[ubuntu-za] traceroute with Ubuntu

[Richard Davin]

Update:

Not a Ubuntu problem.  I grabbed my neighbors windows laptop and got 
similar results.
So the problem with traceroute not working must be with my router/firewall.

Going to disable the routers built in firewall and give it a try :)

Rich




Richard Davin wrote:
> I've been having an intermittent problem with international bandwidth.   
> The problem will last for hours and then 'magically' go away.  I forget 
> about it after a while and go on with my life.
>
> Since yesterday it's happening again.. I either wait forever for an 
> overseas site to load or they just time out.  In an effort to see where 
> the problem is I installed traceroute but, traceroute isn't working. 
>
> Example:
>
> traceroute to iol.co.za (196.30.168.79), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
>  1  * * *
>  2  * * *
>  3  * * *
>
> This will go on up to 30 with the same results.  The results are the 
> same for any site. 
> Shouldn't I at least see My Router, ISP etc on the list?
>
> Is there something 'different' that I have to do to use traceroute in 
> Ubuntu??
>
> Some more info:
> The 'ping' command works
> To install traceroute I just did an 'apt-get install traceroute'
> Did I miss something?
>
>
> Any feedback is appreciated,
>
> Richard Davin
>
>