On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:34:37 +1300 "Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, 13 December 2004 12:19 p.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: DNS and Ping problems at home > > xtra.co.nz does not reply to pings - well they don't from work here. > > www.ihug.co.nz does, try that. > > the other possibility is that orcon block ping trafic. > > > Looks like you are onto it too Nick..... > > serva root # ping www.ihug.co.nz > PING www.ihug.co.nz (203.109.252.42) 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from tig-nz-akl-ns-42.ihug.net (203.109.252.42): icmp_seq=1 ttl=58 > time=78.5 ms > 64 bytes from tig-nz-akl-ns-42.ihug.net (203.109.252.42): icmp_seq=2 ttl=58 > time=77.6 ms > 64 bytes from tig-nz-akl-ns-42.ihug.net (203.109.252.42): icmp_seq=3 ttl=58 > time=78.8 ms > > --- www.ihug.co.nz ping statistics --- > 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2003ms > rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 77.625/78.321/78.814/0.506 ms always pays to try a few different addresses when ping fails. more and more people are blocking it. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
