Gavin, Try doing a traceroute to your router's IP address and see if you can connect. You can use one of the traceroute servers on traceroute.org, or one of my favorites is http://visualroute.visualware.co.uk/ which gives you a visual view and more info on performance, any blocked traffic, etc.
Tom | -----Original Message----- | From: Gavin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 8:13 PM | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: recover from possible DOS attack! | Importance: High | | | Help! | | I work at a small company and for the last 4 days our small network (4 | computers!!!) could not and still can not get online, I told my | boss it might | be a DOS (Denial of service) attack. all the files seem to be OK | but I just | cant get donline, Question, how do you recover from this type of | attack?? | | The OS's are Windows ME and windows 2000 the other boxes are | linux (Mandrake | and RedHat) all connected via a router. My friend told me to | just reset the | router connection (internet connection) and all will be well, | but I just want | some expert advice before doing so. I hope to hear from someone soon. | | Sincerely | | Operator (Gavin) | Fukushimaken, Fukushima City | Japan |
