Thanks, it looks like it cleared up right after I posted ;-). Perhaps it was just uunet, but I saw the problem from multiple networks, i.e.: 13 POS6-0.GW1.DCA8.ALTER.NET (146.188.162.177) 114.870 ms 102.506 ms 101.624 ms 14 NSI-gw.customer.alter.net (65.195.225.154) 94.430 ms 93.518 ms 100.541 ms 15 198.41.3.2 (198.41.3.2) 96.391 ms 93.062 ms 99.571 ms [...] and 13 p16-5-0-0.r01.mclnva02.us.bb.verio.net (129.250.2.48) 82.901 ms 83.189 ms 85.131 ms 14 ge-1-0-0.a00.mclnva02.us.ra.verio.net (129.250.31.170) 82.614 ms 82.945 ms 84.771 ms 15 168.143.233.94 (168.143.233.94) 70.019 ms 71.236 ms 76.278 ms 16 border2.fe0-0-fenet1.wdc.pnap.net (216.52.127.5) 72.641 ms 80.129 ms 74.92 [...] thanks, -joe Thursday, February 14, 2002, 12:50:49 PM, you wrote: DL> It looks like UUnet is having a problem right getting through. I can get DL> through on twtelecom without a problem, but all UUNet conns. Seem to be DL> hosed at this moment. DL> -dan DL> -----Original Message----- DL> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of DL> Joseph McDonald DL> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 1:44 PM DL> To: nanog@merit.edu DL> Subject: nsi problems? DL> Can anyone do a whois against whois.crsnic.net? I can't seem to get DL> to it. Also, I've been seeing lots of timeouts and unreachble DL> *.gtld-servers.net, they keep blinking on an off, this has been going DL> on for at least a few hours now. DL> % traceroute to whois.crsnic.net (198.41.3.54), 64 hops max, 40 byte DL> packets DL> [...] DL> 12 0.so-2-2-0.XL1.DCA8.ALTER.NET (146.188.177.237) 159.970 ms 155.945 DL> ms 134.807 ms DL> 13 POS6-0.GW1.DCA8.ALTER.NET (146.188.162.177) 187.366 ms 109.277 ms DL> 98.351 ms DL> 14 NSI-gw.customer.alter.net (65.195.225.154) 131.584 ms 135.006 ms DL> 138.982 ms DL> 15 * * * DL> 16 * * * DL> 17 * *^C DL> dig @g.gtld-servers.net crsnic.net DL> ; <<>> DiG 8.3 <<>> @g.gtld-servers.net crsnic.net DL> ; (1 server found) DL> ;; res options: init recurs defnam dnsrch DL> ;; res_nsend to server g.gtld-servers.net 192.42.93.30: Operation timed DL> out DL> thanks, DL> -joe -- Best regards, Joseph mailto:joe@vpop.net