alex@nac.net writes:

Network Next Hop Metric LocPrf Weight Path *>i2.52.228.144/32 209.83.160.97 100 0 6347 1239 i

Wait. Looking at 2.52.228.144 in the mirror = 144.228.52.2

[root@netflow /root]# whois -h rs.arin.net 144.228 Sprint (NET-SPRINT-INNET5) Government Systems Division 13221 Woodland Park Road Herndon, VA 22071

Netname: SPRINTLINK Netnumber: 144.228.0.0

What the hell is this?

Perhaps a BGP implementation with an endianness problem. Folks should recall that with the hordes of new high-end router vendors coming to market (or trying to anyways ;-), there will be a variety of interesting behaviors (again ;-). Tony