I have been having problems getting to (and keeping connections with) certain Exodus clients, such as HotBot and GeoCities. Anyone else noticed this? Traceroutes seem to be blowing up in the same place... Find route to: www.geocities.com. (209.1.224.12), Max 30 hops, 40 byte packets 1 ldeleski-isdn.cisco.com. (171.68.18.89): 11 ms 5 ms 5 ms 2 171.70.196.1 (171.70.196.1): 121 ms 116 ms 130 ms 3 171.70.192.131 (171.70.192.131): 118 ms 117 ms 117 ms 4 gaza-gw2.cisco.com. (171.68.0.91): 118 ms 117 ms 117 ms 5 sj-wall-1.cisco.com. (198.92.1.137): 118 ms 117 ms 117 ms 6 barrnet-gw.cisco.com. (192.31.7.37): 133 ms 119 ms 117 ms 7 s2-1-1.paloalto-cr18.bbnplanet.net. (131.119.26.9): 128 ms 121 ms 145 ms 8 p3-2.paloalto-nbr2.bbnplanet.net. (4.0.3.85): 120 ms 118 ms 125 ms 9 p9-0-0.paloalto-br1.bbnplanet.net. (4.0.1.221): 122 ms 127 ms 119 ms 10 ibr02-h8-1-0.sntc01.exodus.net. (209.1.169.233): 134 ms 121 ms 120 ms 11 dcr02-f2-1-0.sntc01.exodus.net. (209.185.9.37): 230 ms 137 ms 194 ms 12 209.1.217.19 (209.1.217.19): 123 ms 122 ms 122 ms 13 * * * 14 [more of the same] Find route to: www.hotbot.com. (209.185.151.128), Max 30 hops, 40 byte packets 1 ldeleski-isdn.cisco.com. (171.68.18.89): 5 ms 5 ms 5 ms 2 171.70.196.1 (171.70.196.1): 118 ms 118 ms 116 ms 3 171.70.192.130 (171.70.192.130): 119 ms 117 ms 117 ms 4 gaza-gw1.cisco.com. (171.68.0.44): 118 ms 117 ms 118 ms 5 sj-wall-1.cisco.com. (198.92.1.137): 121 ms 118 ms 117 ms 6 barrnet-gw.cisco.com. (192.31.7.37): 119 ms 120 ms 117 ms 7 s2-1-1.paloalto-cr18.bbnplanet.net. (131.119.26.9): 123 ms 119 ms 125 ms 8 p3-2.paloalto-nbr2.bbnplanet.net. (4.0.3.85): 120 ms 119 ms 118 ms 9 p9-0-0.paloalto-br1.bbnplanet.net. (4.0.1.221): 121 ms 120 ms 119 ms 10 ibr02-h8-1-0.sntc01.exodus.net. (209.1.169.233): 122 ms 121 ms 120 ms 11 dcr02-f10-1-0.sntc01.exodus.net. (209.1.169.145): 123 ms 121 ms 127 ms 12 209.1.231.166 (209.1.231.166): 367 ms 300 ms 229 ms 13 209.185.255.195 (209.185.255.195): 195 ms 207 ms 216 ms 14 * * * 15 * * [...yadda yadda...] Larry Deleski ldeleski@cisco.com