[Sugar-devel] Having issues connecting to IRC

[Favour Kelvin]

I tried again today seems the ban has expired

Thank you

On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 10:07 PM James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:

> Bans can be by IP address or the reverse resolved host name of the
> address.
>
> In future if this happens again;
>
> 1.  avoid repeatedly connecting, as this may increment a counter in
> a defense system making the host name banned for longer,
>
> 2.  use an IRC client program rather than a web service; this will use
> the IP address of your internet service instead of the IP address of
> the web gateway,
>
> 3.  try a different internet service; this should give you a different
> IP address that may not be banned, although that depends on the width
> of the ban,
>
> 4.  disconnect, turn off, and turn on your internet service; this
> may give you a different IP address which may not be banner, (this is
> only practical if you have control of your service, and any other
> users of your service are notified),
>
> 5.  try a virtual private network (VPN) service; this will give you a
> different IP address,
>
> 6.  try again next day or next week; the ban may have expired if it
> hasn't been extended (see #1).
>
> Note that actions #3, #4, and #5 should be preceeded by action #2.
>
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 05:58:37PM +0100, Favour Kelvin wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am having issues connecting to IRC channel ,Got an error message that
> my host
> > name is banned ,have been trying to connect for the past 45 minutes to no
> > avail.
> >
> > Summary of my last week work
> > For this week
> > Attempted building a desktop app using electron
> > [1]https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks/pull/1819
> >
> > Also added promises to timeout in pitchtimematrix
> > [2]https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks/pull/1821
> >
> > Here is my blog
> > [3]https://medium.com/@favourkelvin17/week-11-d8f4fcf694f6
> >
> > For this week
> > Am going to continue on devTools analysis using performance tab
> >
> > References:
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks/pull/1819
> > [2] https://github.com/sugarlabs/musicblocks/pull/1821
> > [3] https://medium.com/@favourkelvin17/week-11-d8f4fcf694f6
>
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