Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!decwrl!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!apple!keith
From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Why can't I reach apple.com?
Message-ID: <42858@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 11 Jul 90 13:50:12 GMT
References: <1990Jul10.032438.6055@cs.rochester.edu> <1990Jul10.054039.13912@mthvax.cs.miami.edu>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <1990Jul10.054039.13912@mthvax.cs.miami.edu> aem@Mthvax.CS.Miami.Edu writes:
>In <1990Jul10.032438.6055@cs.rochester.edu> fulk@cs.rochester.edu (Mark Fulk) writes:
>
>>I've been trying.  cs.rochester.edu is an internet site on NYSERNET, the
>>New York State regional net.  I can generally reach sumex.stanford.edu and
>>acns.nwu.edu, as well as other popular ftp sites, but for some reason
>>my connection to apple.com never gets through.  The (ostensible) reasons
>>are either "Cannot reach apple.com" or "Connection timed out".
>
>I haven't been able to reach apple.com all day. Chances are it's just a
>router problem somewhere, which will get fixed before this message
>propagates.
>
>Hmmm. I just was able to ping 130.43.2.1 successfully, but not
>130.43.2.2 (apple.com), so it might not be a network problem, but
>a host problem.

Pingo...er, I mean, Bingo. It was a host problem. PG&E decided that we
were working to hard over here, and decided to turn off the power in
several buildings. Rather abruptly, too. Everything should be back, now.

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