[plug] curious network snag

[Jan Schmidt]

<quote who="Sol">

> Okay, so I check a few things out:
> 1. pings - can ping mail.terminus.net.au from PC but not from laptop; can ping 
> ftp.uwa.edu.au from both PC and laptop

Do you just get no response, or is it having trouble resolving the name?

If it is resolving mail.terminus.net.au correctly, then perhaps you have a
routing problem. You could try traceroute to check how far the packets are
getting.

J.
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