Michael C. Toren on Mon, 29 Oct 2001 02:22:22 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] problem accessing techrepublic.com


> > Send them an angry email, refuse to use their service. Or give in
> > and modify your local TCP stack to keep them happy. I know what I'd
> > do...
> 
> It's not necessarily them (I haven't checked).  It could be any router
> in between his machine and the server.

One of the neat features of tcptraceroute is the -E flag, which sends out
packets with the ECN bits set.  So, doing a tcptraceroute with and without
the -E flag will pinpoint the hop causing trouble:

    [mct@quint ~]$ tcptraceroute -q1 www.techrepublic.com
    Selected device eth0, address 207.8.132.210, port 3527 for outgoing packets
    Tracing the path to www.techrepublic.com (208.50.157.239) on TCP port 80 (www), 30 hops max
     1  jumpgate.townhouse.blue-bell.pa.us (207.106.130.81) 2.089 ms
     2  mct-too-l.netaxs.net (207.106.3.253)  4.314 ms
    [..]
    15  64.15.192.36 (64.15.192.36)  74.480 ms
    16  64.15.192.122 (64.15.192.122)  75.713 ms
    17  *
    18  208.50.157.239 (208.50.157.239) [open] 75.896 ms


    [mct@quint ~]$ tcptraceroute -q1 -E www.techrepublic.com
    Selected device eth0, address 207.8.132.210, port 3529 for outgoing packets
    Tracing the path to www.techrepublic.com (208.50.157.239) on TCP port 80 (www), 30 hops max
     1  jumpgate.townhouse.blue-bell.pa.us (207.106.130.81) 2.032 ms
     2  mct-too-l.netaxs.net (207.106.3.253)  4.286 ms
    [..]
    15  64.15.192.36 (64.15.192.36)  75.795 ms
    16  64.15.192.122 (64.15.192.122)  76.286 ms
    17  *
    18  *
    19  *
    20  *
    21  *

-mct