Totally stumped - very long post

[Joe Holden]

Paul Scotchmen wrote:
> [root at www ~]# traceroute 66.140.63.124
> traceroute to 66.140.63.124 (66.140.63.124), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
> traceroute: sendto: Host is down
> 1 traceroute: wrote 66.140.63.124 40 chars, ret=-1
> *traceroute: sendto: Host is down
> traceroute: wrote 66.140.63.124 40 chars, ret=-1
> 
> Here's something odd.  If I change the first octet to anything other 
> than 66, the traceroutes run normally.  But if I leave the first octet 
> at 66 and change any of the other octets, they all return host is down.  
> I double checked, and the defaultrouter is 66.221.96.1 in /etc/rc.conf.
Well of course, double check your routing table ;) (hint: second route 
entry)

Ta,
Joe