Re: Suspicious TCP/IP problems with ISP

From: chris@nospam.com
Date: 02/23/02 

From: chris@nospam.com
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 20:23:27 -0800

On 22 Feb 2002 18:49:51 -0800, johnqpublic54@hotmail.com (tiro) wrote:

>While setting up a couple of subnets behind my dsl gateway/router I
>wanted to use tracert/traceroute (I have mixed subnets
>windows/linux...same result on both OSs) to make sure the gateways
>were being used in the correct order... timeout.. timeout. Seemed
>strange so I used one of the boxes connected directly to the router
>and tried again this time to the outside(internet) and again timeout.
>With rising suspicion I connected to my backup dialup service and
>bingo works just fine. What gives?; could my ISP be filtering or
>blocking this; was it due to an attack on their network and why wasn't
>I told is my data not important! I called my ISP but they(customer
>service) couldn't or wouldn't answer my question. Anyone have any idea
>of what is going on? Any help is appreciated.

Your ISP may have a firewall setup. In which case, they _are_
protecting you and your data.