Is anyone else having trouble connecting to MB using Comcast? It’s been slow on and off for a few days but now I can’t get to MB at all over my home internet. I can access MB if I tether my stuff to my phone using AT&T, but that is only a short term solution.
Have you slow access or no access to MB via Comcast?
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I’ve had slow access on and off in the last week, but starting today I can’t connect.
What’s your IP? Is it a dynamic or static one? I can have a look.
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I should mention the metabrainz.org domain works fine.
Then that’s not an issue on our side (because metabrainz.org and musicbrainz.org share the same IP).
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Ok, this is weird. I can get to the forums here, but not to metabrainz.org. I can also get to the ticket server as well.
I just checked bookbrainz.org, I can’t load that either.
This is my laptop tethered to my phone on AT&T:
Traceroute has started…
traceroute to musicbrainz.org (138.201.227.205), 64 hops max, 72 byte packets
1 172.20.10.1 (172.20.10.1) 2.156 ms 1.890 ms 1.507 ms
2 172.26.96.161 (172.26.96.161) 30.068 ms 27.519 ms 27.659 ms
3 172.16.157.228 (172.16.157.228) 28.253 ms 30.922 ms 31.940 ms
4 12.249.2.49 (12.249.2.49) 35.767 ms 32.367 ms 36.039 ms
5 12.83.180.82 (12.83.180.82) 39.951 ms 47.420 ms 30.352 ms
6 12.122.114.5 (12.122.114.5) 31.861 ms 52.919 ms 41.902 ms
7 192.205.32.222 (192.205.32.222) 35.813 ms 31.071 ms 31.900 ms
8 * * *
9 ldn-bb4-link.telia.net (62.115.112.245) 347.993 ms 306.420 ms *
10 hbg-bb4-link.telia.net (62.115.122.160) 220.136 ms 195.093 ms 185.790 ms
11 nug-b1-link.telia.net (62.115.113.175) 225.408 ms 204.528 ms *
12 hetzner-ic-340780-nug-b1.c.telia.net (213.248.70.1) 204.442 ms 194.429 ms 192.199 ms
13 core24.fsn1.hetzner.com (213.239.252.234) 207.900 ms 614.155 ms 286.085 ms
14 ex9k3.dc8.fsn1.hetzner.com (213.239.229.142) 197.085 ms 198.792 ms 195.860 ms
15 static.205.227.201.138.clients.your-server.de (138.201.227.205) 195.951 ms 195.539 ms 196.693 ms
Here is connected over wifi to Comcast:
Traceroute has started…
traceroute to musicbrainz.org (138.201.227.205), 64 hops max, 72 byte packets
1 10.0.1.1 (10.0.1.1) 14.052 ms 1.125 ms 0.971 ms
2 96.120.89.169 (96.120.89.169) 124.018 ms 95.336 ms 89.167 ms
3 be-10004-rur01.santaclara.ca.sfba.comcast.net (162.151.1.161) 16.207 ms 96.116 ms 100.722 ms
4 be-232-rar01.santaclara.ca.sfba.comcast.net (162.151.78.253) 88.108 ms 102.521 ms 93.366 ms
5 be-3651-cr02.sunnyvale.ca.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.91.73) 21.607 ms 14.118 ms 18.777 ms
6 be-11083-pe02.529bryant.ca.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.84.14) 15.949 ms 43.866 ms 83.870 ms
7 ix-xe-1-3-0-0.tcore1.pdi-palo-alto.as6453.net (66.198.127.13) 84.975 ms 26.403 ms 20.693 ms
8 if-ae-2-2.tcore2.pdi-palo-alto.as6453.net (66.198.127.2) 163.160 ms 162.087 ms 160.882 ms
9 if-ae-5-2.tcore2.sqn-san-jose.as6453.net (64.86.21.1) 165.472 ms 165.225 ms 226.701 ms
10 if-ae-1-2.tcore1.sqn-san-jose.as6453.net (63.243.205.1) 163.951 ms 162.914 ms 162.204 ms
11 if-ae-0-2.tcore1.nto-new-york.as6453.net (63.243.128.30) 154.657 ms 156.516 ms 154.797 ms
12 if-ae-20-2.tcore2.l78-london.as6453.net (80.231.130.120) 157.091 ms 212.937 ms 235.960 ms
13 if-ae-14-2.tcore2.av2-amsterdam.as6453.net (80.231.131.161) 279.758 ms 210.314 ms 289.993 ms
14 if-ae-2-2.tcore1.av2-amsterdam.as6453.net (195.219.194.5) 160.435 ms 167.149 ms 173.611 ms
15 if-ae-6-3.tcore1.fnm-frankfurt.as6453.net (195.219.194.78) 161.678 ms 160.718 ms 161.395 ms
16 if-ina-2.tcore1.fr0-frankfurt.as6453.net (5.23.30.17) 159.319 ms 165.370 ms 160.248 ms
17 if-ae-45-2.tcore1.fr0-frankfurt.as6453.net (195.219.50.20) 160.431 ms 163.029 ms 161.313 ms
18 195.219.219.10 (195.219.219.10) 154.234 ms 168.360 ms 154.903 ms
19 core23.fsn1.hetzner.com (213.239.229.74) 159.292 ms 221.737 ms 255.131 ms
20 ex9k3.dc8.fsn1.hetzner.com (213.239.229.138) 241.858 ms 167.191 ms 167.352 ms
21 *
Here is directly plugged into my Comcast cable modem:
Traceroute has started…
traceroute to musicbrainz.org (138.201.227.205), 64 hops max, 72 byte packets
1 96.120.89.169 (96.120.89.169) 10.972 ms 12.599 ms 11.223 ms
2 be-10004-rur01.santaclara.ca.sfba.comcast.net (162.151.1.161) 10.873 ms 11.878 ms 9.992 ms
3 be-232-rar01.santaclara.ca.sfba.comcast.net (162.151.78.253) 22.047 ms 11.572 ms 8.995 ms
4 be-3651-cr02.sunnyvale.ca.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.91.73) 13.016 ms 11.928 ms 12.935 ms
5 be-11083-pe02.529bryant.ca.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.84.14) 19.785 ms 11.554 ms 10.004 ms
6 ix-xe-1-3-0-0.tcore1.pdi-palo-alto.as6453.net (66.198.127.13) 11.967 ms 19.874 ms 10.934 ms
7 if-ae-2-2.tcore2.pdi-palo-alto.as6453.net (66.198.127.2) 158.117 ms 156.621 ms 157.110 ms
8 if-ae-5-2.tcore2.sqn-san-jose.as6453.net (64.86.21.1) 164.016 ms 160.918 ms 163.526 ms
9 if-ae-1-2.tcore1.sqn-san-jose.as6453.net (63.243.205.1) 163.527 ms 166.304 ms 158.000 ms
10 if-ae-12-2.tcore1.nto-new-york.as6453.net (63.243.128.28) 167.624 ms 189.845 ms 164.992 ms
11 if-ae-20-2.tcore2.l78-london.as6453.net (80.231.130.120) 150.982 ms 151.039 ms 149.781 ms
12 if-ae-14-2.tcore2.av2-amsterdam.as6453.net (80.231.131.161) 158.317 ms 159.720 ms 157.139 ms
13 if-ae-2-2.tcore1.av2-amsterdam.as6453.net (195.219.194.5) 155.797 ms 162.441 ms 168.224 ms
14 if-ae-6-3.tcore1.fnm-frankfurt.as6453.net (195.219.194.78) 158.228 ms 155.728 ms 161.887 ms
15 if-ina-2.tcore1.fr0-frankfurt.as6453.net (5.23.30.17) 159.252 ms 150.025 ms 151.948 ms
16 if-ae-45-2.tcore1.fr0-frankfurt.as6453.net (195.219.50.20) 181.038 ms 157.464 ms 163.012 ms
17 195.219.219.10 (195.219.219.10) 153.583 ms 156.555 ms 161.186 ms
18 core23.fsn1.hetzner.com (213.239.229.74) 166.890 ms 160.045 ms 167.888 ms
19 ex9k3.dc8.fsn1.hetzner.com (213.239.229.138) 158.222 ms 155.367 ms 156.322 ms
20 static.205.227.201.138.clients.your-server.de (138.201.227.205) 154.960 ms 158.606 ms 157.051 ms
So I’m not sure if it is my router or how Comcast is interacting with my router or just Comcast. 
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I even did a factory reset on my router and that didn’t fix anything. Tomorrow I’m gonna go get a new modem and see if that fixes it.
I got a new router/modem from Comcast, if I connect directly to that it works. It seems the problem is if you use any non-Comcast equipment the internet can just break. 
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Today I went and bought a high-end cable modem, and guess what? I can connect to MB just fine with it. So lesson learned, things work best when you cut Comcast out of the home hardware.
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