We have a winner. Jared, Thanks. Do I have to admit the resolve or can we just let stand at "We have a winner"?: George > From: Jared Anderson > Subject: Re: Connection Refused When Attempting to Contact > plug.phoenix.az.us > To: PLUG discussion list > > On Mon, 22 Aug 2005 08:16:52 -0700, George writes: > >Unable to reach the PLUG page. > > > >Keep getting the dreaded "The connection was refused when attempting to > >contact plug.phoenix.az.us". > > > >My firewall shows a blocked incoming ICMP from remote host > 255.255.255.255 > >and a block incoming ICMP from remote host 139.130.97.62 at > about the same > >time of one attempt however this does not seem to be repeatable. > > > >Any ideas. > > what happens when you try to ping it: > ------------------- > gNotebook ~ # ping plug.phoenix.az.us > PING plug.phoenix.az.us (66.98.190.6) 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from secure.ecommerce-order5.com (66.98.190.6): > icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=50.4 > ms 64 bytes from secure.ecommerce-order5.com (66.98.190.6): > icmp_seq=2 ttl=51 > time=50.1 ms 64 bytes from secure.ecommerce-order5.com > (66.98.190.6): icmp_seq=3 > ttl=51 time=51.0 ms 64 bytes from secure.ecommerce-order5.com > (66.98.190.6): > icmp_seq=4 ttl=51 time=50.5 ms 64 bytes from secure.ecommerce-order5.com > (66.98.190.6): icmp_seq=5 ttl=51 time=52.2 ms > ------------------------------------------------------ > Have you recently messed with your /etc/hosts file? > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss