To QWEST NOC PEOPLE Folks, You appear to be announcing 198.133.219.0, which is the network that www.cisco.com lives on, whats strange is that you are then transiting this route onto GTEI [AS1] to deliver the traffic. This is fairly sub-optimal and I'm sure incorrect. kenny>sh ip bgp 198.133.219.25 BGP routing table entry for 198.133.219.0/24, version 23258497 Paths: (4 available, best #1, advertised over IBGP) 3356 209 209.244.160.57 from 209.244.160.57 (209.244.2.210) Origin IGP, metric 4401, localpref 100, valid, external, best 3356 209, (received-only) 209.244.160.57 from 209.244.160.57 (209.244.2.210) Origin IGP, metric 4401, localpref 100, valid, external 1 109 4.1.74.105 from 4.1.74.105 (4.0.4.8) Origin IGP, metric 11340, localpref 100, valid, external Dampinfo: penalty 492, flapped 1 times in 00:00:23 1 109, (received-only) 4.1.74.105 from 4.1.74.105 (4.0.4.8) Origin IGP, metric 11340, localpref 100, valid, external kenny>traceroute www.cisco.com Type escape sequence to abort. Tracing the route to www.cisco.com (198.133.219.25) 1 serial4-0-3.hsa1.nyc1.Level3.net (209.244.160.57) [AS 3356] 0 msec 0 msec 0 msec 2 hsipaccess2.Denver1.Level3.net (209.244.2.61) [AS 3356] 48 msec 48 msec 48 msec 3 hsipaccess2.Seattle1.Level3.net (209.244.2.23) [AS 3356] 76 msec 72 msec 76 msec 4 209.0.227.130 [AS 3356] 76 msec 200 msec 148 msec 5 sea-core-01.inet.qwest.net (205.171.26.53) [AS 209] 76 msec 72 msec 76 msec 6 sfo-core-02.inet.qwest.net (205.171.5.105) [AS 209] 84 msec 84 msec 84 msec 7 sjo-core-01.inet.qwest.net (205.171.5.121) [AS 209] 80 msec 80 msec 80 msec 8 sjo-edge-05.inet.qwest.net (205.171.22.46) [AS 209] 84 msec 84 msec 80 msec 9 a5-0-1.sanjose1-nbr1.bbnplanet.net (4.24.145.1) [AS 1] 84 msec 84 msec 84 msec 10 p4-0.paloalto-nbr2.bbnplanet.net (4.0.1.1) [AS 1] 84 msec 84 msec 84 msec 11 p0-0-0.paloalto-cr18.bbnplanet.net (4.0.3.86) [AS 1] 84 msec 84 msec 84 msec 12 * * * 13 pigpen.cisco.com (192.31.7.9) [AS 109] 88 msec 88 msec 88 msec 14 www.cisco.com (198.133.219.25) [AS 209] 88 msec 84 msec 88 msec A fix/explanation would be useful. Regards, Neil. -- Neil J. McRae C O L T I N T E R N E T neil@COLT.NET