This was fixed over the weekend.  STP was flapping on a switch at the 
ISP upstream from me.

Justin

James Carlson wrote:
> Justin Lee Ewing writes:
>   
>> Okay, after some finger bending I got our network guys to do a trace from 
>> the Internet router... There's nothing unusual that I see...problem is that 
>> ICMP/UDP seems to be squelched closer to POO (also, there are at least two 
>> routers and a FW between our OS test server and the Internet router however 
>> they are showing < 2ms times all the way) .  After a recent timeout I'm back 
>> to (with PKG_CLIENT_TIMEOUT=120):
>>     
>
> If ICMP is squelched, that would break Path MTU Discovery.  If you
> have an MTU restriction somewhere, then you'd get connections that
> exhibit the sorts of symptoms you're seeing.  (MTU problems are
> particularly associated with DSL lines in the US, as those providers
> unfortunately tend to use PPPoE.)
>
> Try setting your MTU down a bit (if it's 1500, try 1492 or lower).
>
>   


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