[TriLUG] Understanding Traceroute

[Reginald Reed]

You saw the information that is most meaningful.  #2 didn't happen
because CM's, although they do have IP addresses, are basically just
bridges - a virtual wire that gets you into TWC's network.  I'm not
familiar with how TWC handles data once it hits their network, but
there are a number of fairly standard architectures that would hide
your first hop/GW.

Just an FYI, I see the same thing with a static IP address on TWC
Business class.

--Reggie

On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 10:43 AM, James Jones <jc.jones at tuftux.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> I attempted to use traceroute ( ubuntu 10.04 ) today and expected
> certain results which didn't happen. I expected to see:
> 1. my router's ip address
> 2. my cable modem's ip address
> 3. my gateway's ip address
> 4. finally the route to destination
> I saw number 1 & 4, but not number 2 or 3.
>
> command was simple  traceroute destination
>
> Was I expecting too much?
>
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