Hmm. From here in Vancouver Canada, the name resolves to the same address, pings fail, and the given URL gets me the web page.
Try using the top-level page address: http://tf.nist.gov/phase/Properties/main.htm (Looks like the whole set of pages is worth reading anyway). Dave On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 7:44 AM, Steve Rooke <sar10...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, I've tried it from a Windows 7 install here and still cannot get > it up using Firefox or IE so it must be some sort of regional > blocking. Windows troubleshooter under IE could not suggest an answer > for this but there again that's hardly surprising. > > $ nslookup tf.nist.gov > Server: 127.0.0.1 > Address: 127.0.0.1#53 > > Non-authoritative answer: > tf.nist.gov canonical name = tf.boulder.nist.gov. > tf.boulder.nist.gov canonical name = symp17.boulder.nist.gov. > Name: symp17.boulder.nist.gov > Address: 132.163.4.169 > > Seems to resolve fine but trying to ping it fails (still that is no > indication of a problem). > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.