Funky discovery... question is, why does GE need such massive addr space? :) -=asr On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, Alex Rubenstein wrote:
Maybe I should be sleeping rather than examining BGP tables, but:
whi4#sho ip bgp 3.156.20.0 BGP routing table entry for 3.156.20.0/24, version 449977 Paths: (1 available, best #1, advertised over IBGP) 7372 701 3561 1221 207.99.5.196 from 207.99.5.196 (208.210.32.17) Origin incomplete, localpref 500, valid, external, best Community: 666
traceroute to 3.156.20.1 (3.156.20.1), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets . . 5 telstra.SanFrancisco.mci.net (166.48.19.250) 332.535 ms 538.669 ms 365.308 ms 6 Fddi0-0.pad-core1.Sydney.telstra.net (139.130.249.226) 290.266 ms 317.40 ms 290.209 ms 7 Hssi6-0.lon-core1.Melbourne.telstra.net (139.130.249.214) 350.701 ms 339.90 ms 439.199 ms 8 Fddi0-0.lon11.Melbourne.telstra.net (139.130.239.234) 419.291 ms 424.309 ms 283.243 ms 9 power2.lnk.telstra.net (139.130.49.114) 403.623 ms 353.911 ms 307.750 ms 10 203.36.142.146 (203.36.142.146) 348.695 ms 310.482 ms 301.917 ms
[root@newspeer1 /root]# whois 3.0.0.0 General Electric Company (NET-GE-INTERNET) One Independence Way Princeton, NJ 08540
Netname: GE-INTERNET Netnumber: 3.0.0.0