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). > >