Timothy Murphy wrote: > So I assume the modem is rejecting the ICMP packets. > As I said, I don't see anything about this > in the modem documentation or on the modem web-site. I suppose another possibility is that some site along the way rejects ICMP packets? traceroute seems to timeout in Milan: ----------------------------------- [root@helen tim]# traceroute anghiari.homelinux.com traceroute to anghiari.homelinux.com (79.46.6.203), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 netopia (192.168.1.254) 0.951 ms 1.132 ms 1.389 ms 2 isp (159.134.155.19) 37.238 ms 39.560 ms 42.027 ms ... 12 telecomitalia.par02.atlas.cogentco.com (130.117.14.82) 67.140 ms telecomitalia.par02.atlas.cogentco.com (130.117.15.138) 92.952 ms ibs- resid.milano50.mil.seabone.net (93.186.128.246) 87.098 ms 13 * * * ... 30 * * * ----------------------------------- tcptraceroute gets to the modem, but after some timeouts: ----------------------------------- [root@helen tim]# tcptraceroute anghiari.homelinux.com traceroute to anghiari.homelinux.com (79.46.6.203), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 netopia (192.168.1.254) 1.491 ms 1.534 ms 1.784 ms 2 isp (159.134.155.19) 36.195 ms 38.794 ms 41.328 ms ... 12 ibs-resid.milano50.mil.seabone.net (93.186.128.246) 85.084 ms 84.599 ms 86.881 ms 13 * * * 14 * * * 15 * * * 16 * * * 17 * * * 18 host203-6-dynamic.46-79-r.retail.telecomitalia.it (79.46.6.203) 115.381 ms 107.416 ms 114.875 ms ----------------------------------- If anyone can interpret these for me, I shall be grateful. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos