Problem:
On my wireless network at home, there is one URL that I just cannot access with my browser:
http://research.microsoft.com/
I have no problems with the Internet connection otherwise. But on that address I just get
The connection was reset
The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.
from Firefox. I am using a DSL modem (Westell) and Linksys wireless router (using DHCP). When I use my neighbor's wireless connection I can access the microsoft site without a problem.
Additional technical details:
But with my connection, here is what I get from nslookup. It is weird: It first cannot find the address, but after I look up another address it can find it:
$ nslookup research.microsoft.com
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
$ nslookup google.com
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 72.14.204.104
Name: google.com
Address: 72.14.204.147
Name: google.com
Address: 72.14.204.99
Name: google.com
Address: 72.14.204.103
$ nslookup research.microsoft.com
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: research.microsoft.com
Address: 131.107.65.14
But even after nslookup finds it Firefox still cannot access it.
Here is what traceroute says:
$ traceroute http://research.microsoft.com/
traceroute: Warning: http://research.microsoft.com/ has multiple addresses; using 8.15.7.117
traceroute to http://research.microsoft.com/ (8.15.7.117), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 dslrouter.westell.com (1XX.XXX.X.X) 4.515 ms 2.760 ms 3.072 ms
2 * * *
Traceroute just to the IP:
$ traceroute 131.107.65.14
traceroute to 131.107.65.14 (131.107.65.14), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 dslrouter.westell.com (1XX.XXX.X.X) 11.912 ms 2.684 ms 2.808 ms
2 * * *
Comparison: Traceroute to google.com IP:
$ traceroute 72.14.204.99
traceroute to 72.14.204.99 (72.14.204.99), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 dslrouter.westell.com (1XX.XXX.X.X) 6.428 ms 6.981 ms 117.099 ms
2 * * *
Any comments / help?
