traceroute works - ping doesn't

[Kliment Andreev]

> so got a complete traceroute. Any idea why I can't ping but can 
> traceroute? I am
> unable to run make install to install ports because it doesn't connect.

They are using firewall (ICMP blocking).
Are you sure with the ports? Sometimes it takes a while.

What about ftp ftp.freebsd.org?
What is the output of this? ping a.root-servers.net