Just a bystander here, but what leads you to believe the packets aren't going thru a router in Pittsburgh?
-- Dan On Tue, Sep 10, 2024, 5:21 PM Neel Chauhan <n...@neelc.org> wrote: > Hi, > > I got Fios installed today in my NYC apartment, as I just moved back > from Seattle after a 4-month stay in Connecticut. > > When doing a traceroute, I am noticing an incorrect Reverse DNS entry: > > [root@twin ~]# traceroute 1.1.1.1 > traceroute to 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets > 1 _gateway (172.20.0.1) 0.145 ms 0.115 ms 0.106 ms > 2 lo0-100.NYCMNY-VFTTP-372.verizon-gni.net (173.56.84.1) 2.079 ms > 2.070 ms 2.061 ms > 3 G0-3-4-4.PITBPA-LCR-21.verizon-gni.net (100.41.196.252) 3.751 ms > T0-8-0-9.BSTNMA-LCR-21.verizon-gni.net (100.41.196.248) 4.454 ms 4.447 > ms > 4 * * * > 5 * * * > 6 162.158.61.113 (162.158.61.113) 7.246 ms 6.603 ms 162.158.61.117 > (162.158.61.117) 4.944 ms > 7 one.one.one.one (1.1.1.1) 6.077 ms 6.355 ms 6.346 ms > [root@twin ~]# > > In short, hop 3 is "G0-3-4-4.PITBPA-LCR-21.verizon-gni.net > (100.41.196.252)" which seems to be a Pittsburgh, PA reverse DNS entry > even when I'm in NYC. While it doesn't affect the normal operation of > the service, it might give the impression packets are being routed via > Pittsburgh to someone less savvy. > > If someone works at the Verizon Fios/ILEC network engineering or > sysadmin team could the 100.41.196.252 reverse DNS entry to say > "G0-3-4-4.NYCMNY-LCR-21.verizon-gni.net" please get updated? > > Thanks! > > Neel Chauhan >
