hey all, just wondering if anyone is seeing strange results coming from traces performed from the coastal mae's via nitrous.digex.net ? tracing to 203.89.226.2 via mae-east i get: 1 atm-east.primustel.com (198.32.187.120) 4 msec 0 msec 0 msec 2 G1-0-10.cr1a.dca.primustel.com (209.227.134.2) [AS 11867] 0 msec 0 msec 4 msec 3 ATM6-0-101.cr1.phi.primustel.com (209.227.128.13) [AS 11867] 4 msec 4 msec 8 msec 4 ATM6-0-103.cr1.jfk.primustel.com (209.227.128.5) [AS 11867] 4 msec 8 msec 8 msec 5 ATM6-0-110.cr1.sjc.primustel.com (209.227.128.78) [AS 11867] 76 msec 76 msec 76 msec 6 209.227.129.242 [AS 11867] 252 msec 256 msec 252 msec 7 vl046.sw02.mel.iprimus.net.au (203.134.50.21) [AS 9443] 252 msec 256 msec 252 msec 8 203.134.50.14 [AS 9443] 256 msec 264 msec 268 msec 9 203-134-48-154.cust.mel.iprimus.net.au (203.134.48.154) [AS 9443] 260 msec 268 msec 280 msec 10 * * * 11 * * * 12 * * * 13 * * * 14 * * * 15 * * * 16 * * * 17 * * * 18 * * * 19 * * * 20 * * * 21 * * * 22 * * * 23 * * * 24 * * * 25 * * * 26 * * * 27 * * * 28 * * * 29 * * * 30 * * * yet tracing to 203.89.226.2 via mae-central i get: 1 dfw10-core1-so-6-0-0.atlas.algx.net (165.117.69.81) 0 msec 0 msec 0 msec 2 ord10-core2-so-0-3-0-0.atlas.algx.net (165.117.200.50) 24 msec 28 msec 24 msec 3 ord10-core10-pos7-0.atlas.algx.net (165.117.192.122) [MPLS: Label 14458 Exp 0] 72 msec 28 msec 24 msec 4 ord2-core3-pos5-0.atlas.algx.net (165.117.56.105) [MPLS: Label 13186 Exp 0] 28 msec 24 msec 28 msec 5 ord2-core4-pos7-0.atlas.algx.net (165.117.48.98) 28 msec 24 msec 28 msec 6 206.220.243.180 56 msec 52 msec 44 msec 7 G1-0-10.cr1a.ord.primustel.com (209.227.140.2) [AS 11867] 60 msec 52 msec 60 msec 8 ATM6-0-101.cr1.ord.primustel.com (209.227.128.61) [AS 11867] 92 msec 96 msec 100 msec 9 209.227.129.242 [AS 11867] 276 msec 280 msec 296 msec 10 vl046.sw02.mel.iprimus.net.au (203.134.50.21) [AS 9443] 268 msec 268 msec 268 msec 11 203.134.50.14 [AS 9443] 296 msec 300 msec 320 msec 12 203-134-48-154.cust.mel.iprimus.net.au (203.134.48.154) [AS 9443] 284 msec 316 msec 284 msec 13 dcr02-g6-0.mlbn01.globalcenter.net.au (64.15.32.20) [AS 9328] 252 msec 260 msec 256 msec 14 64.15.32.51 [AS 9328] 292 msec * 260 msec Hop 9 from mae-east and 12 from mae-central are the same host... anyone seeing similar abnormalities ? thanks heaps, -marc. --- Marc Van Hoof Network Architect Ph: +61-3-9862-7888