10-16-2018 12:58 PM
Why do packets from Burnaby to UBC go to the USA, Germany, and the USA again to get to UBC?
10-16-2018 01:32 PM
You'll need to be more specific. Can you post the traceroute? Is the internet connection from Telus or through UBC itself?
10-16-2018 01:55 PM
From a residential telus customer in Burnaby to UBC. Traceroute below:
Hop number: 1
Connected to: assc-ultrafw-vlan2598.dc10.neustar.com ( 10.176.98.1 )
Roundtrip times: 2.716 ms 2.601 ms 2.528 ms
Hop number: 2
Connected to: ashlfnsw02-vlan102.dc10.neustar.com ( 10.176.2.3 )
Roundtrip times: 2.832 ms 2.793 ms 2.745 ms
Hop number: 3
Roundtrip times: Timed out.
Hop number: 4
Connected to: ashihnrtr01-vlan502.dc10.neustar.com ( 156.154.196.2 )
Roundtrip times: 5.165 ms 5.106 ms 5.048 ms
Country: united states
Hop number: 5
Connected to: et-0-0-43-3.cr2-was1.ip4.gtt.net ( 173.205.39.229 )
Roundtrip times: 5.035 ms 4.972 ms 4.888 ms
Country: germany
Hop number: 6
Connected to: et-4-1-0.cr2-ser2.ip4.gtt.net ( 89.149.133.174 )
Roundtrip times: 72.626 ms 69.754 ms 66.747 ms
Country: germany
Hop number: 7
Connected to: ip4.gtt.net ( 69.174.2.42 )
Roundtrip times: 73.981 ms 75.81 ms 75.762 ms
Country: united states
Hop number: 8
Connected to: rc1bb-be90.vc.shawcable.net ( 66.163.76.65 )
Roundtrip times: 73.724 ms 73.625 ms
Country: canada
Hop number: 9
Connected to: rc2wh-tge0-5-0-6.vc.shawcable.net ( 66.163.65.130 )
Roundtrip times: 77.514 ms 77.409 ms 73.622 ms
Country: canada
Hop number: 10
Connected to: rx0wh-bcnet.vc.bigpipeinc.com ( 64.251.87.210 )
Roundtrip times: 73.589 ms 75.135 ms 71.548 ms
Country: canada
Hop number: 11
Connected to: cr1-tx3920.vantx1.bc.net ( 207.23.253.33 )
Roundtrip times: 68.417 ms 71.434 ms 72.389 ms
Country: canada
Hop number: 12
Connected to: 347-tx-ubcab-cr1.vncv1.bc.net ( 134.87.30.153 )
Roundtrip times: 70.726 ms 70.527 ms 73.447 ms
Country: canada
Hop number: 13
Connected to: 137.82.88.122 ( 137.82.88.122 )
Roundtrip times: 71.141 ms 71.091 ms 74.142 ms
Country: canada
Hop number: 14
Connected to: a22-a0.net.ubc.ca ( 137.82.123.113 )
Roundtrip times: 73.558 ms 73.37 ms 70.245 ms
Country: canada
10-16-2018 03:12 PM - edited 10-16-2018 03:21 PM
Are you using a VPN? The traceroute does not read like one from a Telus connection. Hop 1 and 2, and sometimes 3, would normally be Telus, not Neustar.
As for the IP you believe is for Germany. Netblocks are bought and sold often so doing a geoIP lookup is not always accurate, nor up to date. The company that has the IP in question (GTT.net) can move it as they need. I see it as Poland on one site, Germany on one, and Ireland on most others. There's a good chance that IP is still in the US. There isn't a direct fibre connection from Washington state to Germany so if it was actually Germany there should be a few more hops on either side of it.