Verily did Peter Seebach write:

> Well, I *still* can't.  *sigh*.

hmm...

using `ping -p 00000000ffffffff <addr>` again.. here's where things break...

traceroute to irc.iastate.edu (129.186.150.1), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
  3  core-eth-0/3.mf.best.net (205.149.163.1)
  4  mae-west.net99.net (198.32.136.16)
  5  mae-west.SanFrancisco.mci.net (198.32.136.12)
  6  borderx2-hssi2-0.SanFrancisco.mci.net (204.70.158.117)
* 7  core2-fddi-1.SanFrancisco.mci.net (204.70.158.65)
  8  core1-hssi-2.Sacramento.mci.net (204.70.1.146)
  9  core1-hssi-2.WillowSprings.mci.net (204.70.1.174)
 10  border1-fddi-0.WillowSprings.mci.net (204.70.104.18)
 11  ia-comm-network.WillowSprings.mci.net (204.70.105.6)
 12  ISU-ICN-t3.gw.iastate.edu (205.221.255.6)

traceroute to solon.com (192.129.84.3), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
  3  core-eth-0/3.mf.best.net (205.149.163.1)
  4  mae-west.net99.net (198.32.136.16)
  5  mae-west.SanFrancisco.mci.net (198.32.136.12)
  6  borderx2-hssi2-0.SanFrancisco.mci.net (204.70.158.117)
  7  core2-fddi-1.SanFrancisco.mci.net (204.70.158.65)
  8  core1-hssi-2.Sacramento.mci.net (204.70.1.146)
  9  core1-hssi-2.WillowSprings.mci.net (204.70.1.174)
 10  core-hssi-3.Chicago.mci.net (204.70.1.85)
 11  border3-fddi-0.Chicago.mci.net (204.70.2.83)
 12  t3-gw.mixnet.net (204.70.26.6)
 13  192.168.168.2 (192.168.168.2)
*14  Mpls13-gw.MR.Net (137.192.241.13)
 15  Winternet1-mrnet.MR.Net (137.192.18.2)
 16  pm-1.winternet.com (199.199.125.1)
 17  orion.solon.com (199.199.125.161)

Apparently, net99.net has fixed their end (yay!), but mci and mr.net (or
one of their links) have problems.

(yeah, I was bored again)

-- Rob
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