so what precisely is the problem?? rodan 184% traceroute 192.135.135.1 traceroute to 192.135.135.1 (192.135.135.1), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 IBMpc02 (153.39.130.1) 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms 2 Fddi0/0.GW2.FFX1.Alter.Net (137.39.12.2) 3 ms 2 ms 2 ms 3 Hssi2/0.Vienna1.VA.Alter.Net (137.39.100.69) 5 ms 13 ms 3 ms 4 192.41.177.180 (192.41.177.180) 120 ms 6 ms 4 ms 5 borderx2-hssi2-0.Washington.mci.net (204.70.74.117) 190 ms 8 ms 13 ms 6 core2-fddi-1.Washington.mci.net (204.70.74.65) 6 ms 6 ms 7 ms 7 core2-hssi-3.WestOrange.mci.net (204.70.1.105) 334 ms 17 ms 510 ms 8 borderx1-fddi-1.WestOrange.mci.net (204.70.64.52) 19 ms 11 ms 11 ms 9 core1-fddi-0.WestOrange.mci.net (204.70.64.17) 10 ms 12 ms 12 ms 10 core1-hssi-3.NorthRoyalton.mci.net (204.70.1.101) 29 ms 23 ms 27 ms 11 core-hssi-2.Chicago.mci.net (204.70.1.93) 34 ms 33 ms 37 ms 12 border2-fddi-0.Chicago.mci.net (204.70.3.82) 35 ms 31 ms 34 ms 13 cicnet.Chicago.mci.net (204.70.25.10) 30 ms 32 ms 33 ms 14 dgf-fddi1.cic.net (192.217.0.4) 34 ms 31 ms 33 ms 15 dgb-fddi0.cic.net (131.103.1.17) 30 ms 33 ms 30 ms 16 mke-dgb.cic.net (131.103.25.226) 336 ms 104 ms 365 ms 17 wiscnet.csd.uwm.edu (129.89.6.3) 40 ms 92 ms 68 ms 18 marquette-milwaukee.wiscnet.net (140.189.32.2) 69 ms 148 ms 138 ms 19 csdnb.csd.mu.edu (134.48.1.80) 216 ms 148 ms 151 ms 20 192.135.135.9 (192.135.135.9) 497 ms 434 ms 428 ms 21 192.135.135.1 (192.135.135.1) 364 ms 349 ms 282 ms rodan 185%