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Tracert Issue - Third Return Beyond TTL - Why???

by ThingsThatGo Aug 1, 2007 12:22PM PDT

Issue
Periodic latency appearing when hitting Internet
Doing tracert on WinXP...results follow:
C:\>tracert www.yahoo.com

Tracing route to www.yahoo-ht3.akadns.net [69.147.114.210]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.3.2
2 13 ms 11 ms * IP here is being masked for privacy issues--this is default gateway of what is being fed to my router via dhcp from ISP.
3 13 ms 10 ms * 172.31.34.222
4 11 ms 12 ms * 12.116.192.49
5 42 ms 39 ms * tbr2.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.123.210.17]
6 43 ms 43 ms * tbr2.phlpa.ip.att.net [12.122.10.94]
7 42 ms 41 ms * tbr1.wswdc.ip.att.net [12.122.2.85]
8 42 ms 40 ms * gar8.wswdc.ip.att.net [12.122.113.21]
9 42 ms 41 ms * 12.86.111.22
10 76 ms 42 ms * ge-3-1-0-p160.msr1.re1.yahoo.com [216.115.108.65

Missing time in third field is on mutiple systems. Tried new router, bounced everything, and so on... still get the third field to only show star. Also, it only starts at default gateway for the cable modem.

Why is the third value a star? Looking for possible answers to this as ISP is not being very customer friendly. Thank you!

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Hmm, so you can notice .042 seconds...
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Aug 2, 2007 1:48AM PDT

Not many complain about .042 seconds when they click on a link.

Bob

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Third time period is not populated is my main issue
by ThingsThatGo Aug 2, 2007 9:26AM PDT

The TTL on the third field is over the time limit. Latency is great on the first two values, but sucks on the third. I have searched the internet for a good answer and have not found one. Am hoping someone here might be able to answer why I might be having the issue.

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Just rechecked my test.
by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Aug 2, 2007 11:59AM PDT

The routes and stops inbetween do not have to return the ping so the time is not measurable. This is not a bug but a choice made by those that configured the router.

Step back, breathe and measure the ping time to the final destination. That is what is important.

Bob

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