On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, zipworld mail wrote: > Not sure if this is the forum but both sites do use linux! > > I can't send email to a particular host I know well. They can't send me > email. > > I can't ping or traceroute to them and visa versa, yet we're both able to > see and access the rest of the net. > > Is this a weird routing issue? The two sites are ADSL, one netspace one > pacific internet. > > This was all working fine until two weeks ago. It's odd. No config changes I > can think of.
I don't think it's the linux boxen's fault. Why don't you compare traceroute's and see if you hit any of the same equipment on the way. If you do then that's most likely the device at fault. You should then both pressure your ISP's to fix the problem as it is afterall an inter-net service provision problem. Another way to temporarily get around it is to find a 3rd party you both can reach and get them to add a couple of static routes. You then add a route to each other using this 3rd party as a gateway. Alternately you may also have a slim chance of success using each other's ISP's routers as gateways. Experiment with nodes that show up in the normal traceroute. -- ---<GRiP>--- Web: www.arcadia.au.com/gripz Answering Machine/fax: 02 4950 1194 (wait 5 mins if no answer) Mobile: 0408 686 201 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
