Bug 12919 – gentoo.org doesn't resolve Gentoo website

• Product: Websites
• Status: RESOLVED INVALID

[Description Will Reid 2002-12-29 17:15:38 UTC]

wareid@confucius wareid $ host gentoo.org
gentoo.org has address 204.126.2.42
wareid@confucius wareid $ host www.gentoo.org
www.gentoo.org has address 216.110.76.37
wareid@confucius wareid $ ping gentoo.org
PING gentoo.org (204.126.2.42): 56 octets data

--- gentoo.org ping statistics ---
51 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
wareid@confucius wareid $ ping www.gentoo.org
PING www.gentoo.org (216.110.76.37): 56 octets data
64 octets from 216.110.76.37: icmp_seq=0 ttl=44 time=189.8 ms
64 octets from 216.110.76.37: icmp_seq=1 ttl=44 time=176.1 ms
64 octets from 216.110.76.37: icmp_seq=2 ttl=44 time=184.4 ms
64 octets from 216.110.76.37: icmp_seq=4 ttl=44 time=186.0 ms
64 octets from 216.110.76.37: icmp_seq=5 ttl=44 time=179.3 ms

--- www.gentoo.org ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 16% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 176.1/183.1/189.8 ms
wareid@confucius wareid $       

It would be great if gentoo.org resolved to something besides a dead socket.
It would be wonderful if the main website was brought up when http://gentoo.org is accessed.

I'm not certain if this is a simple DNS issue or something more complicated, but most people complaining about Gentoo's website being down is because they accessed gentoo.org and not www.gentoo.org

Thanks,
Will

[Comment 1 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) 2002-12-30 04:51:07 UTC]

the only way i know is to run port 80 on gentoo.org, redirecting to 
www.gentoo.org

[Comment 2 Eric Stockbridge 2003-01-15 16:53:42 UTC]

works for me