You can run mtr without the admin enabling icmp (well technically, just a few ICMP requests, echo reply, and a few others), you just won't have info on the last couple of hops.
The problem is *likely* the firewall/router he is using, though without more information I am only guessing based on what I commonly see. Carl wrote: >> Kind of makes it hard to troubleshoot. If possible, can you enable ICMP >> (for pings) on the server? >> >> > I've asked the maintainer of the cvs sever to enable ICMP. > > >> Running mtr should be straightforward, look for a hop that is different >> from the rest. >> > I'll give mtr a try if I can get ICMP enabled. > > >> Has nothing to do with the port. >> > Good to know. I was going crazy trying to figure out if ethereal was > incorrectly decoding checksums based on the port. > > >> I would try it from different locations, maybe it is something between >> two peers (eg. telus and shaw periodically have QoS issues between their >> respective networks) >> > I've now tried it from both telus and shaw and different home firewalls > and all exhibit the same problem. > > I'll have to be patient and hope they enable ICMP for me. > > Thanks, > > Carl > > > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
