I believe I've found two administrative boo-boos. 4 mae-east.enkido.net (198.32.187.119) [5696] 27.268 ms 23.847 ms 24.667 ms Problem #1: The hop above is showing up for traces into an exodus. $ traceroute 216.33.96.162 1 CORE-0-GE-3-1000M.CMH.ENTERZONE.NET (66.35.65.1) 0.539 ms 0.756 ms 0.893 ms 2 core1-FE1.Columbus.fnsi.net (209.115.93.129) [6259] 1.227 ms 1.500 ms 1.856 ms 3 border1-atm6-0-0-2.Reston.fnsi.net (216.29.101.50) [6259] 22.570 ms 22.259 ms 22.417 ms 4 mae-east.enkido.net (198.32.187.119) [5696] 31.558 ms 23.003 ms 23.337 ms 5 bbr01-g4-0.hrnd01.exodus.net (216.33.203.125) [3967] 32.443 ms 24.051 ms 23.436 ms 6 bbr02-p6-0.stng01.exodus.net (209.185.249.137) [3967] 24.382 ms 24.204 ms 24.299 ms 7 dcr04-g10-0.stng01.exodus.net (216.33.96.162) [3967] 24.476 ms * 24.124 ms Netname: ECI-7 Netblock: 216.32.0.0 - 216.35.255.255 Maintainer: ECI [whois.radb.net] route: 216.33.96.0/19 descr: NET-EXODUS-STNG01 origin: AS3967 mnt-by: MAINT-AS3967 changed: radb@bengi.exodus.net 20001106 source: RADB Paths: (3 available, best #1, table Default-IP-Routing-Table) 6259 3967 209.115.127.21 from 209.115.127.21 (206.183.226.33) Origin IGP, metric 1010, localpref 100, valid, external, best Community: 13944:6259 Last update: Mon Apr 9 12:12:15 2001 I can find no reason why these would go through enkido.net on the way to 3967. At first, I though this was just a typo in the an-addr records but, after consulting http://www.mae.net/atm/east-addr.html the address is indeed enkido's mae-east connection. Perhaps someone can explain why I'm seeing this path. Problem #2: It looks like Winstar is announcing EP space. BGP routing table entry for 198.32.187.0/24 Paths: (1 available, best #1, table Default-IP-Routing-Table) 13706 5696 66.35.64.10 from 66.35.64.10 (216.226.130.1) Origin IGP, metric 1000, localpref 100, valid, external, best Community: 13944:13706 Last update: Sat Apr 7 13:49:33 2001 --- John Fraizer EnterZone, Inc