Hi
AJ:
Thanks for taking time to help me. I have checked with Spamhaus and my IP is not on the SBL or XBL. It is on the PBL though - my understanding is that this just indicates sthat it is a dynamic IP.
Chase:
Thanks also for helping. First a little bit about my setup: I have a router running OpenWRT (192.168.1.1) which is bridged with a switch (10.43.0.1) that connects to the cable TV stuff that provides internet.
I can't ping the server. I tried tracing the route, but without success - it can't even trace from my router to the switch it is bridged with! When I try to connect directly to the switch and doing a trace route the result is the same! I sniffed the traffic and made sure that packets was leaving my router.
I have tried tracing 173.255.206.38 and 173.255.206.40 from my router too to check if it was a simple routing problem, but both works perfect!
Code:
traceroute to 173.255.206.38 (173.255.206.38), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
1 10.43.0.1 (10.43.0.1) 48.530 ms 100.692 ms 49.465 ms
2 10.250.20.1 (10.250.20.1) 90.630 ms 72.285 ms 95.013 ms
3 xe-3-0-0-126.boanqe10.dk.ip.tdc.net (87.54.59.193) 102.385 ms xe-0-1-0-125.boanqe10.dk.ip.tdc.net (62.242.37.97) 113.659 ms 71.982 ms
4 ae1-0.alb2nqp7.dk.ip.tdc.net (83.88.21.83) 110.828 ms 93.850 ms 60.512 ms
5 telia.xe-4-0-0-0.alb2nqp7.dk.ip.tdc.net (195.215.109.2) 77.288 ms 57.231 ms 93.849 ms
6 kbn-bb2-link.telia.net (80.91.249.50) 106.671 ms 36.201 ms 33.975 ms
7 nyk-bb1-link.telia.net (213.155.134.50) 127.668 ms nyk-bb1-link.telia.net (80.91.254.89) 182.949 ms nyk-bb2-link.telia.net (80.91.247.121) 126.737 ms
8 nyk-b6-link.telia.net (213.155.130.241) 93.177 ms nyk-b6-link.telia.net (80.91.253.95) 102.143 ms nyk-b6-link.telia.net (213.155.130.241) 97.656 ms
9 xe-0-0-1.bbr02.tl01.nyc01.networklayer.com (213.248.72.174) 116.738 ms 136.430 ms 109.718 ms
10 ae1.bbr01.eq01.chi01.networklayer.com (173.192.18.132) 229.309 ms 246.416 ms 254.872 ms
11 ae20.bbr01.eq01.dal03.networklayer.com (173.192.18.136) 253.489 ms 241.361 ms 199.929 ms
12 po31.dsr02.dllstx3.networklayer.com (173.192.18.227) 248.582 ms 181.821 ms 177.114 ms
13 po32.dsr02.dllstx2.networklayer.com (70.87.255.70) 159.808 ms po31.dsr01.dllstx2.networklayer.com (70.87.255.66) 175.571 ms po32.dsr02.dllstx2.networklayer.com (70.87.255.70) 142.396 ms
14 po1.car02.dllstx2.networklayer.com (70.87.254.82) 143.691 ms po2.car02.dllstx2.networklayer.com (70.87.254.86) 154.025 ms 218.516 ms
15 router2-dal.linode.com (67.18.7.94) 193.360 ms 199.454 ms 152.399 ms
16 li216-38.members.linode.com (173.255.206.38) 140.574 ms 189.193 ms 155.985 ms
This matches your route very well except for the last part where the ISP is routing the packages on their internal 10.* subnet, which is expected.
So from what I can see there is no problem in your end or in my end. But as soon as I try to access 173.255.206.39 through my ISP it mysteriously stops working. I have to call their support tomorrow and get a technician to help me fix the problem.
Thanks a lot both of you for helping me.
Christian