Search Again: Re: not seen everywhere... From: paulvail Date: Saturday, September 9, 2000 Time: 3:23:30 pm >> > >The only common thread that I find, in the few people who found this >> > >problem, is that the error seems to be coming from a particular >> > >IP#.. 144.232.213.222 >> > > >> > >That number does not appear to be one used by our ISP, and certainly >> > >is not one of ours. >> > >> > Rick, are you saying this is the machine that is having trouble >> > accessing your site? If so, can you find out what resolver this host >> > is using for DNS lookups? >> >> Interesting. 144.232.213.222 resolves to sl-infobroker-1-0.sprintlink.net, >and >> it's reverse zone is delegated to SprintLink name servers. It's unclear (to >me >> anyway) from the name exactly what this host's function is, but it looks like >> maybe a machine that folks might need to go through to get to >> www.cyberdarts.com from SprintLink? > >I'll bet it's a caching web server run by sprintlink. Welcome to the >world of large phone company ISPs who are using AOL as an example of how >to provide internet services. We had a client with remote offices in WI. The local ISP had a scrambled DNS or router table which caused the same effect. Never knew which as they kicked all of their boxes when I complained loud enough... magically, the problem resolved, but not until after a week of denying they were the bad link in the chain... good luck. paul

Messages In This Thread: Re: not seen everywhere... by paulvail on Sep 9, 2000 at 3:23:30 pm