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Tex · 09-15-2007, 01:45 PM

I'm posting this under football, because if I don't get this resolved, I won't be able to see the Tulsa game. Posted it on CB as well.

It's actually more of a connectivity problem more than a Slingbox problem. Finally broke down and bought a Slingbox for a friend of mine over in Utah so I can see the games. But I can't get to the guy's box.

(Warning, technical stuff coming)

For some odd reason, we cannot get to each other's IP address. When I ping his box, I get a string of "Request timed out" responses, no matter how long I make the timeout length, or the TTL. He gets the same.

Weird thing is, when I do a traceroute, my signal gets all the way to him ... I get there in about 15 hops. But I can't ping, and Slingbox can't locate the IP address either.

I'm at my rope's end. I work in the Internet industry, so I know a few tricks, but I've never had this problem before. How come two publicly available IPs can't hit each other?

Any thoughts? I want to see Tulsa today!!

09-15-2007, 01:45 PM	#1
Tex Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 8,596	Slingbox help! I'm posting this under football, because if I don't get this resolved, I won't be able to see the Tulsa game. Posted it on CB as well. It's actually more of a connectivity problem more than a Slingbox problem. Finally broke down and bought a Slingbox for a friend of mine over in Utah so I can see the games. But I can't get to the guy's box. (Warning, technical stuff coming) For some odd reason, we cannot get to each other's IP address. When I ping his box, I get a string of "Request timed out" responses, no matter how long I make the timeout length, or the TTL. He gets the same. Weird thing is, when I do a traceroute, my signal gets all the way to him ... I get there in about 15 hops. But I can't ping, and Slingbox can't locate the IP address either. I'm at my rope's end. I work in the Internet industry, so I know a few tricks, but I've never had this problem before. How come two publicly available IPs can't hit each other? Any thoughts? I want to see Tulsa today!! __________________ "Have we been commanded not to call a prophet an insular racist? Link?" "And yes, [2010] is a very good year to be a Democrat. Perhaps the best year in decades ..." - Cali Coug "Oh dear, granny, what a long tail our puss has got." - Brigham Young