I don't think paradise is announcing all their ranges to Global-gateway/telecom/netgate ... All I can see coming from Paradise's AS via Global-Gateway's AS is.. 202.0.32.0/21 202.0.40.0 202.49.136.0 202.49.137.0 202.50.109.0 203.96.144.0/20 Which means going to a few of there sites takes the long way around This is from 210.55.71.10 (Netgate DSL Ports) [root(a)lennon /root]# traceroute 203.79.66.5 traceroute to 203.79.66.5 (203.79.66.5), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets 1 210-55-71-254.adsl.netgate.net.nz (210.55.71.254) 46.917 ms 45.328 ms 47.723 ms 2 gateway.adsl.netgate.net.nz (192.168.253.1) 42.951 ms 45.873 ms 46.387 ms 3 202.37.247.253 (202.37.247.253) 247.152 ms 293.514 ms 228.592 ms 4 p1-1.akbr2.global-gateway.net.nz (202.50.116.161) 129.325 ms 170.006 ms 162.937 ms 5 202.50.116.170 (202.50.116.170) 168.543 ms 176.873 ms 181.526 ms 6 a4-1-0-3.sybr1.netgate.net.nz (202.50.116.82) 195.767 ms 191.548 ms 195.817 ms 7 connect.sybr1.netgate.net.nz (202.50.116.115) 200.465 ms 216.558 ms 229.336 ms 8 atm0-1-0-27.bdr1.syd.connect.com.au (210.8.219.237) 236.039 ms 233.281 ms 169.433 ms 9 Fddi1-0-0.pad13.Sydney.telstra.net (139.130.32.5) 179.480 ms 184.586 ms 197.406 ms 10 GigabitEthernet4-0.pad-core3.Sydney.telstra.net (139.130.249.240) 197.091 ms 222.966 ms 226.596 ms 11 Pos6-0-0.nzsx-core1.Auckland.net.reach.com (203.50.126.50) 251.709 ms 244.772 ms 259.497 ms 12 FE4-1-0.b2.sxb.akl.tsnz.net (203.98.4.2) 237.052 ms 247.860 ms 192.220 ms 13 bertha.lqy.tsnz.net (203.98.21.29) 219.672 ms 203.286 ms 217.687 ms 14 fe0-0-0.kelly.paradise.net.nz (203.96.152.1) 221.610 ms 243.152 ms 240.241 ms 15 ipnet.ipnet2.paradise.net.nz (203.96.155.157) 259.118 ms 244.233 ms 225.757 ms 16 * * * 17 203-79-66-5.adsl-wns.paradise.net.nz (203.79.66.5) 219.332 ms 220.679 ms 234.058 ms Paradises announced ranges works well ... traceroute to 202.49.136.1 (202.49.136.1), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets 1 210-55-71-254.adsl.netgate.net.nz (210.55.71.254) 48.527 ms 45.405 ms 49.883 ms 2 gateway.adsl.netgate.net.nz (192.168.253.1) 45.382 ms 45.137 ms 47.048 ms 3 a3-0-1.tkcr1.netgate.net.nz (202.50.245.162) 44.982 ms 47.008 ms 45.924 ms 4 paradise.akcr1.netgate.net.nz (202.37.246.74) 57.388 ms 56.106 ms 57.412 ms 5 fe7-0-1.bertha.paradise.net.nz (203.96.152.254) 55.865 ms 55.924 ms 58.631 ms 6 203-96-144-21.cable.paradise.net.nz (203.96.144.21) 67.965 ms * 66.898 ms Thanks Craig Whitmore --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog