My University IP cannot access my apps on linode
we have this situation where we can't use our university network to access contents hosted on linode cloud but we can use any other network to access. I want to know if linode has blacklisted our university IP.
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It may be the other way around. Your University may have blocked access to certain IP ranges or services. It would help to know how you're trying to access your Linode. Web services over http/https, SSH, etc.?
_Brian
Linode Staff
What @cyveris is likely correct. Many schools and work environments place restrictions on outbound connections, and occasionally we'll see folks reaching out because they can't connect only to find it was due to local network policy. We aren't blocking connections from any specific universities.
Can you ping your Linode from your Uni? Most often the restrictions I've seen don't include blocking of ICMP traffic.
A tool like MTR can be used to see where your connection is dropping. You could also use a tool like nmap or nc to see if there are specific ports being blocked. If you find that your university is blocking outbound connections over port 22, you can gain access to your Linode by changing the port used in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.