. Like talking to a brick wall.

Its really obvious when several people are unable to route to an IP from a specific /24 but every other network can reach it fine.

Guess the techs were just too confused to be able to help.

Its obvious the problem was with routing and even still all my requests for a refund under the SLA were just ignored - sent my chargeback forms back two days ago tho :-)

Andy.
02-09-2010, 23:21
IP blacklisted? 87.98.254.193 wont ping from my OVH server either, as wont an increasing amount of IP's these days.
I get told something like "That IP was dong something nasty a week ago so its blacklisted. Ask the owner of the IP to contact us (OVH support)"

How about just unblocking an IP after 6 hours and blocking it immediately again if it's still being naughty instead of this week old (and longer?) blacklist.

A blacklist is useless if it blocks sites that are fine.

Anyway, can we see this blacklist you use OVH?

darkfyre
27-08-2010, 20:36
traceroute from kimsufi on 94.23.229.162

notice how the gateway doesnt forward to packet to rbx-1-6k.routers.chtix.eu
Code:
traceroute to 87.98.254.193 (87.98.254.193), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  94.23.229.254 (94.23.229.254)  6.463 ms  6.629 ms  6.635 ms
 2  * * *
 3  * * *
 4  * * *
 5  * * *
 6  * * *
another traceroute done to a random IP in the same /24 - it gets routed correctly.

Code:
darkfyre@power:~$ traceroute 87.98.254.194
traceroute to 87.98.254.194 (87.98.254.194), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  94.23.229.254 (94.23.229.254)  0.455 ms * *
 2  rbx-1-6k.routers.chtix.eu (188.165.9.129)  0.602 ms * *
 3  rbx-46-m1.routers.chtix.eu (91.121.130.10)  0.571 ms  0.716 ms  0.719 ms
 4  ns4-7.medialook-network.net (87.98.254.194)  0.875 ms  0.885 ms  0.882 ms
darkfyre@power:~$

darkfyre
27-08-2010, 19:34
Firewall is now offline and monitoring is on.

I dont see how this will change anything .. the problem is with the gatway at 94.23.229.254 not routing to 87.98.254.193.

Other user in this thread reported the same problem from the 94* range, but works fine from the 91* and other ranges, so its not specific to my server .. its something on the network.

marks
27-08-2010, 19:23
Fozl and me have talked about it alongside an engineer and that's the answer:

the engineers can't do anything as long as the monitoring system is down and the firewall is on (if it really is, can't check).

You maybe right, but we can't reproduce it before you change this. That's the only way forward for this issue

darkfyre
27-08-2010, 18:44
I had a lengthy chat with someone from the UK office about the firewall and monitoring situation - think it was Marc. (he just sent me an email saying he is still looking into it - maybe he can update you ?)

I demonstrated that the gateway at 94.23.229.254 does not know of any routes to 87.98.254.193, or its been nullrouted or something else.

The traffic doesnt even pass through the gateway - so 100% sure it cant be blocked by the firewall on the 87.98.254.193 machine. (I even disabled the fw while on the phone to prove this point)

I ran "mtr 87.98.254.193" from 94.23.229.162 earlier:

1 - 94.23.229.254
2 - ???

no known routes it seems?

Thanks again for your time looking into this.

fozl
27-08-2010, 18:36
Could you confirm whether or not you have a firewall? You said that you turned Monitoring on again, but still the monitor can't scan your server.

darkfyre
27-08-2010, 14:00
Quote Originally Posted by fozl
darkfyre,

I know your issue isn't connected to the incident we had yesterday, I have and will chase your ticket.
Thank you.

Any timescale of when the routing might be corrected? Currently im sitting with a server which cost me almost £200 which I cant use for the purpose I bought it for .. all because of a routing fault :-(

fozl
27-08-2010, 10:44
darkfyre,

I know your issue isn't connected to the incident we had yesterday, I have and will chase your ticket.

Thelen
27-08-2010, 08:56
delta:/home# telnet mail.nullroutes.com 25
Trying 87.98.254.193...
Connected to mail.nullroutes.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 jgreylist v8

Rilly
27-08-2010, 00:09
94.* server...

telnet mail.nullroutes.com 25
Trying 87.98.254.193...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out

But.. works fine from my 91.* boxes

darkfyre
26-08-2010, 23:27
Out of interest, anyone with a server in the 94* range - would you mind trying the telnet command and letting me know if you can get routed:

Code:
telnet mail.nullroutes.com 25

darkfyre
26-08-2010, 23:20
argh,

I waited 11 hours for a support reply, only to be told that I need to turn on monitoring.

Their reply has nothing to do with the issue I reported. The server works fine, apart from routing to a particular ovh subnet.

/frustration - I spend hours working out where I think the problem is only to have a tech not even read my ticket properly and give a generic, unrelated reply :-(

ig0r
26-08-2010, 22:31
check the OVH works page- ovh broke earlier...repeatedly lol

Busby
26-08-2010, 22:27
Neither could I, couldn't connect to any of my servers for around half an hour, although I could via another server I have with another French provider..

Tz-OVH
26-08-2010, 20:04
I couldn't reach the forums/my server earlier.

darkfyre
26-08-2010, 19:05
Hi,

Ive no problem connecting to anything outside of the OVH network, only internal addresses which are not in the 94* IP range.

Example - server on 94.23.229.162 cannot connect to 87.98.254.193 (gets nullrouted at the gateway 94.23.229.254).

traceroute to mail.nullroutes.com (87.98.254.193), 30 hops
max, 40 byte packets
1 94.23.229.254 (94.23.229.254) 0.872 ms * *
2 * * *
3 * * *
4 * * *
However the same server can connect to external hosts and other servers in the 94* range which I have access to test.

fozl
26-08-2010, 18:59
http://status.ovh.net/?do=details&id=440

Issue with our peering to google, resolved now.

darkfyre
26-08-2010, 18:56
Anyone else been experiencing routing issues today ?

I bought a new server in the 94* range, however I am unable to access any internal IP's outside of the 94* range.

eg. traceroute from my new box to a different physical box in the same IP range works fine and is routed past the default gateway:

Code:
traceroute to 94.23.229.162 (94.23.229.162), 64 hops max,
40 byte packets
 1  rbx-23-m1.routers.ovh.net (91.121.86.253)  0.622 ms 
0.516 ms  0.488 ms
 2  * rbx-2-6k.routers.chtix.eu (213.251.191.130)  0.559 ms
*
 3  * * *

However a traceroute to anything else outside of the 94* (unless its not on the OVH network, google etc all works fine) range appears to be nullrouted after it hits the default gateway.

Code:
traceroute to mail.nullroutes.com (87.98.254.193), 30 hops
max, 40 byte packets
 1  94.23.229.254 (94.23.229.254)  0.872 ms * *
 2  * * *
 3  * * *
 4  * * *
I mailed support 7 hours ago and opened a ticket 6 hours ago, usually i get a reply from UK support very quick, but nothing in this case..

Anyone else in the 94* range able to traceroute to other OVH servers outwith this range?