Traceroute...what is the problem?

[molecul3]

Hi everyone,

When I ran traceroute for the site i wanted to go to...it didn't even manage to get the first hop to my router....but for other sites...it worked fine...only for a particular two sites...this would happen... I have a feeling it has to do with my computer's DNS cache or some internal problem and not others as other (outsiders) are able to access the site just fine. Any suggestions?

 

[manarth]

it didn't even manage to get the first hop to my router

that suggests that it can't resolve the domain name to an ip address. ask someone who can reach the site to tell you the IP address, then try traceroute using the IP instead of the domain name. This should identify where the problem lies.

A swift reboot would clear the dns cache in most O/S.

<marc>
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