Re: traceroute


Subject: Re: traceroute
From: Shortpier (shortpier@shortpier.is-a-geek.com)
Date: Mon Jan 27 2003 - 08:31:11 AKST


Jim Gribbin wrote:

>I'm pretty sure I don't have nat, but firewall is a possibility. I
>didn't intend to have that on as I'm behind a router, but I might have
>forgotten to turn off the default setting during the install. I'll check
>that first when I get home.
>
>Jim Gribbin
>
>On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 07:40, Shortpier wrote:
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>>Jim Gribbin wrote:
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>>>I am having an odd problem with traceroute. I have been having a problem
>>>accessing certain websites and in working with tech support at ACS we
>>>were running traceroute from a RH 7.3 box, I got back 30 lines of stars.
>>>Nothing. I hooked up a win95 box with some shareware traceroute program
>>>and recieved back traceroute info that at least appears valid.
>>>
>>>Both boxes are running side-by-side plugged into the same hub.
>>>
>>>The traceroute program running on the win95 box is from the win95 era.
>>>Something off a Tucows CD.
>>>
>>>Has there been some fundamental change in the way traceroutes are done
>>>such that my router would block one and not the other? My router is also
>>>a couple of years old.
>>>
>>>Jim Gribbin
>>>
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>>Does the 7.3 box hove firewalling and nat? traceroute uses ICMP and if
>>you are blocking ICMP at the firewall level there is the prob.
>>
>>Shortpier
>>
>>10 mins, Bill Gates and a baseball bat. Is this to much to ask God?
>>
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I was just thinking .. ( I know I can smell the smoke).. Do you have
 mulit net ifaces? PPP0, vmnet etc? IT may just be a default route
and/or gateway prob See what the routeing table looks like.

Shortpier

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