Very Computer

>I have a SuSE 9.2 desktop PC that I connect to the Internet using an ADSL
>modem / router.  Currently my Internet access is all working fine, except
>that I am not able to access the website www.*.net, and I am also
>unable to access my * pop account on their server pop.*.net.

>I am also unable to ping either of these addresses, although ping is able to
>resolve the corresponding TCP/IP addresses.

>My broadband connection is from another ISP (not *). I have spoken to
>*'s technical people. They say that all their servers are currently
>working fine, and my brother in law also says that his * email account
>is working fine.

>How is this possible? I can ping Google or the BBC website and access any
>other site I can think of, except *.

>Can anyone explain?

>> Can anyone suggest what might be causing this very strange problem.

>> I have a SuSE 9.2 desktop PC that I connect to the Internet using an ADSL
>> modem / router.  Currently my Internet access is all working fine, except
>> that I am not able to access the website www.*.net, and I am also
>> unable to access my * pop account on their server pop.*.net.

>> I am also unable to ping either of these addresses, although ping is able
>> to
>> resolve the corresponding TCP/IP addresses.

>> My broadband connection is from another ISP (not *). I have spoken
>> to *'s technical people. They say that all their servers are
>> currently working fine, and my brother in law also says that his *
>> email account
>> is working fine.

>> How is this possible? I can ping Google or the BBC website and access any
>> other site I can think of, except *.

>> Can anyone explain?

>     Just as a guess, do you have ECN enabled? (Explicit Congestion
> Notification)

>     DS

>>>Can anyone suggest what might be causing this very strange problem.

>>>I have a SuSE 9.2 desktop PC that I connect to the Internet using an ADSL
>>>modem / router.  Currently my Internet access is all working fine, except
>>>that I am not able to access the website www.*.net, and I am also
>>>unable to access my * pop account on their server pop.*.net.

>>>I am also unable to ping either of these addresses, although ping is able
>>>to
>>>resolve the corresponding TCP/IP addresses.

>>>My broadband connection is from another ISP (not *). I have spoken
>>>to *'s technical people. They say that all their servers are
>>>currently working fine, and my brother in law also says that his *
>>>email account
>>>is working fine.

>>>How is this possible? I can ping Google or the BBC website and access any
>>>other site I can think of, except *.

>>>Can anyone explain?

>>    Just as a guess, do you have ECN enabled? (Explicit Congestion
>>Notification)

>>    DS

> I don't think I have ECN enabled, and have in any case manually disabled it
> with
> echo "0" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn

> as mentioned on SuSE's website                      

> Here is what I get from tcpdump -p  -i any port 80

> when I try to access www.*.net with the lynx text web browser and
> specify 'unset http_proxy' :-

> listening on any, link-type LINUX_SLL (Linux cooked), capture size 96 bytes
> 11:49:31.067426 IP 192.168.0.3.ff-sm > www.*.net.http: S
> 2301224435:2301224435(0) win 5840 <mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 2051857
> 0,nop,wscale 2>
> 11:49:34.066589 IP 192.168.0.3.ff-sm > www.*.net.http: S
> 2301224435:2301224435(0) win 5840 <mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 2054857
> 0,nop,wscale 2>
> 11:49:40.065679 IP 192.168.0.3.ff-sm > www.*.net.http: S
> 2301224435:2301224435(0) win 5840 <mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 2060857
> 0,nop,wscale 2>
> 11:49:52.063859 IP 192.168.0.3.ff-sm > www.*.net.http: S
> 2301224435:2301224435(0) win 5840 <mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 2072857
> 0,nop,wscale 2>
> 11:50:16.060206 IP 192.168.0.3.ff-sm > www.*.net.http: S
> 2301224435:2301224435(0) win 5840 <mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 2096857
> 0,nop,wscale 2>
> 11:51:04.052916 IP 192.168.0.3.ff-sm > www.*.net.http: S
> 2301224435:2301224435(0) win 5840 <mss 1460,sackOK,timestamp 2144857
> 0,nop,wscale 2>

> My reading of this is that absolutely nothing is coming back. Any thoughts?