This isn't specifically Linux-related, but here goes.. I just changed over from using a Linksys router/firewall to a shiny new (hah) P133 with a few NICs in it, since the Linksys box was hiding some things and just not flexible enough to do others. Anyway, I'm wondering if I should have kept the box, since it was hiding something pretty ugly: [mike at 3po][~]$ traceroute www.csom.umn.edu traceroute to liveweb.csom.umn.edu (160.94.119.32), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 2 10.38.176.1 (10.38.176.1) 52 ms 24 ms 77 ms 3 mplsmn01-rtr2-srp-2-0.mn.rr.com (24.26.162.2) 19 ms 23 ms 35 ms 4 mplsmn01-rtr1-srp-2-0.mn.rr.com (24.26.162.1) 13 ms 15 ms 12 ms 5 pop1-chi-P3-1.atdn.net (66.185.141.89) 34 ms 27 ms 70 ms 6 bb1-chi-P0-0.atdn.net (66.185.141.84) 31 ms 38 ms 27 ms 7 bb1-kcy-P7-0.atdn.net (66.185.154.2) 37 ms 60 ms 49 ms 8 bb2-kcy-P1-0.atdn.net (66.185.154.6) 49 ms 65 ms 83 ms 9 bb2-den-P7-0.atdn.net (66.185.153.249) 47 ms 50 ms 79 ms 10 bb1-den-P1-0.atdn.net (66.185.154.24) 52 ms 58 ms 46 ms 11 bb1-sun-P5-0.atdn.net (66.185.153.42) 131 ms 128 ms 84 ms 12 bb2-sun-P1-0.atdn.net (66.185.152.2) 98 ms 80 ms 111 ms 13 bb2-las-P7-0.atdn.net (66.185.152.45) 87 ms 89 ms 80 ms 14 pop2-las-P1-0.atdn.net (66.185.137.166) 85 ms 78 ms 86 ms 15 aol-gw.la2ca.ip.att.net (192.205.32.101) 107 ms 88 ms 78 ms 16 gbr3-p50.la2ca.ip.att.net (12.123.28.130) 103 ms 113 ms 106 ms 17 gbr4-p20.sffca.ip.att.net (12.122.2.69) 120 ms 88 ms 86 ms 18 gbr3-p50.dvmco.ip.att.net (12.122.2.66) 126 ms 110 ms 129 ms 19 gbr1-p100.dvmco.ip.att.net (12.122.5.18) 135 ms 131 ms 110 ms 20 gar2-p360.dvmco.ip.att.net (12.123.36.137) 110 ms 110 ms 111 ms 21 12.124.158.46 (12.124.158.46) 105 ms 146 ms 118 ms 22 den-core-02.tamerica.net (205.171.16.17) 118 ms 135 ms 106 ms 23 min-core-02.tamerica.net (205.171.8.98) 163 ms 138 ms 159 ms 24 min-edge-01.inet.qwest.net (205.171.128.10) 151 ms 168 ms 135 ms 25 65.121.10.62 (65.121.10.62) 136 ms 156 ms 138 ms 26 tc2-qtr.northernlights.gigapop.net (192.42.152.129) 123 ms 120 ms 112 ms 27 tc3x.router.umn.edu (160.94.26.97) 152 ms 132 ms 117 ms 28 hellerh-1-rsmx.rswitch.umn.edu (160.94.26.73) 161 ms 121 ms 121 ms 29 * * * 30 liveweb.csom.umn.edu (160.94.119.32) 169 ms 132 ms 143 ms Mind you, this is just pinging one of the systems on campus (which I'm about a mile away from). At least the ping times are okay. Anyway, I was thinking that 30 hops is pretty bad.. About ten more hops than I usually expect. Looks like if I had gotten one more hop, traceroute would have quit! Just seemed odd to me, I guess.. -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ I eat swiss cheese from the / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ inside out. \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020914/9684bf50/attachment.pgp