groups.google.com down?

[jb_daefo]

cannot reach the site for several days.
traceroute halts at 209.85.177.190
googling that, seems to indicate it is google's (1 blog)

[robbak]

Working for me, now, here.

traceroute: Warning: groups.google.com has multiple addresses; using 209.85.171.102
traceroute to groups.l.google.com (209.85.171.102), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
 1  * * *
 2  lo0.bri-lns1.qld.westnet.com.au (202.173.144.37)  53.515 ms  53.230 ms  52.948 ms
 3  gi5-1.bri-core.qld.westnet.com.au (202.173.144.97)  53.522 ms  53.494 ms  54.182 ms
 4  GigabitEthernet2-5.cha23.Brisbane.telstra.net (203.45.3.117)  54.318 ms  55.603 ms  53.693 ms
 5  TenGigE0-8-0-2.cha-core4.Brisbane.telstra.net (203.50.51.1)  54.494 ms  53.950 ms  54.256 ms
 6  Pos0-4-1-0.ken-core4.Sydney.telstra.net (203.50.6.205)  70.231 ms  69.876 ms  69.702 ms
 7  Port-Channel1.pad-gw2.Sydney.telstra.net (203.50.6.29)  69.520 ms  70.262 ms  69.705 ms
 8  TenGigabitEthernet2-0.sydp-core02.Sydney.reach.com (203.50.13.50)  255.360 ms  73.658 ms  70.886 ms
 9  i-9-0.sydp-core01.net.reach.com (202.84.221.89)  70.979 ms  70.556 ms  69.460 ms
10  i-14-0.wil-core03.net.reach.com (202.84.143.246)  214.658 ms  214.442 ms  214.558 ms
11  static.net.reach.com (202.84.251.189)  286.114 ms  219.288 ms  248.164 ms
12  Google.peer.tlot03.net.reach.com (134.159.62.214)  236.189 ms
    Google.peer.tlot03.net.reach.com (134.159.62.26)  230.498 ms
    Google.peer.tlot03.net.reach.com (134.159.62.214)  231.584 ms
13  216.239.43.14 (216.239.43.14)  235.322 ms
    216.239.43.12 (216.239.43.12)  233.996 ms  233.786 ms
14  216.239.43.126 (216.239.43.126)  253.578 ms  244.345 ms
    64.233.174.115 (64.233.174.115)  261.249 ms
15  216.239.48.32 (216.239.48.32)  250.005 ms
    216.239.46.203 (216.239.46.203)  288.814 ms
    216.239.46.211 (216.239.46.211)  243.109 ms
16  216.239.48.143 (216.239.48.143)  253.438 ms
    216.239.48.141 (216.239.48.141)  250.380 ms
    216.239.48.143 (216.239.48.143)  292.238 ms
17  209.85.251.149 (209.85.251.149)  245.775 ms  258.064 ms
    209.85.251.153 (209.85.251.153)  254.228 ms
18  74.125.30.130 (74.125.30.130)  244.835 ms
    74.125.31.6 (74.125.31.6)  247.978 ms
    74.125.31.2 (74.125.31.2)  258.405 ms
19  cg-in-f102.google.com (209.85.171.102)  245.558 ms  245.982 ms  245.843 ms

Sounds like it could be something local, your end.

[jb_daefo]

well, the 209.85.171.102 loads google okay
but "groups" from there times out also.
............
found something for groups.google.com in /etc/hosts,
removed it. Maybe tomorrow it will be fixed here or
is something in a DNS server configuration somewhere
..............
s/tomorrow/NOW/g ^^^ that was it. the
entry in /etc/hosts was probably stale and no longer
valid.. works fine
...............