In <[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask] writes: > More on the "I can't access the Interex advocacy pages" topic... > > From our site, any place I've chosen to "ping" responds in > less than a second... > except for www.interex.org. [snip] We see: ---- $C697FB0A PING Statistics ---- 18 packet(s) transmitted, 13 packet(s) received, 27 % packet loss round trip (ms) min/avg/max = 101 / 128 / 221 > Who is at fault? > > traceroute www.interex.org > traceroute to www.interex.org (198.151.251.10), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets > 1 gateway.allegro.com (198.102.6.1) 6 ms 4 ms 5 ms > 2 r2.brainstorm.net (205.164.112.34) 77 ms 31 ms 87 ms > 3 r1-rtr0.brainstorm.net (205.164.112.33) 39 ms 35 ms 72 ms > 4 mae-west.nap.net (198.32.136.13) 68 ms 35 ms 42 ms > 5 mae-west.exodus.net (198.32.136.33) 682 ms * * > 6 * * * > 7 sc3-f6-0-0.exodus.net (209.1.169.6) 1874 ms 1890 ms 1876 ms > 8 * * * > 9 206.79.7.202 (206.79.7.202) 1983 ms * * > 10 www.interex.org (198.151.251.10) 1892 ms * * [snip] > 1 foo.fum.fie (x.x.x.x) 2 ms 1 ms 2 ms > 2 a.b.c (x.x.x.x) 85 ms 8 ms 200 ms > 3 core2-fddi-0.Bloomington.mci.net (204.70.208.49) 135 ms 11 ms 339 ms > 4 * * > core5.SanFrancisco.mci.net (204.70.4.85) 241 ms > 5 pb-nap-OC3-1.exodus.net (198.32.128.25) 21 ms 22 ms 24 ms > 6 scca-02-f2-1-0.core.exodus.net (209.185.9.37) 22 ms 27 ms 23 ms > 7 sc3-f6-0-0.exodus.net (209.1.169.6) 24 ms 23 ms 24 ms > 8 santaclara-cisco12.exodus.net (207.82.200.12) 26 ms 25 ms 25 ms > 9 206.79.7.202 (206.79.7.202) 26 ms 30 ms 28 ms > 10 www.interex.org (198.151.251.10) 30 ms 27 ms 27 ms > > maybe it's mae-west.exodus.net? Our traceroute doesn't go through mae-west.exodus.net either. From your first traceroute, the big delay seems to be between sc3-f6-0-0... and mae-west.exodus.net. I'd guess that their mae-west router is a bit overloaded. FYI, here's a traceroute from one of our boxes; traceroute to www.interex.org (198.151.251.10), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 troi.3k.com (198.151.172.1) 3.872 ms 3.571 ms 3.5 ms 2 207.86.48.65 (207.86.48.65) 28.261 ms 13.522 ms 10.854 ms 3 dca1-core2-fa0-1-0.atlas.digex.net (165.117.17.2) 11.078 ms 10.571 ms 1 791 ms 4 iad1-core1-h1-0.atlas.digex.net (165.117.50.89) 14.576 ms 36.228 ms 14. 3 ms 5 vnva-01.core.exodus.net (192.41.177.119) 41.585 ms * 226.91 ms 6 heva-01-h8-1-0.core.exodus.net (209.1.169.162) 197.981 ms 50.343 ms 46. 6 ms 7 * * * 8 sc3-f6-0-0.exodus.net (209.1.169.6) 96.58 ms 96.564 ms * 9 * santaclara-cisco12.exodus.net (207.82.200.12) 97.492 ms 91.931 ms 10 206.79.7.202 (206.79.7.202) 169.452 ms 121.475 ms 105.038 ms 11 www.interex.org (198.151.251.10) 119.202 ms 121.844 ms 99.362 ms -Chris Bartram