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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't ping remote system
From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
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>>> This is where it gets tricky. You identify the last router in the list
>>> for which you have an address or name, and contact the NOC team for that
>>> organization. Ask them for the next hop in routing for the destination
>>> address you are trying to ping and hope that they will be kind enough to
>>> help you out.
>>
>> Oh man that's funny. Really? Let's say they do pass along the info.
>> Then I hunt down contact info for the culprit router based on its IP
>> and tell them their stuff isn't working and hope they fix it?
>> Actually, since the last IP displayed is from AT&T and my server's ISP
>> is AT&T, I suppose it's extremely likely that the culprit is either an
>> AT&T router somewhere or my own server and I could find out by calling
>> AT&T.
>
> Well, I did try to convey a sense of what it sometimes takes to deal
> with such things. Usually your ISP deals with it for you and you'd be
> amazed how often they pick up the phone to do exactly what I described.
You did, and I suppose it has to come down to that at some point.
Thank you for your help Alan.
- Grant