Re: Network Trouble

[Robert Dinse <nanook@eskimo.com>]

> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 02:31:50 -0700
> From: David Larsen <dslarsen@eskimo.com>
> To: Robert Dinse <nanook@eskimo.com>
> Subject: Re: Network Trouble
> 
> I've been having a lot of trouble getting AOL Instant Messenger to work,
> and ICQ too. Usually they connect the first time, but over the last 24
> hours there has been almost total failure to connect. As for WHAT these
> guys connect to, I'm in the dark.
> 
> I tried to go to http://aol.com for answers, and that won't connect. I did
> get part of that page once, but it stopped about halfway, and now I can't
> get it at all.
> 
> I heard that aol bought out icq, so I ws kinda chalking it up to that until
> I got this email.
> 
> Currently I am connected to icq, but aol instant messenger simply will not
> connect.
> 
> David

     This is a different problem.  AOL's name service is broken up by Sprint in
such a way that different portions of the network are routed to their network
through different links.  The link for this portion of Sprint's network to
AOL's name servers is down; actually it is bouncing, it will be up briefly for
half a second then go back down.  Sprint says it is a problem with AOL's end of
the link and they are working on it.