That third hop is denying ICMP echoes to you. Is it a router of your own or is it outside your network? If you'd be willing to share that destination with us at least I would be willing to traceroute it from my location to help see if it is an issue at your end or not.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/10/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael A. Price</b> <<a href="mailto:mprice@sgt-inc.com">mprice@sgt-inc.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Yes…. </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;"> </span></font></p>
<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Its weird, from the shell#. I can trace
route to the host if its up in 3 HOPS. But if the host is offline, it does 2
HOPS and then 28 more blank lines of stars. Not sure why it doesn't just time
out after 3 HOPS, it takes a couple minutes to time out.</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">That's what my problem is, so I removed
the trace option to my hosts. Any help would be great…</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Thanks, michael</span></font></p>
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<p><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> Josh Luthman
[mailto:<a href="mailto:josh@imaginenetworksllc.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">josh@imaginenetworksllc.com</a>] <br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, January 09, 2008
3:32 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:hobbit@hswn.dk" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">hobbit@hswn.dk</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [hobbit] Re: Conn test problems</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Michael,<br>
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Were you the one that couldn't traceroute to the host via the shell?<br>
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Josh</span></font></p>
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<p><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On 1/9/08, <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Michael
A. Price</span></b> <<a href="mailto:mprice@sgt-inc.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"> mprice@sgt-inc.com</a>>
wrote:</span></font></span></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">My 'ping test completed' goes through the roof if my #trace
tag is in the monitoring field and the host is down…</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">It keeps trying to trace route and it times out..</span></font></p>
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<p><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Never found a fix..</span></font></p>
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<p><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; font-weight: bold;">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> Josh Luthman [mailto:
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, January 09, 2008
10:55 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:hobbit@hswn.dk" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">hobbit@hswn.dk</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [hobbit] Re: Conn test problems</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Has anyone else encountered issues like this?
Has anyone else encountered any similar issues with all the conn tests going
haywire?<br>
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I figured I'd also post this information while "bumping" the email:</span></font></p>
<pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">bbgen for Hobbit version 4.2.0<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br><br><br><br>
</span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Statistics:<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Hosts : 164
<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Status messages : 531<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
Purple messages : 0<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Pages : 1<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
TIME SPENT<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Event Starttime Duration</span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Startup 1199894029.525853 -<br><br>
<br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Load links done 1199894029.526327 0.000474 <br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Load bbhosts done 1199894029.531645</span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> 0.005318 <br><br><br><br></span>
</font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">ACK removal done 1199894029.531742 0.000097 <br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Load</span></font> STATE done 1199894029.563429 0.031687 <br><br><br><br></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Color calculation done
</span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1199894029.563629 0.000200 <br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
Hobbit pagegen start 1199894029.563659 0.000030 <br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Hobbit pagegen done
1199894029.573544 0.009885 <br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">BB2 generation done </span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">1199894029.576605 0.003061 <br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">BBNK generation done 1199894029.577261
0.000656 <br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Summary transmission done 1199894029.577265 0.000004 <br><br><br><br></span>
</font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">WML generation done </span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1199894029.578793
0.001528 <br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Run completed 1199894029.578798 0.000005 <br><br><br><br></span>
</font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">TIME TOTAL 0.052945 </span></font></pre>
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<pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">bbtest-net version </span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">4.2.0<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre>
<pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">SSL library : OpenSSL 0.9.8b 04 May 2006<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">LDAP library: OpenLDAP 20327
<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Statistics:
<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Hosts total : 161<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
Hosts with no tests : 1<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Total test count : 181<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Status messages : 182</span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Alert status msgs : 0<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Transmissions : 3<br><br><br><br></span>
</font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">DNS statistics:<br><br><br><br></span>
</font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> # hostnames resolved : 16<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
# succesful : 16<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> # failed : 0<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> # calls to dnsresolve : 27</span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">TCP test statistics:<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> # TCP tests total : 13<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> # HTTP tests : 5<br><br><br><br></span>
</font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> # Simple TCP tests : 8<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
# Connection attempts : 13<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> # bytes written : 780<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> # bytes read : 22792</span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
TIME SPENT<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Event Starttime Duration<br><br><br><br></span></font>
</pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">bbtest-net startup 1199893834.785076 -<br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Service definitions loaded </span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1199893834.787463 0.002387 <br><br><br><br></span>
</font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tests loaded 1199893834.793085 0.005622 <br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">DNS lookups completed 1199893834.883042 0.089957 <br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Test engine setup completed
</span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1199893834.886789 0.003747 <br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">
TCP tests completed 1199893835.028904 0.142115 <br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">PING</span></font> test completed (160 hosts)
1199893870.087696 35.058792 <br><br><br><br></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">PING</span></font> test results sent </pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">1199893870.090125 0.002429 <br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Test result collection completed 1199893870.090173
0.000048 <br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">LDAP test engine setup completed 1199893870.090175 0.000002 <br><br><br><br></span>
</font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">LDAP tests executed </span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1199893870.090177
0.000002 <br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">LDAP tests result collection completed 1199893870.090179 0.000002 <br><br><br><br></span>
</font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">NSLOOKUP tests executed 1199893870.244778 0.154599 <br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Test results transmitted </span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">1199893870.246478 0.001700 <br><br><br><br></span>
</font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">bbtest-net completed 1199893870.248556 0.002078 <br><br><br><br></span></font></pre><pre><font face="Courier New" size="2">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">TIME TOTAL 35.463480</span></font></pre>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On
1/7/08, <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Josh Luthman</span></b> <<a href="mailto:josh@imaginenetworksllc.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">josh@imaginenetworksllc.com</a>>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I've been
getting a lot of these recently. A lot of the time I'll get a good 3/4 of
the hosts I'm monitoring like this, other days it is just one or two. I
can't seem to find any pattern to it. I'm very confident it isn't network
related as it happens to the first entry, Hobbit server. I just can't
imagine why it would have issues getting to <a href="http://127.0.0.1" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">127.0.0.1</a>!<br>
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I was also under the impression that the ping test is done every 60s or 120s so
these tests just can't be true positive results. <br>
<br>
Poking around I also found that the test to my hobbit server (this is <a href="http://127.0.0.1" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">127.0.0.1</a> mind you) went up in
early December.<br>
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Looking for any input at this point!<br clear="all">
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-- <br>
Josh Luthman <br>
Office: 937-552-2340<br>
Direct: 937-552-2343<br>
1100 Wayne St <br>
Suite 1337<br>
Troy, OH
45373<br>
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Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.<br>
--- Henry Spencer <br clear="all">
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-- <br>
Josh Luthman<br>
Office: 937-552-2340<br>
Direct: 937-552-2343<br>
1100 Wayne St<br>
Suite 1337<br>
Troy, OH
45373<br>
<br>
Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. <br>
--- Henry Spencer </span></font></p>
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-- <br>
Josh Luthman<br>
Office: 937-552-2340<br>
Direct: 937-552-2343<br>
1100 Wayne St<br>
Suite 1337<br>
Troy, OH
45373<br>
<br>
Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. <br>
--- Henry Spencer </span></font></p>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Josh Luthman<br>Office: 937-552-2340<br>Direct: 937-552-2343<br>1100 Wayne St<br>Suite 1337<br>Troy, OH 45373<br><br>Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
<br>--- Henry Spencer