traceroute www.cisco.com: traceroute to cio-sys.cisco.com (192.31.7.130), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 192.100.81.254 (192.100.81.254) 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms 2 sjx-ca-gw1.netcom.net (163.179.1.29) 3 ms 7 ms 3 ms 3 t3-1.scl-ca-gw3.netcom.net (163.179.220.194) 244 ms 98 ms 96 ms 4 * mae-w.bbnplanet.net (198.32.136.14) 64 ms 75 ms 5 paloalto-br2.bbnplanet.net (4.0.1.13) 85 ms 52 ms 196 ms 6 paloalto-cr1.bbnplanet.net (131.119.0.201) 51 ms 52 ms 59 ms 7 su-pr2.bbnplanet.net (131.119.0.218) 57 ms 56 ms 56 ms 8 * su-pr2.bbnplanet.net (131.119.0.218) 41 ms !H * 9 * * * 10 * * * 11 * * * 12 * * * 13 * * * 14 * * * 15 * su-pr2.bbnplanet.net (131.119.0.218) 76 ms !H * 16 * * * 17 * * * 18 * * * 19 * * * 20 * * * 21 * * * 22 * * * 23 su-pr2.bbnplanet.net (131.119.0.218) 102 ms !H * * 24 su-pr2.bbnplanet.net (131.119.0.218) 103 ms !H * * 25 * * * ping -s www.cisco.com: PING cio-sys.cisco.com: 56 data bytes ICMP Host Unreachable from gateway su-pr2.bbnplanet.net (131.119.0.218) for icmp from netcom17 (192.100.81.130) to cio-sys.cisco.com (192.31.7.130) ICMP Host Unreachable from gateway su-pr2.bbnplanet.net (131.119.0.218) for icmp from netcom17 (192.100.81.130) to cio-sys.cisco.com (192.31.7.130) ----n-addr.arpa PING Statistics---- 36 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss Looks like a free day of service for Cisco? Wolfgang