Subject: 'round and round we go...

From: Fredrik Nyman <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 19:00:25 +0100 (MET)

I know that the IETF sometimes is running around in circles, but this is
rediculous...

bygg2> traceroute www.ietf.org 
traceroute to optimus.ietf.org (132.151.1.19), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  acc-noc.fh.ietf.innovationslab.net (130.128.20.1)  5.889 ms  5.840 ms  6.284
ms
 2  bln-2.bone.ietf.innovationslab.net (130.128.96.2)  4.520 ms  4.495 ms  4.484
ms
 3  206.24.232.205 (206.24.232.205)  5.254 ms  5.447 ms  5.138 ms
 4  acr2-loopback.Washingtondck.cw.net (206.24.226.62)  6.084 ms  5.688 ms
5.681 ms
 5  corerouter2.WashingtonEast.cw.net (204.70.9.134)  6.209 ms  6.712 ms  6.052
ms
 6  bordercore1.WashingtonEast.cw.net (166.48.244.1)  10.835 ms  13.506 ms
10.446 ms
 7  corerouter2.WashingtonEast.cw.net (204.70.9.134)  11.556 ms  12.225 ms *
 8  bordercore1.WashingtonEast.cw.net (166.48.244.1)  15.731 ms  15.578 ms
15.017 ms
 9  corerouter2.WashingtonEast.cw.net (204.70.9.134)  15.737 ms  15.492 ms
15.542 ms
10  bordercore1.WashingtonEast.cw.net (166.48.244.1)  20.379 ms  32.391 ms
31.373 ms
11  corerouter2.WashingtonEast.cw.net (204.70.9.134)  30.327 ms  29.101 ms
20.415 ms
12  bordercore1.WashingtonEast.cw.net (166.48.244.1)  25.312 ms  80.096 ms
29.160 ms
13  corerouter2.WashingtonEast.cw.net (204.70.9.134)  25.514 ms *  25.417 ms