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No, traceroute isn't working either.  I get nothing to 35.8.2.3 or my office
machine, which is in the 35.8.144.x block.  Just a thought: while I was
troubleshooting with the ACD tech an hour ago, she was able to ping 35.8.2.3
whereas I could not.

Regards,

Margaret

----- Original Message -----
From: "George J. Perkins" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Margaret Wilson" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: MSU Internet Access Problems?


>
> On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Margaret Wilson wrote:
>
> > I have MSU DSL through ACD, and today my connection has been dog
> > slow and up and down.  I've been assuming this was due to worm traffic.
> > But shortly after 5:00 today my connection died entirely.  ACD moved me
> > to their network temporarily, and wow is it blazing fast compared to how
> > awful my MSU connection's been lately.  Although I can now get to the
> > outside world via ACD's network, including MSU's web page, pinging the
> > router (35.8.2.3) gets no response.  Anyone have an idea as to what's
> > going on?
> >
> > Thanks and Regards,
> >
> > Margaret
> > [...]
>
> Even in parts of campus, there seems to be a lot more sluggishness than
> usual today.  As for 'ping', now that you're outside the campus net, you
> are presumably affected by the ICMP blocks that were put on the campus
> router(s) as a response to the Welchia virus/worm.  Try traceroute
> (tracert on Windows) and see if that works.
>
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