[waay ot] No route to host problems

[brianm@zbt62.eastnet.gatech.edu (Brian McGarvey)]

Tosh.
You know last time i checked yahoo isnt normally dropping off the network.
brian

BTW it fixed itself after i rebooted. yes TWNYC could have reparied it but
could something else cause that?
brian

On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, T Berk wrote:

> Brian McGarvey wrote:
> >
> > Well for the biggest city in the known world and AOL/TW beingsuper large.
> > It seems that i have lost access to about half of the internet. ie. no
> > route to host.
> >
> > I was wondering what i can do to back this up.
> > It seems to happen quite frequently.  ie. can i use slashdot's DNS server
> > and regain the routes.
> >
> > im quite sure is a AOL/TW -- road runner issue.
> > i cant ping www.yahoo.com from this box
> > but i can ping it from a box on GaTech campus.
> > brian
> > running win2kpro wanting to chat and have his IM up..
> >
>
>
> I'm replying to All, hoping the OT in the header will save me from
> flames.
>
> Off the top of my head (being a specializing non-specialist and all) I
> can say you might investigate building a local routing table on your
> local computer. It's a drag, (esp if you are maintaining a number of
> systems), to keep up to date but it might help to resolve those frequent
> hosts who may drop off the Net from time to time.
>
> hth,
> TBerk
>