Problems connecting... Is this IP Banned?

[Trade_Monster]

Hello.

I had taken a break for about a month or so from playing Discovery RP (took a vacation :D) and came home this week excited to get back on the server but I have been unable to connect at all, or to even see the server listed like it used to... other servers show up fine (non-discovery mod servers -- but they arent as fun).

I have tried everything I can think of as a possible troubleshoot on my end...
today i tried to ping the server ip from my network and it timed out, so i asked a friend to do it to and they got a response... so I am worried that my IP is banned, either because a whole range is banned or because somehow I got banned, although I dont understand why that could happen because I have never used a cheat or other mods, and have always been respectful to the admins and other players. I read the forum from time to time to keep up with the rules and to understand discovery RP better, and have always played in RP (with some minor exceptions to when I was new to Discovery RP, but that was many months ago). So if I deliberately was banned I am not aware of what I might have done wrong.

I miss playing, and would love to get back to my trade routes and some of the people ive come to know on the server. Can anyone help me figure out what might be happening?

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,
Trade Monster