traces from mae-east and mae-west via nitrous

Tue Oct 1 00:06:08 UTC 2002

hey all,

just wondering if anyone is seeing strange results coming from traces
performed from the coastal mae's via nitrous.digex.net ?

tracing to 203.89.226.2 via mae-east i get:
1 atm-east.primustel.com (198.32.187.120) 4 msec 0 msec 0 msec
  2 G1-0-10.cr1a.dca.primustel.com (209.227.134.2) [AS 11867] 0 msec 0
msec 4 msec
  3 ATM6-0-101.cr1.phi.primustel.com (209.227.128.13) [AS 11867] 4 msec
4 msec 8 msec
  4 ATM6-0-103.cr1.jfk.primustel.com (209.227.128.5) [AS 11867] 4 msec 8
msec 8 msec
  5 ATM6-0-110.cr1.sjc.primustel.com (209.227.128.78) [AS 11867] 76 msec
76 msec 76 msec
  6 209.227.129.242 [AS 11867] 252 msec 256 msec 252 msec
  7 vl046.sw02.mel.iprimus.net.au (203.134.50.21) [AS 9443] 252 msec 256
msec 252 msec
  8 203.134.50.14 [AS 9443] 256 msec 264 msec 268 msec
  9 203-134-48-154.cust.mel.iprimus.net.au (203.134.48.154) [AS 9443]
260 msec 268 msec 280 msec
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yet tracing to 203.89.226.2 via mae-central i get:
1 dfw10-core1-so-6-0-0.atlas.algx.net (165.117.69.81) 0 msec 0 msec 0
msec
  2 ord10-core2-so-0-3-0-0.atlas.algx.net (165.117.200.50) 24 msec 28
msec 24 msec
  3 ord10-core10-pos7-0.atlas.algx.net (165.117.192.122) [MPLS: Label
14458 Exp 0] 72 msec 28 msec 24 msec
  4 ord2-core3-pos5-0.atlas.algx.net (165.117.56.105) [MPLS: Label 13186
Exp 0] 28 msec 24 msec 28 msec
  5 ord2-core4-pos7-0.atlas.algx.net (165.117.48.98) 28 msec 24 msec 28
msec
  6 206.220.243.180 56 msec 52 msec 44 msec
  7 G1-0-10.cr1a.ord.primustel.com (209.227.140.2) [AS 11867] 60 msec 52
msec 60 msec
  8 ATM6-0-101.cr1.ord.primustel.com (209.227.128.61) [AS 11867] 92 msec
96 msec 100 msec
  9 209.227.129.242 [AS 11867] 276 msec 280 msec 296 msec
 10 vl046.sw02.mel.iprimus.net.au (203.134.50.21) [AS 9443] 268 msec 268
msec 268 msec
 11 203.134.50.14 [AS 9443] 296 msec 300 msec 320 msec
 12 203-134-48-154.cust.mel.iprimus.net.au (203.134.48.154) [AS 9443]
284 msec 316 msec 284 msec
 13 dcr02-g6-0.mlbn01.globalcenter.net.au (64.15.32.20) [AS 9328] 252
msec 260 msec 256 msec
 14 64.15.32.51 [AS 9328] 292 msec *  260 msec

Hop 9 from mae-east and 12 from mae-central are the same host...

anyone seeing similar abnormalities ?

thanks heaps,
-marc.

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Marc Van Hoof
Network Architect
Ph: +61-3-9862-7888