Hello everyone..... I'm a bit new to the whole concept of using the traceroute command and have run into a question that I have been unable to find the answer for by searching about (here and the rest of the net)..... every tracert I am running is consistently timing out on the first hop and then running relatively fine from there...... I had a tracert run back to my IP and it in turn timed out once reaching the same spot in route..... I am understanding that this is a problem on my end of things, but I am having a difficulty determining what the problem is..... I have a single computer (running Windows XP sp2 installed) connected directly to the cable modem (Scientific-Atlanta DPC2100 under Comcast HSI service), so there isn't a router causing the problem..... I do run a software firewall (Zone Alarm v 5.1.033 alone without XP firewall), but the problem still exists with it turned off..... what other things do I need to consider at this point..? wiring perhaps...? thank you in advance for any insight you can provide....