No Google Docs on Frontrunner

 

Symptoms

I could not connect to Google Documents. I got the error message that noted that I could not connect to a server at 192.168.10.6 with the port 15871. See the graphic in the previous blog. I have found it easier to blog the graphic through Picasa and then to write about.

 

Gathering Information

The ip address for docs.google.com is 209.85.172.100. My ip on the train was 10.0.5.149 and the router ip was 10.0.5.129. Tracert timed out on all hops except to the first router. I could not connect to a browser with 192.168.10.6. This was on a 6 am train and I was told that the train was #3. The text below is trace route output:

 

Tracing route to writely.l.google.com [209.85.173.100]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

 

1 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.0.5.129
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 * * * Request timed out.

(Continues the down to 30)

30 * * * Request timed out.

Trace complete.

Here the complete configuration of my laptop:

 

IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.5.149(Preferred)

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.128

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, September 23, 2008 6:04:06 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, September 23, 2008 6:34:05 AM

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.5.129

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.5.129

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.5.129