I run Ubuntu 10.04 as my primary OS. When I try to go to the Python docs site http://docs.python.org/, I find it times out. At least one other unrelated site also acts the same but I won't mention it here due to its secure nature. In other words, it's not specific to the Python site.
However, from a VM on that box, running XP, it works fine. So I'm pretty certain the network path is the same.
A traceroute from the VM succeeds:
1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 3 ms 1 ms 1 ms mygateway1.ar7 [10.1.1.1]
3 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms per22.ba.optusnet.com.au [198.142.131.23]
4 23 ms 23 ms 91 ms per1-ge0-0-447.gw.optusnet.com.au [198.142.49.225]
5 81 ms 81 ms 81 ms mas3-ge2-0-0-811.gw.optusnet.com.au [211.29.155.11]
6 251 ms 235 ms 235 ms 203.208.148.97
7 233 ms 238 ms 231 ms 10gigabitethernet1-3.core1.lax1.he.net [206.223.123.37]
8 302 ms 298 ms 300 ms 10gigabitethernet4-3.core1.nyc4.he.net [72.52.92.225]
9 385 ms 374 ms 375 ms 10gigabitethernet3-1.core1.ams1.he.net [216.66.24.154]
10 384 ms 385 ms 566 ms xs4all.10gigabitethernet3-3.core1.ams1.he.net [216.66.84.58]
11 384 ms 392 ms 384 ms 0.so-1-0-0.xr4.1d12.xs4all.net [194.109.5.1]
12 380 ms 381 ms 380 ms te5-4.swcolo2.3d12.xs4all.net [194.109.12.34]
13 385 ms 384 ms 384 ms dinsdale.python.org [82.94.164.162]
Trace complete.
A traceroute from Ubuntu does not:
1 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 1.556 ms 2.072 ms 2.572 ms
2 mygateway1.ar7 (10.1.1.1) 9.789 ms 9.942 ms 10.055 ms
3 per22.ba.optusnet.com.au (198.142.131.23) 26.961 ms 29.120 ms 30.295 ms
4 per1-ge0-0-447.gw.optusnet.com.au (198.142.49.225) 31.657 ms 33.243 ms 35.076 ms
5 mas3-ge2-0-0-811.gw.optusnet.com.au (211.29.155.11) 94.694 ms 96.076 ms 97.724 ms
6 203.208.192.169 (203.208.192.169) 247.401 ms 233.327 ms 230.700 ms
7 xe-3-2-0.lax20.ip4.tinet.net (77.67.79.9) 232.466 ms 233.434 ms 234.605 ms
8 xe-10-0-0.lon21.ip4.tinet.net (89.149.184.249) 378.506 ms 379.635 ms 381.975 ms
9 * * *
10 * * *
:
29 * * *
30 * * *
Now they're the same up to step 6, and I'm not sure if the path being taken from there is the problem. My question is why does it take different paths? My Ubuntu box is 192.168.0.101
and my VM is the same but ending in .102
.
The box is connected to a wireless access point (through a cable connection) which is, in turn, attached to the ADSL modem. A laptop elsewhere in the house, using the wireless access, also has no trouble.
What could be causing this behaviour for the primary box?