Bob Tanner wrote: > Quoting Paul Rech (pauljrech at yahoo.com): > > I ping -c 2 and it gets 100% packet loss. > > But it does show the ip address of linuxtoday. > > So it must be resolving it. > > What does traceroute give you? I just ran it and attached them. Looks bad from what little I remember of that command. Too many hops for linuxtoday, I'm guessing. Not sure what the star trib one means. It kept going so I killed it at 24. > > > > If you have accessible nameservers setup, how > > can some sites work fine but others don't? > > Could be the routes out of the isp, could be their backbone connectivity is > full. > > > I've been using Linux for dial-up since 1933. > > Wow! I want a refund on my 10-years of linux tee-shirt. They said it all started > in 1991! :-) I'm sure ot it. Or 1994. I get those two mixed up. I downloaded Slackware to 10inch metal disks (I forgot the name for them, which completely ruins the joke). > > > > No mention of supporting Linux on their web page. > > Maybe you should switch to an ISP that not only supports linux, but loves it. I > think there is at least one of them in the twin cities. I have the application form all filled out. But 4 pages?? And why not Star Office format? > > > > I'll probably give them an anuerism if I mention > > Linux let alone IP Masquerading. > > Saying something like that to Real Time support, I think you might actually have > people fighting over the support call. We tend to get a little giddy when we > have to support linux users. I didn't mention IP Masquerading. I figured I hear the sound of a skull popping out of his mouth, like a Dilbert cartoon. > > > > And I only get voice-mail when I call. > > I emailed Friday morning with no response. > > I called and left messsages Friday afternoon and this > > morning. Still nothing. > > That's too bad. :-( This is happen to lots of business, not just ISPs. First > thing to go when money is tight is support. Someone finally called. Nice guy. But I could hear his head jerk back like he smelled something bad, when I mentioned Linux. TCinternet is out the door. Going with a two-pronged attack of Bitstream and Real-Time. Paul -------------- next part -------------- traceroute to www.startribune.com (132.148.87.40), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets 1 vortex (192.168.0.10) 0.456 ms 0.360 ms 0.269 ms 2 flamingo.tcinternet.net (209.98.157.100) 156.810 ms 159.761 ms 149.890 ms 3 209.98.157.254 (209.98.157.254) 149.999 ms 159.841 ms 149.904 ms 4 208.42.123.250 (208.42.123.250) 149.988 ms 139.855 ms 149.890 ms 5 208.42.123.254 (208.42.123.254) 149.984 ms 149.747 ms 149.955 ms 6 e1-6.c7200-4.border.mpls.visi.com (208.42.50.205) 150.008 ms 149.795 ms 149.912 ms 7 fa4-0-0.core-1.mpls.visi.com (209.98.3.222) 149.991 ms 159.814 ms 149.966 ms 8 sl-gw4-kc-11-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.131.5) 159.960 ms 169.906 ms 179.901 ms 9 sl-bb21-kc-0-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.23.2) 180.026 ms 169.824 ms 169.897 ms 10 sl-gw9-kc-9-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.23.66) 180.080 ms 159.797 ms 159.949 ms 11 sl-stci-1-0.sprintlink.net (160.81.18.162) 180.053 ms 169.794 ms 179.904 ms 12 * * * 13 * * * 14 * * * 15 * * * 16 * * * 17 * * * 18 * * * 19 * * * 20 * * * 21 * * * 22 * * * 23 * * * 24 * * * -------------- next part -------------- traceroute to www.linuxtoday.com (63.236.72.248), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets 1 vortex (192.168.0.10) 1.458 ms 0.332 ms 0.243 ms 2 flamingo.tcinternet.net (209.98.157.100) 176.478 ms 169.809 ms 149.903 ms 3 209.98.157.254 (209.98.157.254) 150.017 ms 169.697 ms 149.922 ms 4 208.42.123.250 (208.42.123.250) 150.003 ms 159.769 ms 149.889 ms 5 208.42.123.254 (208.42.123.254) 150.022 ms 169.756 ms 149.878 ms 6 e1-6.c7200-4.border.mpls.visi.com (208.42.50.205) 150.026 ms 149.773 ms 149.955 ms 7 fa4-0-0.core-1.mpls.visi.com (209.98.3.222) 159.967 ms 149.747 ms * 8 sl-gw4-kc-11-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.131.5) 178.048 ms 159.797 ms 179.872 ms 9 sl-bb20-kc-0-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.23.1) 180.065 ms 169.773 ms 189.854 ms 10 sl-bb20-fw-10-3.sprintlink.net (144.232.9.254) 190.083 ms 189.868 ms 179.917 ms 11 144.232.18.162 (144.232.18.162) 219.988 ms 219.860 ms 219.893 ms 12 dal-core-02.inet.qwest.net (205.171.25.49) 210.085 ms 229.905 ms 219.959 ms 13 dal-core-03.inet.qwest.net (205.171.25.138) 229.988 ms 209.859 ms 199.926 ms 14 iah-core-03.inet.qwest.net (205.171.5.169) 210.046 ms 219.747 ms 209.985 ms 15 iah-core-01.inet.qwest.net (205.171.31.5) 210.048 ms 229.811 ms 209.940 ms 16 ewr-core-02.inet.qwest.net (205.171.8.206) 250.109 ms 259.868 ms 239.976 ms 17 ewr-core-03.inet.qwest.net (205.171.17.34) 249.944 ms 259.879 ms 249.899 ms 18 ewr-cntr-02.inet.qwest.net (205.171.17.150) 270.090 ms 249.814 ms 279.988 ms 19 msfc-72.ewr.qwest.net (63.146.100.43) 259.983 ms 249.778 ms 269.984 ms 20 208.45.131.118 (208.45.131.118) 270.042 ms !X 259.832 ms !X *