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jessearmand
Joined: 30 Jul 2011
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:54 pm Post subject: Tumblr custom domain problem |
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I have tried to ask this to Tumblr support, but they don't think that it's a problem with Tumblr.
Recently, ever since I changed my hosting to Linode (using Linode's DNS) I often received a "connection reset" problem with my custom tumblr domain blog.jessearmand.com.
Sometimes it resolves to this query:
http://blog.jessearmand.com/?e0ff8008
With a random 4 bytes hexadecimal value as a suffix.
I have followed the DNS settings correctly for tumblr, and the custom domain test tool shows no error.
But, the weird thing is, it's always successful if I open it from mobile safari (the mobile format). Then, the non-mobile format could be opened again.
Any ideas on what seem to be the problem? |
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hoopycat
Joined: 30 Aug 2008
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Location: Rochester, New York
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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If it is able to throw that error, it is getting well beyond the point where DNS is involved. So, as long as it is pointed at the right IP address, there's not much DNS can do to break it.
blog.jessearmand.com resolves to 72.32.231.8, which is a Rackspace Hosting IP address; has tumblr confirmed that this is correct? (Seems really odd that they'd not use a CNAME in this situation.) |
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jessearmand
Joined: 30 Jul 2011
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:29 am Post subject: |
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hoopycat wrote: If it is able to throw that error, it is getting well beyond the point where DNS is involved. So, as long as it is pointed at the right IP address, there's not much DNS can do to break it.
That's what I thought before, but I don't really understand everything about this.
hoopycat wrote:
blog.jessearmand.com resolves to 72.32.231.8, which is a Rackspace Hosting IP address; has tumblr confirmed that this is correct? (Seems really odd that they'd not use a CNAME in this situation.)
I think that IP address should be correct. My custom domain could always be opened if I use mobile safari (rendering the mobile format). But, sometimes it doesn't work if I try to open the non-mobile format (as I described before). |
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hoopycat
Joined: 30 Aug 2008
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Location: Rochester, New York
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| Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:59 am Post subject: |
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| It's most likely a Tumblr problem, then. It could be a problem with your web browser, computer, or local network, but since this doesn't seem to happen for anything else, it's probably a Tumblr problem. |
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mnordhoff
Joined: 03 May 2008
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| Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 2:03 am Post subject: |
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This is just shooting in the dark, but maybe your DNS resolver has some sort of bizarre issue with nsX.linode.com, tries to send you to an ad page instead, but there's some *other* problem and your browser can't connect to the ad page?
Although if it redirects to ?xxxxxxxx, that means it's connected to *an* HTTP server, but the *second* connection fails...
Malware? |
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iWizardPro
Joined: 15 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 1:22 am Post subject: |
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| Weird. According to tumblr's check tool, that subdomain is not configured with any account. Have you changed something? The site currently gives me a page that says "not found". |
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