From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03A491381F3 for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2013 13:19:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ED2FFE0F18; Thu, 5 Sep 2013 13:19:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-we0-f180.google.com (mail-we0-f180.google.com [74.125.82.180]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CF42CE0E8E for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2013 13:19:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-we0-f180.google.com with SMTP id u57so642060wes.25 for ; Thu, 05 Sep 2013 06:19:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=75hTRmws2GR7J6ei7yoMJQTQn3QX4N3avb95OAkVkuM=; b=uhsMrm2fhJ8LyV38m81spe0KWwtR2hiC5fYs8morGUuk/WOWi10+2gZe2rxdmnTz1K 24idqLAXjCUIeJpGN0ZSQrhLxywzYbRG/gdmvYBC3C1mKwCBvhJGkPPmUEcfujzqy3C9 kKduPPt6Exf+hbkrxO4AJWDOmU8KVGUbt5M0i+H0n1I7/MK7gurX4yqCZD/ap55w0e7e x6osThbbtUT9LxcXC5g7qZVJECixyHz5L4LxeK7ay/7OqI7YEKpotcNH2Lr2Vt5kYyP5 f4xg2Nd1XGhj2uVDNSisPE7y4yrzkr94RCn7mFR5MCiRExTSPpWjUbRsTxZnNjxrxuv0 3GEg== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.240.101 with SMTP id vz5mr297622wjc.69.1378387187549; Thu, 05 Sep 2013 06:19:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.194.93.199 with HTTP; Thu, 5 Sep 2013 06:19:47 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <5228826F.9000805@gmail.com> References: <522338F2.3030206@hadt.biz> <5223391D.6090905@hadt.biz> <52234FF3.7050309@gmail.com> <52237E83.9080206@gmail.com> <52238823.9060008@gmail.com> <52257DB5.3090607@gmail.com> <5228826F.9000805@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 06:19:47 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can't ping remote system From: Grant To: Gentoo mailing list Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: a4e31d59-656b-4c6d-bbc7-79925e7d9838 X-Archives-Hash: a557b8dfdb3c775a4ecf35e3123744fc >>>>> 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. > > You're welcome, and I hope you get the issue satisfactorily solved (I > don't envy you at all) Well at this point I think the problem is that the server's Westell 6100 modem/router doesn't respond to pings unless it's in bridged mode (according AT&T). I'll put it into bridged mode the next time I'm there. - Grant