Re: [LUG] traceroute and getting a connection

[Adrian Midgley <amidgley2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 17 October 2004 19:44, Jon Lawrence wrote:
... 
> > 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.
Seems likely.  Seems broken to me as well.

> Can you ping the netx hop address from your router ? - next hop should I
> believe be ge11-0-bba1.th.eclipse.net.uk).

Interestingly I can't, by name, but I can ping the address it is declared to 
have in the traceroute I did earlier.

akm@xxxxxxx:~> ping ge11-0-bba1.th.eclipse.net.uk
ping: unknown host ge11-0-bba1.th.eclipse.net.uk
akm@xxxxxxx:~> ping 81.5.191.38
PING 81.5.191.38 (81.5.191.38) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 81.5.191.38: icmp_seq=1 ttl=63 time=19.0 ms
64 bytes from 81.5.191.38: icmp_seq=2 ttl=63 time=15.8 ms
64 bytes from 81.5.191.38: icmp_seq=3 ttl=63 time=14.6 ms

> 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).

Daughter now back there, but after 5 hours train journey somehow doesn't seem 
keen to get stuck into checking network.  
-- 
Adrian Midgley                   Open Source software is better
GP, Exeter                       http://www.defoam.net/

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