There is packet-Loss on deham02 - Easynet (Hamburg) $ ping deham02.sixxs.net PING deham02.sixxs.net (212.224.0.189): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 212.224.0.189: icmp_seq=0 ttl=55 time=71.770 ms Request timeout for icmp_seq 1 Request timeout for icmp_seq 2 Request timeout for icmp_seq 3 64 bytes from 212.224.0.189: icmp_seq=4 ttl=55 time=65.233 ms Request timeout for icmp_seq 5 Request timeout for icmp_seq 6 64 bytes from 212.224.0.189: icmp_seq=7 ttl=55 time=64.878 ms 64 bytes from 212.224.0.189: icmp_seq=8 ttl=55 time=68.530 ms Request timeout for icmp_seq 9 64 bytes from 212.224.0.189: icmp_seq=10 ttl=55 time=67.164 ms 64 bytes from 212.224.0.189: icmp_seq=11 ttl=55 time=61.623 ms ^C --- deham02.sixxs.net ping statistics --- 12 packets transmitted, 6 packets received, 50.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 61.623/66.533/71.770/3.171 ms $ traceroute deham02.sixxs.net traceroute to deham02.sixxs.net (212.224.0.189), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets 1 87.239.139.145 (87.239.139.145) 1.796 ms 1.407 ms 1.536 ms 2 lo1.br62.ber.de.hansenet.net (213.191.64.186) 25.447 ms 25.391 ms 25.051 ms 3 ae1-102.cr01.ber.de.hansenet.net (62.109.108.125) 24.518 ms 24.429 ms 24.608 ms 4 so-1-0-0-0.cr01.weham.de.hansenet.net (213.191.87.129) 30.840 ms 31.170 ms 31.541 ms 5 ae1-102.pr01.weham.de.hansenet.net (62.109.121.12) 33.772 ms ae0-101.pr01.weham.de.hansenet.net (62.109.120.12) 31.087 ms 30.899 ms 6 workix.ixhbg.de.easynet.net (80.81.203.26) 32.219 ms 31.142 ms 31.501 ms 7 ge2-0-8.gr10.isham.de.easynet.net (87.86.77.126) 32.698 ms 30.664 ms 30.310 ms 8 ge3-7.br2.isham.de.easynet.net (87.86.71.241) 32.821 ms 31.495 ms 32.023 ms 9 ge7-1.cr20.isham.de.easynet.net (212.224.4.89) 32.080 ms 31.453 ms 32.254 ms 10 212.224.0.189 (212.224.0.189) 71.976 ms * * Seems to be a general problem at Easynet - Hamburg see https://www.sixxs.net/tickets/?msg=tickets-1354604