[TriLUG] OT: DNS/Routing Curiosity

[Jason Tower]

traceroute should shed more light on the subject

jason

On Monday 26 July 2004 16:51, Brian Henning wrote:
> Hi List,
>   Been meaning to toss this question out there and see if anyone
> would enlighten me..  Here's the scoop:
> At home, I can, for example, type in http://cheetah.dynip.com on any
> computer inside my home LAN and get my website.  cheetah.dynip.com
> points to my DSL external IP.  So apparently, packets for that
> particular connection go outbound, then turn around at the nearest
> external router to find their way to my server.
> At work, however, the same trick doesn't seem to work.
> http://strutmasters.net doesn't come back around to our server; it
> just never gets answered.  From outside it works as expected.
> What could be the difference?
> Is that enough info to explain what I want to know?  I'll be happy to
> go into greater detail if necessary.
>
> Cheers,
> ~Brian
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