A rather weird mtr trying to reach dns10.register.com...

My traceroute [v0.69] golap1 (0.0.0.0)(tos=0x0 psize=64 bitpattern=0x00) Wed Oct 25 10:16:11 2006 Keys: Help Display mode Restart statistics Order of fields quit Packets Pings Host Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev 1. fw1.intra.goelaan.ch 0.0% 508 0.3 0.3 0.2 7.0 0.5 2. nextra1.goelaan.ch 0.0% 508 25.7 9.7 1.4 186.8 17.8 3. 217.168.38.66 0.0% 507 23.0 19.4 6.8 169.5 18.7 4. 217.168.38.65 0.0% 507 12.7 19.9 7.5 187.1 22.9 5. 10.231.0.89 0.0% 507 42.3 31.1 12.6 209.4 22.3 6. 10.231.240.1 0.0% 507 15.8 41.5 12.7 425.6 50.6 7. ch-int-zhr-rp-01-Gi4-0.solpa.net 83.0% 507 16.5 36.0 14.1 246.4 35.6 8. gig-4-3-704.blxZHZ002.gw.cablecom 83.0% 507 68.6 32.2 13.9 86.2 17.5 9. pos-0-0.blxOTF001.bb.cablecom.net 83.0% 507 33.5 35.0 13.7 215.4 29.8 fast-0-0.brtZHZ003.gw.cablecom.net 10. ch-zrh01a-ra1-ge-0-1-0-0.aorta.ne 86.0% 507 63.1 34.9 15.7 96.0 20.1 gig-6-2.blxZHZ002.bb.cablecom.net fast-15-3.blxZHZ002.gw.cablecom.net 11. ch-gva01a-ra1-so-0-0-0-0.aorta.ne 88.3% 507 28.4 33.9 18.7 75.8 15.3 pos-0-0.blxOTF001.bb.cablecom.net fast-0-0.brtZHZ003.gw.cablecom.net 12. fr-par02a-rd1-pos-1-0.aorta.net 86.8% 507 15.9 63.9 15.9 254.3 37.8 gig-6-2.blxZHZ002.bb.cablecom.net fast-15-3.blxZHZ002.gw.cablecom.net 13. us-was02a-rd1-pos-1-0.aorta.net 89.3% 507 56.9 79.5 19.4 193.2 40.0 uk-lon01a-rd1-pos-2-0.aorta.net pos-0-0.blxOTF001.bb.cablecom.net fast-0-0.brtZHZ003.gw.cablecom.net 14. us-nyc01b-rd1-pos-10-0.aorta.net 90.7% 507 19.7 128.1 17.1 302.5 48.5 gig-6-2.blxZHZ002.bb.cablecom.net fast-15-3.blxZHZ002.gw.cablecom.net 15. pos-0-0.blxOTF001.bb.cablecom.net 99.2% 507 14.8 20.0 14.8 23.4 4.0 fast-0-0.brtZHZ003.gw.cablecom.net 16. gig-6-2.blxZHZ002.bb.cablecom.net 99.2% 507 31.6 33.5 16.2 46.3 13.0 fast-15-3.blxZHZ002.gw.cablecom.net 17. pos-0-0.blxOTF001.bb.cablecom.net 99.2% 507 20.5 19.8 15.9 22.8 2.9 fast-0-0.brtZHZ003.gw.cablecom.net 18. gig-6-2.blxZHZ002.bb.cablecom.net 99.2% 507 18.7 38.9 18.7 57.6 18.8 fast-15-3.blxZHZ002.gw.cablecom.net 19. pos-0-0.blxOTF001.bb.cablecom.net 99.2% 507 25.9 21.1 15.7 25.9 4.3 fast-0-0.brtZHZ003.gw.cablecom.net 20. gig-6-2.blxZHZ002.bb.cablecom.net 99.2% 506 17.8 26.4 15.4 52.5 17.5 fast-15-3.blxZHZ002.gw.cablecom.net 21. pos-0-0.blxOTF001.bb.cablecom.net 99.2% 500 18.0 32.0 18.0 45.5 14.8 fast-0-0.brtZHZ003.gw.cablecom.net 22. gig-6-2.blxZHZ002.bb.cablecom.net 99.1% 440 17.9 29.1 17.9 46.7 13.9 fast-15-3.blxZHZ002.gw.cablecom.n 99.1% 440 17.6 22.4 17.6 27.1 4.2 ...

a standard traceroute:

traceroute to dns10.register.com (216.21.226.75), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 fw1 (192.168.1.1) 0.233 ms 0.165 ms 0.154 ms 2 nextra1.goelaan.ch (212.47.181.33) 1.643 ms 1.512 ms 1.552 ms 3 217.168.38.66 (217.168.38.66) 13.432 ms 7.875 ms 37.066 ms 4 217.168.38.65 (217.168.38.65) 7.892 ms 8.483 ms 10.787 ms 5 10.231.0.89 (10.231.0.89) 15.760 ms 46.400 ms 12.897 ms 6 10.231.240.1 (10.231.240.1) 14.970 ms 26.013 ms 24.468 ms 7 * * * 8 * * * 9 * * * 10 * * * 11 * * * 12 * * * 13 * * * 14 * * * 15 * * * 16 * * * 17 * * * 18 * * * 19 * * * 20 * * * 21 * * fast-0-0.brtZHZ003.gw.cablecom.net (62.2.33.10) 20.209 ms 22 fast-15-3.blxZHZ002.gw.cablecom.net (62.2.33.9) 66.867 ms 17.912 ms 18.254 ms 23 fast-0-0.brtZHZ003.gw.cablecom.net (62.2.33.10) 62.714 ms 19.770 ms 19.042 ms 24 fast-15-3.blxZHZ002.gw.cablecom.net (62.2.33.9) 42.692 ms 23.020 ms 19.131 ms 25 fast-0-0.brtZHZ003.gw.cablecom.net (62.2.33.10) 20.305 ms 58.755 ms 14.803 ms 26 fast-15-3.blxZHZ002.gw.cablecom.net (62.2.33.9) 16.046 ms 68.466 ms 15.345 ms 27 fast-0-0.brtZHZ003.gw.cablecom.net (62.2.33.10) 15.958 ms 41.283 ms 23.642 ms 28 fast-15-3.blxZHZ002.gw.cablecom.net (62.2.33.9) 20.669 ms 15.539 ms 38.205 ms 29 fast-0-0.brtZHZ003.gw.cablecom.net (62.2.33.10) 29.308 ms 15.799 ms 22.036 ms 30 fast-15-3.blxZHZ002.gw.cablecom.net (62.2.33.9) 53.961 ms 17.963 ms 70.102 ms

bgp looking glass at cern show this:

e513-e-rci65-3.cern.ch Date: Wed Oct 25 08:24:53 2006 CEST

Query: Argument(s): 216.21.226.75

BGP routing table entry for 216.21.226.0/24, version 35728698 Paths: (2 available, best #1, table Default-IP-Routing-Table) Multipath: eBGP Flag: 0x8A0 Advertised to update-groups: 2 6 10 3356 3356 7018 4264 13910 13910 13910, (received & used) 192.65.184.11 (metric 1001) from 192.65.184.11 (192.65.184.11) Origin incomplete, metric 1000, localpref 10, weight 100, valid, internal, best Community: 513:92 3356 3356 7018 4264 13910 13910 13910, (received & used) 192.65.184.11 (metric 1001) from 192.65.184.7 (192.65.184.7) Origin incomplete, metric 1000, localpref 10, weight 100, valid, internal Community: 513:92 Originator: 192.65.184.11, Cluster list: 0.0.2.1

traceroute from this same cern router gives:

Looking Glass Results - e513-e-rci65-3.cern.ch Date: Wed Oct 25 08:27:17 2006 CEST

Query: Argument(s): 216.21.226.75

Type escape sequence to abort. Tracing the route to 216.21.226.75

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redards.