Is Google down - or routing error in CA somewhere?

[_Jim]

Pings to www.google.com don't 'come back' (time out) and a traceroute currently shows:

  3   148 ms   136 ms   148 ms  ethos-1.sv0227.usdlls2-j20c.savvis.net [xx.xxx.xx.xxx]
  4   171 ms   136 ms   151 ms  interconnect-eng.xxxxxx1.level3.net [xx.xxx.xxx.xx]
  5   148 ms   147 ms   158 ms  so-4-1-0.bbr2.xxxxx1.level3.net [x.xx.xxx.xxx]
  6   200 ms   197 ms   187 ms  unknown.level3.net [209.247.9.182]
  7   192 ms   193 ms   198 ms  ge-9-2.ipcolo2.sanjose1.level3.net [64.159.2.164]
  8     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  9     *        *        *     Request timed out.

[PAR35]

Thanks for posting this. I just came back to FR when I couldn't get to Google News. It's always good to know it isn't my computer/connection.

[cebadams]

No problems from the mid-west. I heard today that Level 3 was having some problems. Maybe your problems are related to that.

[_Jim]

Roger that - I've never seen Google down before so this has got to be a first ...

[_Jim]

I heard today that Level 3 was having some problems.

That could be it - that's where the traceroute listing above shows a problem ...

[PAR35]

From previous discussion, I assume that we are in the same general part of the world. If you hadn't posted what you did, I would have thought that the problem was with a name server at this end. You "occidentally" left off the first two links, so I couldn't be sure of your location.

[_Jim]

Central/southern states area - Tejas - to be exact ...

[_Jim]

... and still inaccessable here:

C:\WINDOWS>ping www.google.com

Pinging www.google.akadns.net [216.239.33.99] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 216.239.33.99:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

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What part of the country (or world) are you in?

[cebadams]

I've been looking around from my end and don't see anything odd. Even Keynotes Internet Heath o-meter doesn't show anything unusual.

http://www1.internetpulse.net/1/

[_Jim]

maybe the DNS I'ms using is hosed - when you do a ping or tracert, what address do you get?

[cebadams]

4 srp-1-0-ur01.pontiac.mi.mich.comcast.net (68.87.62.2) 32.187 ms 15.393 ms 13.349 ms
5 12.118.239.37 (12.118.239.37) 23.103 ms 27.511 ms 19.09 ms
6 tbr1-p012301.cgcil.ip.att.net (12.123.6.9) 24.591 ms 23.468 ms 22.441 ms
7 ggr2-p310.cgcil.ip.att.net (12.123.6.65) 46.783 ms 21.81 ms 24.968 ms
8 dcr1-so-3-3-0.chicago.cw.net (208.175.10.93) 27.44 ms 22.501 ms 25.593 ms
9 dcr1-loopback.washington.cw.net (206.24.226.99) 57.012 ms 38.447 ms 40.414 ms
10 bhr1-pos-10-0.sterling2dc3.cw.net (206.24.238.38) 47.538 ms 43.871 ms 36.492 ms
11 csr11-ve240.sterling2dc3.cw.net (216.109.66.82) 37.94 ms 39.86 ms 38.746 ms
12 218-google-exodusdc.exodus.net (216.109.88.218) 40.034 ms 37.902 ms 39.575 ms
13 64.233.174.133 (64.233.174.133) 38.357 ms 36.512 ms 40.977 ms
14 216.239.49.37 (216.239.49.37) 41.242 ms 36.294 ms 43.446 ms

[_Jim]

Okay - it's back up now - and I changed nothing here, same name/URL gets resolved to the same IP address so, network problems most likely ...

[_Jim]

Just moment ago:

  4   150 ms   147 ms   148 ms  500.pos3-0.gw5.dfw9.alter.net [157.130.155.233]
  5   170 ms   137 ms   157 ms  130.at-5-0-0.xr1.dfw9.alter.net [152.63.100.42]
  6   169 ms   147 ms   148 ms  185.atm5-0.br4.dfw9.alter.net [152.63.100.209]
  7   161 ms   145 ms   148 ms  204.255.168.82
  8   141 ms   138 ms   128 ms  dcr2-as0-0.dallas.cw.net [208.172.131.53]
  9   198 ms   202 ms   182 ms  dcr2-loopback.santaclara.cw.net [208.172.146.100]
 10   183 ms   188 ms   188 ms  bhr2-pos-0-0.santaclarasc3.cw.net [208.172.156.214]
 11   200 ms   197 ms   188 ms  csr1-ve243.santaclarasc3.cw.net [216.33.153.205]
 12   199 ms   197 ms   207 ms  google-exodus.exodus.net [64.68.64.210]
 13   179 ms   188 ms   197 ms  216.239.47.22
 14   213 ms   198 ms   192 ms  www.google.akadns.net [216.239.33.99]
 15   177 ms   198 ms   198 ms  www.google.akadns.net [216.239.33.99]

Trace complete.

Network seems to be operable again!

[cebadams]

But you aren't routing through Level3 anymore. Now you route through exodus. Looks like there's still problems with Level3.

[_Jim]

Now you route through exodus.

Yeah, I noticed that. Bypasssing a 'bad segment' of the internet ...

[yonif]

I had the same problem.