Linux Forums unreachable.

[Tom H]

>> 2. I do not understand the first traceroute. Whether I traceroute from
>> any version of Linux or from Windows, the end-point is a theplanet.com
>> box not www.linuxforums.org.

> That's probably because Ray added an entry for www.linuxforums.org with
> this address in his /etc/hosts file to rule out DNS problems.

Well remembered/spotted...


>> 3. I do not understand why traceroute works and traceroute -T does
>> not. Could you ip address have been blocked by theplanet.com?!
>> Strangely...

> That's indeed strange: UDP packets do reach the target, TCP packets don't.

Definitely and that is why I think that there is a block...