Digital BW, The Print

Paul Roark wrote:
> Occasionally people outside the U.S. have trouble accessing my web
site.

For me, it's not an occasional problem. I have not been able to to get
to www.paulroark.com for at least six months.

Does anyone here understand how the DNS system works? What does this
tracert report tell us?:

02/19/04 10:32:57 Fast traceroute http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/
Trace http://home1.gte.net/res09aij/ (206.46.189.90) ...
 1 10.50.64.1       10ms   10ms   10ms  TTL:  0  (No rDNS)
 2 211.28.110.1     10ms   10ms   10ms  TTL:  0
(rdl4-ge1.gw.optusnet.com.au ok)
 3 211.29.129.141   20ms   20ms   20ms  TTL:  0
(mas1-pos4-7.gw.optusnet.com.au ok)
 4 211.29.129.37    30ms   20ms   20ms  TTL:  0
(mas5-ge3-4.gw.optusnet.com.au ok)
 5 211.29.129.33    20ms   20ms   20ms  TTL:  0
(mas3-ge2-1.gw.optusnet.com.au ok)
 6 61.88.136.13     30ms   40ms   41ms  TTL:  0  (No rDNS)
 7 203.208.148.101 190ms  191ms  190ms  TTL:  0  (No rDNS)
 8 203.208.172.45  200ms  190ms  190ms  TTL:  0
(p6-1.plapx-cr1.ix.singtel.com bogus rDNS: host not found
[authoritative])
 9 203.208.168.230 211ms  210ms  210ms  TTL:  0  (No rDNS)
10 203.208.168.218 211ms  210ms  210ms  TTL:  0  (No rDNS)
11 4.25.111.25     210ms  200ms  200ms  TTL:  0
(p6-3.lsanca2-cr1.bbnplanet.net ok)
12 4.25.111.2      210ms  200ms  201ms  TTL:  0
(p3-0.lsanca2-br2.bbnplanet.net ok)
13 4.0.9.13        230ms  231ms  231ms  TTL:  0
(p10-0-4.crtntx1-br2.bbnplanet.net ok)
14 4.24.9.242      251ms  231ms  230ms  TTL:  0
(p2-0.crtntx1-cr10.bbnplanet.net ok)
15 4.24.242.94     240ms  230ms  230ms  TTL:  0
(p1-0.verizonol4.bbnplanet.net ok)
16 206.46.128.78   230ms  230ms  230ms  TTL:  0
(gigchannel9-0--12-0.core1.dfw-tx.vzlink.com ok)
17   No Response      *      *      *
18   No Response      *      *      *
19   No Response      *      *      *
20   No Response      *      *      *
21   No Response      *      *      *
22   No Response      *      *      *
23   No Response      *      *      *
24   No Response      *      *      *
25   No Response      *      *      *
26   No Response      *      *      *
27   No Response      *      *      *
28   No Response      *      *      *
29   No Response      *      *      *



Peter Marquis-Kyle
www.marquis-kyle.com.au