NGTO Banned in the EU? Thought You Had All Died

Ted · 12-12-09, 10:33 AM

Had a week without NGTO while traveling. Thought the site had crashed out but it is all fine and good today since I am back in the ATL. I guess using a WiFi connection on my smart phone through a hotel in Paris gets you the boot. No message board, no general NGTO website. Nothing.

Saw some guys fishing right in the middle of the city. I wanted to go fishing with them but wisely chose not to. Made for a more harmonious trip!

TH

Trout8myfly · 12-12-09, 11:02 AM

The board is tuned to reject many non-USA IP addresses as a way to cut down on spam and malicious garbage. But it's not consistent, at least not in an obvious way; sometimes I can access the board from outside the US, and sometimes I can't. Such as Amsterdam.

Ted · 12-12-09, 12:17 PM

Good idea. And, yes, Amsterdam is probably a good IP location to lock out IMO. I didn't try from there but did a few times in Paris downtown and at the airport. No go all around.

It worked for me from FL though in the summer?

TH

Trout8myfly · 12-12-09, 01:35 PM

Uhhh....Ted? I realize that FLorida is sorta-kinda outside the US culturally and philosophically (I grew up there), but technically it is a member of the 50 US States so yes, access should have worked out of the box.

12-12-09, 10:33 AM	#1
Ted Native Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Representin' Blvrd Heights in the ATL Posts: 1,740	NGTO Banned in the EU? Thought You Had All Died Had a week without NGTO while traveling. Thought the site had crashed out but it is all fine and good today since I am back in the ATL. I guess using a WiFi connection on my smart phone through a hotel in Paris gets you the boot. No message board, no general NGTO website. Nothing. Saw some guys fishing right in the middle of the city. I wanted to go fishing with them but wisely chose not to. Made for a more harmonious trip! TH __________________ "Message received, no reply"

12-12-09, 11:02 AM	#2
Trout8myfly Director, Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Johns Creek, GA Posts: 4,552	Tuned that way... The board is tuned to reject many non-USA IP addresses as a way to cut down on spam and malicious garbage. But it's not consistent, at least not in an obvious way; sometimes I can access the board from outside the US, and sometimes I can't. Such as Amsterdam. __________________ "What's his offense?" "Groping for trouts in a peculiar river." ― William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

12-12-09, 12:17 PM	#3
Ted Native Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Representin' Blvrd Heights in the ATL Posts: 1,740	Good idea. And, yes, Amsterdam is probably a good IP location to lock out IMO. I didn't try from there but did a few times in Paris downtown and at the airport. No go all around. It worked for me from FL though in the summer? TH __________________ "Message received, no reply"

12-12-09, 01:35 PM	#4
Trout8myfly Director, Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Johns Creek, GA Posts: 4,552	Uhhh....Ted? I realize that FLorida is sorta-kinda outside the US culturally and philosophically (I grew up there), but technically it is a member of the 50 US States so yes, access should have worked out of the box. __________________ "What's his offense?" "Groping for trouts in a peculiar river." ― William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

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