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Harry Edmon wrote: > > It is happening again: > > 3 sunny% /usr/sbin/traceroute motherlode.ucar.edu > traceroute to motherlode.ucar.edu (128.117.13.119): 1-30 hops, 38 byte packets > 1 dustbuster-V3.cac.washington.edu (128.95.89.100) 0.976 ms 0.976 > ms 0.977 ms > 2 uwbr2-GE3-0.cac.washington.edu (140.142.153.24) 0.976 ms 0.0 ms > 0.977 ms > 3 hnsp1-wes-ge-0-0-0-0.pnw-gigapop.net (198.107.150.11) 0.976 ms > (ttl=252!) 0.0 ms (ttl=252!) 0.977 ms (ttl=252!) > 4 198.48.91.78 (198.48.91.78) 0.976 ms 0.976 ms 0.977 ms > 5 dnvr-sttl.abilene.ucaid.edu (198.32.8.50) 35.1 ms 29.2 ms 28.3 ms > 6 ncar-abilene.ucar.edu (128.117.243.125) 462 ms 419 ms 447 ms > 7 vbnsr-n243-104.ucar.edu (128.117.243.105) 406 ms 465 ms 407 ms > 8 mlrb-n2.ucar.edu (128.117.2.254) 417 ms 410 ms 363 ms > 9 motherlode.ucar.edu (128.117.13.119) 392 ms 383 ms 383 ms > > When I checked earlier today, the roundtrip time was uner 50 ms, > instead of the current 400 ms. There is definitely something wrong at > the NCAR - Abilene interface. > > Hi again Harry, Daryl, and Art, Harry and Daryl, thanks for the notification. I just had a long conversation with one of our network engineers. The problem may simply be congestion. I need to contact them when it's happening. I will try to keep an eye on things, but I would appreciate it if, again, you would contact me when you see it. Thanks! Anne -- *************************************************** Anne Wilson UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden P.O. Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------- Unidata WWW server http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ ****************************************************