Module 1 – Internet Tools – Traceroute
134.7.179.53 is from Australia(AU) in region Oceana
TraceRoute to 134.7.179.53 [www.curtin.edu.au]
Hop (ms) (ms) (ms) IP Address Host name
1 8 9 8 72.249.0.65 -
2 6 6 5 206.123.64.22 -
3 29 207 218 216.52.189.9 border4.g3-2.colo4dallas-3.ext1.dal.pnap.net
4 8 7 7 216.52.191.103 core1.tge5-2-bbnet2.ext1.dal.pnap.net
5 116 8 10 144.228.250.113 sl-st20-dal-8-2-1.sprintlink.net
6 9 7 25 144.232.9.137 sl-crs1-fw-0-15-3-0.sprintlink.net
7 55 36 36 144.232.18.144 sl-crs2-ana-0-0-0-2.sprintlink.net
8 37 36 36 144.232.0.120 sl-gw28-ana-1-0-0.sprintlink.net
9 59 123 62 144.223.30.26 sl-aarne-46055-0.sprintlink.net
10 215 216 212 202.158.194.153 so-3-2-0.bb1.b.syd.aarnet.net.au
11 229 224 232 202.158.194.33 so-2-0-0.bb1.a.mel.aarnet.net.au
12 240 237 237 202.158.194.17 so-2-0-0.bb1.a.adl.aarnet.net.au
13 275 266 260 202.158.194.5 so-0-1-0.bb1.a.per.aarnet.net.au
14 264 269 282 202.158.198.178 gigabitethernet0.er1.curtin.cpe.aarnet.net.au
15 267 268 265 202.158.198.186 gw1.er1.curtin.cpe.aarnet.net.au
16 268 265 265 134.7.16.46 te2-4-b309-cr.net.curtin.edu.au
17 265 265 266 134.7.248.65 te1-1.b309-sr.net.curtin.edu.au
18 270 265 267 134.7.179.53 -
Trace complete
Traceroute Questions Answered
1. There are 18 hops.
2. Average = (X / 18 ) + (Y / 18 ) + (Z / 18 ) / 3 => 2269 + 2463.7 + 2203.7 / 3 = 2312.13 is the average millisecond journey from the network tools website to the primary curtin web domain.
3. The IP Address of curtin.edu.au is 134.7.179.53 as shown above.
This is mostly a refresher for me as I did a unit called applied networking and communications at my previous university. It still amazes me today that such an ad hoc system can work and to the user it works as if flawless but the truth is far from that.
If I get the network-tools website to perform a traceroute to curtin.edu.au again it gives me a slightly different result the fact is that background Internet static, congestion, peak times all play a part its like having a car on a empty freeway with traffic lights that are green most of the time but the occassional red light can go up and cause a minor hickup or a region wide breakdown.
