Unable to authenticate. I don't think it's a gather buddy issue (Trace Route)
See below tracert:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
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C:\Documents and Settings\>tracert
www.gatherbuddy.com
Tracing route to
www.gatherbuddy.com [188.93.10.125]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 8 ms 9 ms 7 ms te-4-3-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.comcast.net [68.85.105.129]
4 9 ms 9 ms 9 ms te-8-1-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.comcast.net [68.87.200.66]
5 54 ms 25 ms 40 ms te-8-1-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.comcast.net [68.87.200.33]
6 63 ms 16 ms 20 ms te-9-1-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.comcast.net [68.87.200.38]
7 13 ms 11 ms 11 ms te-9-2-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.comcast.net [68.87.200.93]
8 11 ms 11 ms 12 ms te-8-3-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.comcast.net [68.87.202.1]
9 29 ms 33 ms 40 ms be-60-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.comcast.net [68.86.143.29]
10 17 ms 16 ms 16 ms pos-1-6-0-0-cr01.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.comcast.net [68.86.90.157]
11 15 ms 15 ms 16 ms TenGigabitEthernet1-4.ar2.snv2.gblx.net [64.215.28.101]
12 204 ms 263 ms 187 ms LAMBDANET-COMMUNICATIONS.ge-5-3-0.ar2.FRA3.gblx.net [64.209.92.58]
13 211 ms 199 ms 187 ms NUE-2-eth100.de.lambdanet.net [217.71.96.74]
14 188 ms 203 ms 206 ms MUC-1-eth200.de.lambdanet.net [217.71.96.169]
15 194 ms 199 ms 221 ms lambdanet.r-core02.ispgateway.de [217.71.110.243]
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 200 ms 188 ms 222 ms 80.67.29.185
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
Revealing cities have been "xxxxxxxx" for security reasons. Seems to be getting hung up in Germany. (I'm from California). Some input from any mod would certainly shed some light on this. I know there was DDoSing going on earlier.. it appears to have stopped. Is this some collateral damage as a result? I am able to connect to the forum without issue. Any thoughts?