Difficulty accessing tsikot.com

**vintagechutzpah** · May 6th, 2020 02:40 AM

oh, wow, wait. it's a location issue or DNS server issue?
It took time for me to log in again with the correct username and password.
Also, when I try to change my password, it won't.

**StockEngine** · June 2nd, 2020 11:19 PM

That cloudfare stuff is something else lol

**LOLZ** · June 2nd, 2020 11:25 PM

Originally Posted by vintagechutzpah

oh, wow, wait. it's a location issue or DNS server issue?
It took time for me to log in again with the correct username and password.
Also, when I try to change my password, it won't.

Had an easier time logging on pldt if i checked the remember me checkbox otherwise it will just say im not logged in.

**Dr.Kamiya** · June 15th, 2020 02:16 PM

Looks like a BGP routing problem from where our local ISPs connect to the USA in Socal, to Tsikot.com's servers hosted by Amazon in Norcal.

VPN works because it lands on a different route. You can see the first big hop on the VPN traceroute landed somewhere in Texas, then followed a different path to the Tsikot servers.

IMO nothing wrong with PLDT or Globe. The problem happened entirely on the US side.

BGP blues

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