Short-circuited traceroutes on FIOS

Tue Dec 10 20:40:41 UTC 2019

Is that unique to the FiOS gateway device? I don't use their router and my
traces go right out.

On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 3:08 PM Joe Maimon <jmaimon at jmaimon.com> wrote:

> Apparently Verizon FIOS is a red herring, terminating ICMP traceroutes
> right on their gateways.
>
> More internet breakage. Thanks for the information to all who responded.
>
> Random control test.
>
> C:\Users\Home>tracert -d 1.4.5.6
>
> Tracing route to 1.4.5.6 over a maximum of 30 hops
>
>    1    15 ms     5 ms    <1 ms  172.18.24.1
>    2     3 ms    23 ms    24 ms  192.168.2.33
>    3     3 ms     6 ms     3 ms  1.4.5.6
>
> Trace complete.
>
>
> Joe
>
> Joe Maimon wrote:
> > Anyone have an idea why there are some destinations that on
> > residential verizon fios here in NY area terminate right on first
> > external hop?
> >
> > There seems to be a CDN common denominator here. On other networks
> > with more typical BGP paths and traceroutes, users are reporting
> > issues accessing these sites.
> >
> > C:\Users\Home>tracert www.usfoods.com
> >
> > Tracing route to statics.usfoods.com [205.132.109.90]
> > over a maximum of 30 hops:
> >
> >   1     3 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  172.18.24.1
> >   2     4 ms     3 ms     3 ms  192.168.2.33
> >   3    17 ms     6 ms     3 ms  statics.usfoods.com [205.132.109.90]
> >
> > Trace complete.
> >
> > C:\Users\Home>tracert atworkhp.americanexpress.com
> >
> > Tracing route to atworkhp.americanexpress.com.akadns.net [139.71.19.87]
> > over a maximum of 30 hops:
> >
> >   1     2 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  172.18.24.1
> >   2     3 ms     4 ms    23 ms  192.168.2.33
> >   3    21 ms    11 ms     5 ms atworkhomepage2.americanexpress.com
> > [139.71.19.87]
> >
> > Trace complete.
> >
> > C:\Users\Home>tracert portal.discover.com
> >
> > Tracing route to e14577.x.akamaiedge.net [23.51.172.254]
> > over a maximum of 30 hops:
> >
> >   1     3 ms     1 ms    18 ms  172.18.24.1
> >   2    21 ms     7 ms     6 ms  192.168.2.33
> >   3     4 ms     2 ms     2 ms
> > a23-51-172-254.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com [23.51.172.254]
> >
> > Trace complete.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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