Can't Route to Most of Internet

[Karl]

end of story as an in-line comment below

On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 7:26 PM Karl <gmkarl at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> dutiful log:
>
> - i got to torproject.org and downloaded the browser bundle there.  i
> haven't been able to complete bootstrapping; i've tried only a couple
> of the firewall busting plugins. (@19:23)
> - i can resolve hostnames, so i'm presently trying different
> irc.oftc.net mirrors to see if i can get into the tor chat and ask for
> advice.  now i'm googling for more oftc mirrors (19:25).
> i got diagnostic material ... I can reach the oftc.net website but get
> 'no route to host' when i try to connect to port 6667.

i can get to the real internet on wifi using my phone in airplane
mode, so obviously my linux system has a virus that blocks the
internet.  sorry for the big alarm.  need to archive this thing and
eventually figure out how to do incremental backups of a new system.

adios until next time !

>
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 7:14 PM Karl <gmkarl at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Note to other laypeople: if this happens to you, the thing to do is to
> > call your ISP and complain, and to not take no for an answer.  Keep
> > finding new ways of engaging them, until the situation is resolved, or
> > you are truly satisfied with it being unresolved.
> >
> > Atm, I'm a guest at my parents' house, they're not here, and I don't
> > know their account number or anything, so I'm prioritising that lower.
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 7:10 PM Karl <gmkarl at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Today, all of google's services went down this morning, for me.  I
> > > visited their status page, and they were all down, with a noticed
> > > about it.  About half an hour later, they were back up.
> > >
> > > Right now, it's 19:08-0500, and I can suddenly only reach a handful of
> > > servers.  All of google's servers work.  Most others don't.  I can't
> > > reach github, I can't reach the tor directory servers, I can't reach
> > > most mirrors to perform system updates, but I can reach a handful of
> > > system update mirrors.
> > >
> > > I'm getting "no route to host" for most ip addresses.
> > >
> > > A decade ago I would have been excited to diagnose this in detail, but
> > > nowadays with severe schizophrenia it is just making me way more
> > > confused.