SM> I'm having a problem reaching a web site I need to use
 SM> frequently. On occasion, I can get on immediately, but today
 SM> I clicked on the URL before I left for work, and when I came
 SM> home 9 hours later Mozilla was still reportedly
 SM> "contacting...."

 SM> First question, is there any way to find out who (and/or)
 SM> where this is:

 SM> 10.49.32.1

 SM> Next, since TRACERTE shows this as the first hop on my way to
 SM> the needed site, and pinging it shows lost packets as long as
 SM> I'd care to wait, is there a way I can somehow route around
 SM> whatever this site is?

are you sure about that IP number? that entire Class A block shows up as
being reserved by the IANA as reserved... and if i recall correctly, that
entire block is used in internal networks when they use a Class A block for
their internal addressing... who is your ISP? i've heard of some that use
the reserved blocks on their internal networks and proxy or nat everything
for their clients... of course, it could be a machine in you home network
if you have one... hell, run nmap against it and see what OS fingerprint
you get back and possibly what ports it may have open ;)

)\/(ark