www.att.net ipv6 traceroute

Matthew Petach mpetach at netflight.com
Mon Jul 1 19:42:51 UTC 2013


On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 7:34 AM, David Hill <dhill at mindcry.org> wrote:

> Anyone else noticing odd ipv6 traceroutes to www.att.net
> (2001:1890:1c01:2::40)?
>
> For example, the first traceroute originating in Chicago, and if the
> hostnames are anything to go by:
>
> Chicago -> Dallas -> Atlanta -> Miama -> NYC -> Amsterdam ->
> Frankfurt -> France -> D.C. -> Atlanta...
>
> The first 2 traceroutes are on SixXs tunnels and the third is native.
>
> From 2604:8800::/32 (Chicago, Sixxs)
>
>  2  gw-122.chi-03.us.sixxs.net  25.925 ms  14.816 ms  13.645 ms
>  3  uschi03.sixxs.net  18.651 ms  15.544 ms  34.06 ms
>  4  2620:0:6b0:a::1  27.401 ms  15.677 ms  14.83 ms
>  5  tge6-3.fr3.ord4.ipv6.llnw.net  14.482 ms  18.875 ms  21.112 ms
>  6  ve8.fr3.ord.ipv6.llnw.net  28.965 ms  24.031 ms  15.947 ms
>  7  tge2-1.fr3.dal.ipv6.llnw.net  39.672 ms  41.431 ms  49.888 ms
>  8  tge4-1.fr3.atl1.ipv6.llnw.net  59.908 ms  62.198 ms  72.244 ms
>  9  tge2-1.fr3.mia1.ipv6.llnw.net  78.641 ms  75.351 ms  74.425 ms
> 10  2600:804:11f::11  91.243 ms  90.002 ms  87.802 ms
> 11  2600:802::23  119.804 ms  100.727 ms  100.737 ms
> 12  ge-0-3-0.IL1.NYC12.ALTER.NET  147.803 ms  145.406 ms  147.878 ms
> 13  ae1.XT2.AMS2.ALTER.NET  148.699 ms ae1.XT1.AMS2.ALTER.NET  146.322 ms
>  152.503 ms
> 14  GigabitEthernet6-0-0.GW5.AMS6.ALTER.NET  145.967 ms  148.903 ms
>  165.926 ms
> 15  FastEthernet0-0.6B1.AMS6.ALTER.NET  183.716 ms  156.131 ms  194.141 ms
> 16  tu3.6B1.FFT4.ALTER.NET  184.867 ms  184.005 ms  170.47 ms
> 17  ffm-s1-rou-1006.DE.eurorings.net  159.565 ms *  173.012 ms
> 18  ffm-s1-rou-1102.DE.eurorings.net  200.82 ms  225.979 ms  207.712 ms
> 19  kehl-s2-rou-1103.DE.eurorings.net  228.884 ms  208.576 ms  203.722 ms
> 20  nntr-s1-rou-1101.FR.eurorings.net  192.901 ms  210.818 ms  210.279 ms
> 21  * 2001:680:0:134:222:226:160:1  189.452 ms  171.714 ms
> 22  2001:1890:c00:c001::1171:ecca  192.306 ms  164.33 ms  192.835 ms
> 23  2001:1890:c00:c001::ee71:ecca  222.488 ms  218.21 ms  194.537 ms
> 24  2001:1890:ff:ffff:12:122:105:90  214.309 ms  216.21 ms  216.51 ms
> 25  wswdc22crs.ipv6.att.net  206.215 ms  220.884 ms  202.472 ms
> 26  attga21crs.ipv6.att.net  213.776 ms  220.918 ms  205.205 ms
> 27  attga409me3.ipv6.att.net  190.66 ms  228.532 ms  200.606 ms
> 28  2001:1890:c00:8802::11cc:6c6d  217.65 ms  222.145 ms  210.213 ms
>
> From 2a02:2528::/32 (Switzerland, Sixxs)
>
>  2  gw-91.gva-01.ch.sixxs.net  28.932 ms  28.415 ms  29.091 ms
>  3  2a02:2528:ff:1::4  28.082 ms  28.873 ms  41.525 ms
>  4  ge0-1.gv1.ip-max.sixxs.net  29.546 ms  37.835 ms  29.366 ms
>  5  ge3-14.ar01.gva253.ip-max.net  30.502 ms  32.925 ms  29.370 ms
>  6  ae1.cr01.gva253.ip-max.net  45.019 ms  41.335 ms  47.675 ms
>  7  xe0-0-1.cr01.gva252.ip-max.net  28.903 ms  33.530 ms  41.954 ms
>  8  po1.br01.gva252.ip-max.net  39.794 ms  34.197 ms  28.843 ms
>  9  r1gva1.core.init7.net  28.849 ms  32.812 ms  31.988 ms
> 10  r1zug1.core.init7.net  47.583 ms  42.633 ms  37.785 ms
> 11  r1glb1.core.init7.net  36.323 ms  56.574 ms  34.909 ms
> 12  r1zrh1.core.init7.net  50.896 ms  56.617 ms  42.967 ms
> 13  ae0-12.zur11.ip6.tinet.net  42.462 ms  41.909 ms  41.557 ms
> 14  xe-0-1-1.nyc20.ip6.tinet.net  128.395 ms
>     xe-0-1-2.nyc20.ip6.tinet.net  127.736 ms
>     xe-0-1-1.nyc20.ip6.tinet.net  120.968 ms
> 15  nyiix.iij.net  121.285 ms  121.758 ms  120.904 ms
> 16  nyc002bb10.iij.net  121.436 ms  122.211 ms  120.475 ms
> 17  abn001bb10.iij.net  121.829 ms  123.181 ms  121.787 ms
> 18  2600:803:92f::1  143.860 ms  125.196 ms  179.323 ms
> 19  2600:802::23  139.937 ms  132.728 ms  140.416 ms
> 20  ge-1-2-0.il1.nyc12.alter.net  130.477 ms
>     ge-0-3-0.il1.nyc12.alter.net  130.349 ms  140.231 ms
> 21  * * *
> 22  gigabitethernet6-0-0.gw5.ams6.alter.net  349.594 ms  129.648 ms
>     gigabitethernet7-0-0.gw5.ams6.alter.net  130.583 ms
> 23  fastethernet0-0.6b1.ams6.alter.net  138.677 ms  169.896 ms  402.511 ms
> 24  tu3.6b1.fft4.alter.net  379.628 ms  156.939 ms  138.227 ms
> 25  * * *
> 26  ffm-s1-rou-1102.de.eurorings.net  219.035 ms  227.354 ms  236.133 ms
> 27  kehl-s2-rou-1103.de.eurorings.net  228.896 ms  221.190 ms  239.280 ms
> 28  nntr-s1-rou-1101.fr.eurorings.net  219.410 ms  226.779 ms  230.940 ms
> 29  2001:680::134:222:226:160:1  247.598 ms  243.938 ms  218.783 ms
> 30  2001:1890:c00:c001::1171:ecca  217.493 ms  242.119 ms  217.778 ms
> 31  2001:1890:c00:c001::ee71:ecca  238.297 ms  219.211 ms  218.524 ms
> 32  2001:1890:ff:ffff:12:122:105:90  257.048 ms  250.699 ms  252.160 ms
> 33  wswdc22crs.ipv6.att.net  248.764 ms  268.970 ms  416.443 ms
> 34  *
>     attga21crs.ipv6.att.net  239.030 ms  241.492 ms
> 35  attga409me3.ipv6.att.net  249.902 ms  268.800 ms  253.631 ms
> 36  2001:1890:c00:8802::11cc:6c6d  260.203 ms  236.484 ms  245.413 ms
>
> From 2001:1b60::/32 (Germany, Native)
>
>  2  2001:1b60:0:1:0:1:0:1  0.275 ms  0.247 ms  0.237 ms
>  3  Pironet.FRA-12-eth012-615.v6.lambdanet.net  3.199 ms  3.198 ms  4.578
> ms
>  4  ae5.irt1.fra44.de.v6.as13237.net  6.518 ms  6.499 ms  6.507 ms
>  5  xe-0-3-0-0.fra21.ip6.tinet.net  6.570 ms  6.563 ms  6.543 ms
>  6  xe-0-1-2.nyc20.ip6.tinet.net  86.740 ms
>     xe-0-0-2.nyc20.ip6.tinet.net  86.833 ms
>     xe-0-2-1.nyc20.ip6.tinet.net  86.715 ms
>  7  NYIIX.IIJ.Net  88.196 ms  88.046 ms  88.016 ms
>  8  nyc002bb10.iij.net  85.712 ms  85.844 ms  85.978 ms
>  9  abn001bb10.iij.net  92.920 ms  93.113 ms  92.785 ms
> 10  2600:803:92f::1  93.331 ms  92.965 ms  92.713 ms
> 11  2600:802::23  94.009 ms  94.048 ms  100.621 ms
> 12  ge-0-3-0.IL1.NYC12.ALTER.NET  99.927 ms  99.896 ms
>     ge-1-2-0.IL1.NYC12.ALTER.NET  99.866 ms
> 13  ae1.XT2.AMS2.ALTER.NET  97.016 ms
>     ae1.XT1.AMS2.ALTER.NET  96.994 ms  96.919 ms
> 14  GigabitEthernet7-0-0.GW5.AMS6.ALTER.NET  97.120 ms  98.054 ms
>     GigabitEthernet6-0-0.GW5.AMS6.ALTER.NET  97.111 ms
> 15  FastEthernet0-0.6B1.AMS6.ALTER.NET  104.272 ms  106.899 ms  106.249 ms
> 16  tu3.6B1.FFT4.ALTER.NET  107.443 ms  100.970 ms  98.980 ms
> 17  * *
>     ffm-s1-rou-1006.DE.eurorings.net  99.641 ms
> 18  ffm-s1-rou-1102.DE.eurorings.net  190.998 ms  183.395 ms  190.432 ms
> 19  kehl-s2-rou-1103.DE.eurorings.net  190.216 ms  203.128 ms  192.594 ms
> 20  nntr-s1-rou-1101.FR.eurorings.net  183.713 ms  193.837 ms  202.330 ms
> 21  2001:680:0:134:222:226:164:1  209.937 ms  182.641 ms  182.782 ms
> 22  2001:1890:c00:c001::1171:ecca  188.257 ms  183.682 ms  216.084 ms
> 23  2001:1890:c00:c001::ee71:ecca  205.741 ms  183.258 ms  204.891 ms
> 24  2001:1890:ff:ffff:12:122:105:90  247.476 ms  242.229 ms  251.679 ms
> 25  wswdc22crs.ipv6.att.net  237.167 ms  216.849 ms  228.173 ms
> 26  attga21crs.ipv6.att.net  208.246 ms  230.028 ms  232.396 ms
> 27  attga409me3.ipv6.att.net  255.300 ms  251.860 ms  249.848 ms
> 28  2001:1890:c00:8802::11cc:6c6d  233.211 ms  215.398 ms  206.866 ms
>
>

Looks fine to me:

mpetach at tftp1:~> traceroute6 www.att.net
traceroute6 to www.att.net (2001:1890:1c01:2::40) from
2001:4998:f002:1fe::100, 64 hops max, 12 byte packets
 1  ge-0-3-1-d2.pat1.pao.yahoo.com  0.369 ms  0.352 ms  0.367 ms
 2  ae-8.pat1.dnx.yahoo.com  25.348 ms  25.363 ms  123.170 ms
 3  2605:6c00:303:303::69  35.219 ms  25.622 ms  25.956 ms
 4  10gigabitethernet4-3.core1.chi1.he.net  52.456 ms  59.001 ms  53.043 ms
 5  att-internet4-as7018.10gigabitethernet5.switch2.chi1.he.net  75.188 ms
77.365 ms  75.445 ms
 6  cgcil21crs.ipv6.att.net  102.561 ms  104.090 ms  103.922 ms
 7  cl2oh21crs.ipv6.att.net  105.803 ms  106.685 ms  103.180 ms
 8  * * *
 9  nsvtn21crs.ipv6.att.net  97.371 ms  119.415 ms  92.557 ms
10  * * *
11  attga409me3.ipv6.att.net  113.108 ms  119.130 ms  118.172 ms
12  2001:1890:c00:8802::11cc:6c6d  126.793 ms  117.539 ms  128.418 ms

Palo Alto->Denver->Chicago->Cleveland->Nashville->Atlanta

mpetach at tftp1:~> traceroute6 www.att.net
traceroute6 to www.att.net (2001:1890:1c01:2::40) from
2a00:1288:f00e:1fd::100, 64 hops max, 12 byte packets
 1  ge-0-1-0-d2.pat1.ams.yahoo.com  0.594 ms  0.745 ms  0.449 ms
 2  30gigabitethernet1-3.core1.ams1.he.net  7.836 ms  11.186 ms  0.621 ms
 3  10gigabitethernet1-4.core1.lon1.he.net  7.235 ms  7.693 ms  7.537 ms
 4  10gigabitethernet10-4.core1.nyc4.he.net  85.336 ms  75.730 ms  74.506 ms
 5  as7018-att.10gigabitethernet2-3.core1.nyc4.he.net  84.458 ms  84.046
ms  84.470 ms
 6  n54ny22crs.ipv6.att.net  108.346 ms  109.709 ms  106.708 ms
 7  wswdc22crs.ipv6.att.net  109.593 ms  109.116 ms  109.738 ms
 8  attga21crs.ipv6.att.net  107.695 ms  104.384 ms  108.077 ms
 9  attga409me3.ipv6.att.net  104.221 ms  109.647 ms  104.790 ms
10  2001:1890:c00:8802::11cc:6c6d  105.524 ms  105.763 ms  105.345 ms

Amsterdam->London->NY->DC->Atlanta

Possibly just a transient issue?

Matt



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