Oh here we go .. it's in Herndon, VA .. whatever VA stands for . is that Virginia? =)
ooh, that is where I am
and yes, that is Virginia
I'm *pretty* sure the box isn't up...if it is, then it doesn't respond to ping (perhaps icmp is turned off) but that is fairly unlikely. It's a cable IP... off a cable modem so my hunch is it is down now.
[katia@utopia] ~> whois -h whois.arin.net 24.198.171.252
OrgName: ROADRUNNER-NYC
OrgID: RRNY
Address: 13241 Woodland Park Road
City: Herndon
StateProv: VA
PostalCode: 20171
Country: US
NetRange: 24.198.0.0 - 24.198.255.255
CIDR: 24.198.0.0/16
NetName: RR-3-NORTHEAST
NetHandle: NET-24-198-0-0-1
Parent: NET-24-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: DNS1.RR.COM
NameServer: DNS2.RR.COM
NameServer: DNS3.RR.COM
NameServer: DNS4.RR.COM
Comment: ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE
RegDate: 2001-08-03
Updated: 2002-11-25
*shrug*
not to mention, when port scanning it, ftp didn't show up as an open port, so even if they are blocking icmp, i would have seen the ftp daemon running.
is he *sure* it's running/working?