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<DIV><FONT size=2>I've only been lurking here for a couple of days and I hope
this isn't an inappropriate question for this group. No flames please if I
shouldn't have posted this (or for the double negative); a good stern warning
will do just fine. :-) The reason that I'm addressing this group is that
I'm trying to get a perspective on provider policy and how decisions
are made to do such things. If it's not a conscious decision but the
result of um er human error, what mechanisms are in place; or should be in place
in order to correct such issues. So here it is:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I'm wondering if what I'm seeing in this trace route is normal
provider behavior (I haven't seen this happen before now). My provider is
@home and when ever I do a trace route I get the following results:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2> 1 211 ms 20
ms 20 ms cr1-hfc10.alsv1.occa.home.net
[24.0.216.1]<BR> 2 10 ms 20
ms 40 ms r1-ge2-0.alsv1.occa.home.net
[24.1.160.1]<BR> 3 180 ms 20
ms 30 ms 10.0.242.77<BR> 4 80
ms 50 ms 20 ms 10.0.242.73<BR>
5 30 ms 291 ms 20 ms
c1-pos5-0.anhmca1.home.net [24.7.74.73]<BR> ... rest of results omitted
for brevity.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>As you can see, the third and fourth hop are advertising 10's
and I wouldn't think a provider would want traffic passing through a private
address space. Also, this is happening just as the traffic is leaving one
facility and going to another (I don't know if that means anything). If
you're interested alsv is Aliso Viejo and anhmca is Anaheim (both in Orange
County, CA). I could be wrong but I'm fairly certain this has just been
happening for the last few weeks. Maybe I never noticed
before.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>I'd call @home about it but I know I'd get the run around and
it would take 5 hours on the phone for someone just to tell me it's none of my
business.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Larry Diffey</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>P.S. NANOG Range Day should include pictures of various
vendor equipment. Pick whatever is frustrating you at the
moment.</FONT></DIV>
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