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It could simply be that your router has ping connections disabled on it.<br />
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Rob
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It could simply be that your router has ping connections disabled on it.

Rob

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When running the command 'tracert' on a WinXP machine, what is the significance of a &quot;Request Timed Out&quot; result for the first hop, but successful subsequent hops? For example:<br />
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C:\Documents and Settings\Nick&gt;tracert main<br />
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Tracing route to main.bw.local [172.21.1.4]<br />
over a maximum of 30 hops:<br />
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&nbsp; 1 &nbsp; &nbsp; * &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;* &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;* &nbsp; &nbsp; Request timed out.<br />
&nbsp; 2 &nbsp; &nbsp;28 ms &nbsp; &nbsp;11 ms &nbsp; &nbsp;11 ms &nbsp;172.21.1.4<br />
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Trace complete.<br />
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&nbsp; &quot;main&quot;(172.21.1.4) is a server being reached remotely over a VPN connection. <br />
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Other public IPs (google.com, yahoo.com, etc.) were also previously failing on first hop of tracert, but then a few minutes later gave a &quot;1ms 1ms &lt;1ms 192.168.5.1&quot; result for the local default gateway and continued on to the destination.<br />
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Does a Time Out on the first hop have any significance for troubleshooting a connection?
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When running the command 'tracert' on a WinXP machine, what is the significance of a "Request Timed Out" result for the first hop, but successful subsequent hops? For example:
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C:\Documents and Settings\Nick>tracert main

Tracing route to main.bw.local [172.21.1.4]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  2    28 ms    11 ms    11 ms  172.21.1.4

Trace complete.
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  "main"(172.21.1.4) is a server being reached remotely over a VPN connection. 

Other public IPs (google.com, yahoo.com, etc.) were also previously failing on first hop of tracert, but then a few minutes later gave a "1ms 1ms <1ms 192.168.5.1" result for the local default gateway and continued on to the destination.

Does a Time Out on the first hop have any significance for troubleshooting a connection?

tracert: Significance of First Hop &quot;Request Timed Out&quot;

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Networking Protocols

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Windows Networking

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tracert: Significance of First Hop &quot;Request Timed Out&quot;

tracert: Significance of First Hop "Request Timed Out"