Re: [LUG] traceroute and getting a connection

[Jon Lawrence <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 17 October 2004 15:07, Adrian Midgley wrote:
> We are getting ADSL set up on a distant phone line, and it now should be
> enabled.  But as yet no joy.
>
> A traceroute shows bouncing from one machine to another and back again over
> and over...
> That doesn't seem right, but perhaps it is - there is at this moment only
> the router attached to the far end, no computer.
>
> I'm unsure how to interpret this.
>
> akm@xxxxx:~$ traceroute 82.152.124.177
> traceroute to 82.152.124.177 (82.152.124.177), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
> 1  10.0.0.254 (10.0.0.254)  14.657 ms  0.385 ms  0.333 ms
> 2  lo1-bba1.th.eclipse.net.uk (212.104.130.141)  16.944 ms  13.979 ms
> 12.513 ms
> 3  ge1-2-core3.th.eclipse.net.uk (81.5.191.37)  18.862 ms  28.158 ms
> 25.039 ms
> 4  ge11-0-bba1.th.eclipse.net.uk (81.5.191.38)  16.738 ms  13.375 ms
> 13.240 ms

If I'm reading eclipses network configuration correctly from other 
connections, then ge15-0-bba1.th.eclipse.net.uk should have a route to your 
box (be it a router or pc).
The fact that it's bouncing between ge15-0-bba1 and core4 says to me that they 
don't have a router from bba1 to your connection.
Is the line definitely enabled ? this can be checked by using the bt test 
login (as detailed at 
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/qanda.asp?faq=troubleshooting#Q132).
Can you ping the netx hop address from your router ? - next hop should I 
believe be ge11-0-bba1.th.eclipse.net.uk).

HTH
Jon

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