On Sat, 6 May 2000, Rob Isaac wrote:
Choosing a well-connected host more or less at random:
10 203.98.56.178 (203.98.56.178) 174.444 ms 175.133 ms 175.276 ms 11 c8.wlg.netlink.net.nz (203.97.132.146) 175.075 ms 173.851 ms 174.420
That's not where the trace from amersfoort died.
bash-2.03$ ping 203.97.144.41 PING 203.97.144.41 (203.97.144.41): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 203.97.144.41: icmp_seq=0 ttl=245 time=174.704 ms 64 bytes from 203.97.144.41: icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=175.323 ms
--- 203.97.144.41 ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 174.704/177.077/180.670/2.340 ms
In other words, it's not just you.
OK, how about this then? [RelayTst(a)amersfoort alan]$ ping -c100 203.97.144.41 PING 203.97.144.41 (203.97.144.41): 56 data bytes --- 203.97.144.41 ping statistics --- 100 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss $ telnet 203.97.144.41 smtp Trying 203.97.144.41... (connection timed out) Here's what a check from Kansas City gives: moika-2.03$ /sbin/ping -c100 203.97.144.41 PING 203.97.144.41 (203.97.144.41): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 203.97.144.41: icmp_seq=0 ttl=240 time=294.670 ms 64 bytes from 203.97.144.41: icmp_seq=1 ttl=240 time=310.130 ms ... --- 203.97.144.41 ping statistics --- 100 packets transmitted, 99 packets received, 1% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 292.737/297.937/315.452/4.670 ms $ telnet 203.97.144.41 smtp Trying 203.97.144.41... Connected to cousins-cl41.netlink.net.nz. Escape character is '^]'. 220 cousins.in-newzealand.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3/8.8.7; Sun, 7 May 2000 00:20:49 +1200 Looks pretty ORBS-tester specific to me. AB --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog