NSI Bulletin 098-012 | New GTLD server

Simon Leinen simon at limmat.switch.ch
Fri Sep 11 11:41:47 UTC 1998


Is GlobalCenter the intended location of the K.GTLD-SERVERS.NET?
What was wrong with the LINX service network where the
K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET is installed?

When K.ROOT-SERVERS.NET was moved to London, we invested some effort
to optimize routing towards the LINX from the European research
networks.  Is the plan that we do this again for the new gTLD server?

Right now a query/response to the new gTLD server in England takes
four transatlantic hops from Switzerland.  I don't really see the
improvement with respect to the other name servers, except for those
who peer with GlobalCenter in Europe.

$ ping -sv k.gtld-servers.net. 140 10
PING k.gtld-servers.net: 140 data bytes
148 bytes from 195.8.99.11: icmp_seq=1. time=239. ms
148 bytes from 195.8.99.11: icmp_seq=2. time=308. ms
148 bytes from 195.8.99.11: icmp_seq=3. time=437. ms
148 bytes from 195.8.99.11: icmp_seq=4. time=466. ms
148 bytes from 195.8.99.11: icmp_seq=6. time=442. ms
148 bytes from 195.8.99.11: icmp_seq=7. time=456. ms
148 bytes from 195.8.99.11: icmp_seq=8. time=467. ms

----k.gtld-servers.net PING Statistics----
10 packets transmitted, 7 packets received, 30% packet loss
round-trip (ms)  min/avg/max = 239/402/467
$ ping -sv k.root-servers.net. 140 10
PING k.root-servers.net: 140 data bytes
148 bytes from k.root-servers.net (193.0.14.129): icmp_seq=0. time=39. ms
148 bytes from k.root-servers.net (193.0.14.129): icmp_seq=1. time=41. ms
148 bytes from k.root-servers.net (193.0.14.129): icmp_seq=2. time=44. ms
148 bytes from k.root-servers.net (193.0.14.129): icmp_seq=3. time=38. ms
148 bytes from k.root-servers.net (193.0.14.129): icmp_seq=4. time=36. ms
148 bytes from k.root-servers.net (193.0.14.129): icmp_seq=5. time=52. ms
148 bytes from k.root-servers.net (193.0.14.129): icmp_seq=6. time=46. ms
148 bytes from k.root-servers.net (193.0.14.129): icmp_seq=7. time=40. ms
148 bytes from k.root-servers.net (193.0.14.129): icmp_seq=8. time=34. ms
148 bytes from k.root-servers.net (193.0.14.129): icmp_seq=9. time=35. ms

----k.root-servers.net PING Statistics----
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip (ms)  min/avg/max = 34/40/52

Regards,
-- 
Simon.
SWITCH					http://www.switch.ch/
Swiss Academic & Research Network

>>>>> "jr" == James Rishaw <jamie at dilbert.ais.net> writes:
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> k.gtld-servers.net.     3d9h11m26s IN A  195.8.99.11

> inetnum:     195.8.98.0 - 195.8.99.255
> netname:     ISI-NET-LHR2-A
> descr:       Frontier GlobalCenter (formerly Internet Systems)
> descr:       Internet Service Provider (GB)



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