mf@ircam.ircam.fr (Michel Fingerhut) (08/30/90)
While trying to find whether we (in France, Europe) could reach a site
in Germany (Europe), I got the following route from traceroute:
1 ircam-gw (129.102.0.1) 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms
2 fnet-gw.inria.fr (192.44.64.26) 370 ms 550 ms 480 ms
3 sophia-gw.inria.fr (192.5.60.250) 540 ms 350 ms 290 ms
4 cisco.atlantic.fr (192.33.170.1) 1430 ms 1160 ms 490 ms
5 wormhole.Princeton.EDU (128.112.128.114) 680 ms 710 ms 410 ms
6 ford-gateway.jvnc.net (130.94.0.66) 480 ms 530 ms *
7 nss.jvnc.net (192.12.211.1) 910 ms 640 ms 650 ms
8 Pittsburgh.PA.NSS.NSF.NET (129.140.69.8) 400 ms 500 ms *
9 Ithaca.NY.NSS.NSF.NET (129.140.74.5) 630 ms 720 ms 760 ms
10 lan.cornell.site.psi.net (192.35.82.1) 790 ms 900 ms 930 ms
11 cornell.syr.pop.psi.net (128.145.30.1) 1100 ms 530 ms *
12 albpop.syr.pop.psi.net (128.145.20.2) 740 ms 760 ms 590 ms
13 albpop.nyc2.pop.psi.net (128.145.80.1) 780 ms 920 ms 830 ms
14 nyc2.nyc1.pop.psi.net (128.145.42.2) 700 ms 500 ms 580 ms
15 * nyc_P.lan.nyc1.pop.psi.net (128.145.213.1) 1410 ms 1090 ms
16 nyc1.cuny.pop.psi.net (128.145.14.1) 790 ms 590 ms 910 ms
17 128.145.254.5 (128.145.254.5) 920 ms 740 ms 710 ms
18 iracs1.ira.uka.de (192.54.104.49) 1310 ms 1140 ms 1190 ms
I.e.: Paris -> South France -> NJ -> PE -> Ithaca (upst. NY--hi, alma matter!) ->
Syracuse (upst. NY) -> NYC, NY -> ? -> Deutschland
Why this contorted route? Is it cost-effective?