This is a follow-up to my previous post about some mysterious TCP connection timeouts in the UC Berkeley wired network. I received many thoughtful emails in response to that post, and there was an excellent discussion on Hacker News. I’m very grateful to everyone who spent time helping with my ridiculous home networking issues. Since then, I’ve learned some new information that (mostly) solves the mystery. In this post, I’ll first summarize the main theories people suggested, then tell ...| devnonsense.com
For over a year, I’ve been investigating a strange issue with the internet in my apartment. I’m posting the details here in case someone more knowledgeable than me can solve the mystery. I live in graduate student housing with internet provided by the university campus. Usually things work reasonably well, with one exception. On the wired network, I cannot connect to IP addresses used by Bunny CDN.1 Many websites use Bunny CDN to serve static assets.| devnonsense.com