first hop on traceroute

nopcode · 06-05-2005, 00:16

Hi just a quickie, lately Ive had alot of packet loss on online games so I've been doing a little tracerouting using the tracert command .

The first hop is always this ip 10.218.111.*** and it shows lots of ploss.

Is this normal for a a first hop? as I dont recall ever seeing one like this before?
I did a whois on the IP and its some iana blackhole thingy, what is it?

Running windows xp sp2 all updates, zonealarm firewall and pc is straight into an aging terrayon terrajet.

**Paul** · 06-05-2005, 00:22

Yes, it's correct - it's the private address of your UBR.

What do you mean by "lots of ploss" ?

nopcode · 06-05-2005, 00:34

sorry , I mean packet loss

I was just wondering about the first hop because im sure it used to have a much higher first ip segment around 180, I guess the 10 is a result of the speed upgrades?

Ty for your help

**Paul** · 06-05-2005, 01:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by nopcode

sorry , I mean packet loss

I was just wondering about the first hop because im sure it used to have a much higher first ip segment around 180, I guess the 10 is a result of the speed upgrades?

It was probably a 172. address. They are used as well as the 10. addresses.