On 06/16/2011 09:56 AM, Tim wrote: > Try some other addresses. Perhaps google.co.uk doesn't respond to > pings. Or, what happens when you try pinging it while on the gateway > computer? Until recently, mit.edu was a good choice. Checking, it no longer replies. However, using traceroute, I found that this works: ping OC11-RTR-1-BACKBONE.MIT.EDU