OK, this explains what I'm seeing tonight then. Thanks Don! :-) Actually I'd have preferred a cot. ;-) I'm just home from unanticipated gall bladder surgery and won't be coming into the office for a while, so I really *need* my DSL connection to work! Regards, Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bosman, Don" <[log in to unmask]> To: "Margaret Wilson" <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:17 PM Subject: RE: Re: MSU Internet Access Problems? ACD has fiber to campus, efectively making them a segment on 'our' network, so they should be able to ping the gateway. You should have been able to ping via your ACD/MSU account, but not through ACD's own network. Since Traceroute uses pings it shouldn't be working from off campus either. Perhaps it is a conspiricy to keep all the tech talent on campus by denying access from home to fix and check up on the network? I'd bet you were wondering why that cot was delivered, weren't you? B-) Maybe you could microwave into the clinical center's dish? Don Bosman Information Technologist Michigan State University Libraries 517-432-6123 ext 233 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Margaret Wilson [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 6:07 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: MSU Internet Access Problems? 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.