we are AS 16592 (168.243.224.0/20) and are having problem reaching 168.234.136.0/24 the problem is very erratic, sometime we can reach them sometimes not (for a 10-30 seconds period). problem arise from an opentransit.net hop as seen in the following trace: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 205.235.28.65 2 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 205.235.28.34 3 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 205.235.28.45 4 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 168.243.227.165 5 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms 168.243.227.135 6 12 ms 6 ms 10 ms 200.12.61.193 7 195 ms 150 ms 90 ms 200.30.154.29 8 185 ms 186 ms 241 ms 200.30.154.41 9 291 ms 200 ms 109 ms 144.223.244.5 10 56 ms 54 ms 42 ms 144.232.20.17 11 125 ms 85 ms 82 ms 193.251.252.25 12 * * * Request timed out. 13 * * * Request timed out. 14 * * 146 ms 168.234.181.6 15 347 ms ^C hop 11 is So5-0-0.MIABB1.Miami.opentransit.net and hop 12 is TelecomElSalvador-OsiGuat.GW.opentransit.net is opentransit.net present on NANOG? please contact me off-list. -- Miguel Mata-Cardona Intercom El Salvador mmata@sv.intercomnet.net