Pretendo seemingly unavailable from russia now

[deft falcon]

Hello!
I don't really know whether this is fixable or not, but in any case this may be helpful since people will see this and won't create more support issues regarding this.
From what i've heard, roskomnadzor has started blocking Cloudflare by IPs, and since Pretendo seems to be protected by cloudflare (including the http apis used by wii u and 3ds iirc) there's now no way to access Pretendo from russia without proxying all internet connections from your console through a VPN, which might be very challenging to set up for many (especiall non-tech savvy) people.
The easiest solution would be to create a hotspot on an android phone with the "allow connected devices to use the vpn connection" setting enabled. That seems to bypass the restrictions set by roskomnadzor.
Though if anyone knows an easier method, I'd really like to learn about it.

:(

(also sorry for my bad english)

[vague ledge]

does it work for ppl in uk england?

ive been having issues w splatoon and connection online there whilst my friend not in uk doesnt

[olive pike]

that's a completely unrelated issue with SSSL

[vague ledge]

so is uk affected or not

[olive pike]

No

the Cloudflare thing is purely Russia only due to censorship there.

[deft falcon]

warawara and streetpass relay seem to be working now. not the games though. it might be my internet speed but i'm not sure

[wise ravine]

I have the same issue with Rostelecom (Russia)

which ISP do you have? rostelecom does not work for me, but Beeline does... (unfortunately only on nat type D)

[wanton grail]

Yes, i have that problem too.
Only with VPNi could connect to servers.
Aroma Updater have a problem too with connect.

[copper oyster]

I am in Russia too (Beeline), and I don't have any troubles with CloudFlare

However, it's a massive DDoS attack happen to several providers, first these rats attacked a hosting where my site runs, and soon they went away, and started to attack others. My friend tell that Rostelekom and small providers that depends on it now feels ill.

[copper oyster]

CloudFlare is banned primarily by ECH protocol, not by CloudFlare itself, Mass media spreads just a mess right now. I am engieer, and I prefer to verify things CAREFULLY and operate by TRUE facts came out from the serious evidences (like, traces from terminal, WireShark's traffic captures, curl tests of accessibility of requires hosts, etc.).

And so, I ask you to VERIFY all the tech stuff using special tools (traceroute, curl, WireShark, SpeedTest, etc.), do tests as clear (no proxies or VPN tunnels), and tunneled. And do similar test from different ISPs, or use Mobile Internet as a "second provider", I do have them different, my phone runs Megafon, but wired Internet is by Beeline.

Some of my resources are hosted at company that uses RETN and Megafon channels to access the Internet and maintain the stability of network.

[copper oyster]

Try to access via mobile Internet if your wired Internet provider is different from your mobile, it might be a failure caused by specific provider. Additionally, for three recent days a massive DDoS happens targeted to various Russian companies, hostings, etc.

I am directly affected by that mess, as I am customer of the attacked hoster. You can read their report if you interested for details: https://m.vk.com/wall-36920867_13333

[copper oyster]

Just in a case, I asked my buddies at another chat to verify the accessibility to the host and optionally tell their ISP names to confirm where it fails.

[copper oyster]

Related to this, my friend from Khabarovsk who uses Beeline too, reported that he can't access today in the UTC+3 morning. At me from Moscow region is fully accessible from Beeline and Megafon.

[gusty valley]

i had sudden loss of all access since 10 days ago, using Rostelekom
just came back today

idk if its related but i thought to chip in as a fellow rus.

[calm tangle]

I only have problems with Splatoon, so I decided to see if anyone else has the same problem...now it's clear that Roskomnadzor is acting up (I'm crying /hj)

I'm afraid that the hotspot method won't work, but I'll try it out rn

Upd!:
Hotspot (MegaFon) + VPN does not work at all. After I tried to connect to WiFi (Rostelecom) again and everything worked fine! but then "The connection has been lost."
well...

[copper oyster]

What about Rostelecom, my friend from the Rusonyx hosting said that these DDoS rats switched to somewhere also and reported (yesterday) that Rostelecom became ill, and other small depending providers, I probably already mentioned that above

And ye, these DDoS rats who attacking Russian companies, seriously overloaded international channels

Some of this mess ran on shared servers with Github Actions (possibly infected by malware Azure hosts)

[wise ravine]

sooo, Rostelecom worked for you before? I bought 3ds only 10 days ago, and therefore, I couldn’t say for it

I guess it all will be fixed, when Rostelecom returns to “normal” state

[gusty valley]

yeah, when i got my 3ds, it was perfectly fine
then it just died suddenly. though that might be just the "001-0502 limbo" that ive seen multiple ppl have

[wise ravine]

yoo. rostelecom seems fixed for me now. i can play without vpn. check it!

[copper oyster]

Súper

[copper oyster]

Anyway, in general, Rostelekom as an ISP just sucks, especially because of its stability and tech service, and if I rent any flat, I avoid any Rostelekom related ISPs. MGTS is also not the best. My favourite in Moscow region is 2COM, and other daughters of Almatel works good for me.

[calm tangle]

Rostelecom is as unstable as my psyche, as I understand, lol

one moment it works, the next it doesn't work at all

Ig I'll have to change my provider later

[copper oyster]

My friend from Kaluga has no choice: he lives in two-etage building and nobody connects to them, only Rostelekom, otherwise he is required to use even worse mobile Internet or ADSL-modems.

[calm tangle]

I'm from Kaluga too, I feel sorry for him...

[calm tangle]

Mobile hotspot doesn't work at all as I said

There are no other solutions than changing the internet provider, right?

[wise ravine]

you can try VPN and pc hotspot

(not a vless protocol though)

[calm tangle]

Tyy, I'll try this out

[calm tangle]

it's harder than i thought, i can't do it lol-

[wise ravine]

do you have a dedicated VPS?

[calm tangle]

I'm new to this topic, so I'm trying to figure it out "as I go"......and I doubt I have a VPS server rn qwq

[deft falcon]

omg sorry yall, didn't see your messages

not very active here now