best. traceroute. ever.

[rmd]

This is the best traceroute I've ever seen. If you have access to a command line, check out
traceroute -m 200 216.81.59.173
(from windows, tracert -h 200 216.81.59.173)

(traceroute -n takes all the fun out of it, though.)

If you don't have access to a command line, the result is behind the LJ-cut.

$ traceroute -m 200 216.81.59.173
traceroute to 216.81.59.173 (216.81.59.173), 200 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 50.57.52.2 (50.57.52.2) 0.000 ms 0.000 ms 0.000 ms
2 core1-aggr701a-6.ord1.rackspace.net (184.106.126.68) 0.000 ms 0.000 ms 0.000 ms
3 corea.ord1.rackspace.net (184.106.126.128) 0.000 ms corea.ord1.rackspace.net (184.106.126.124) 0.000 ms corea.ord1.rackspace.net (184.106.126.128) 0.000 ms
4 bbr1.ord1.rackspace.net (184.106.126.145) 4.000 ms bbr1.ord1.rackspace.net (184.106.126.147) 4.000 ms bbr1.ord1.rackspace.net (184.106.126.145) 4.000 ms
5 10gigabitethernet4-1.core1.chi1.he.net (206.223.119.37) 4.000 ms 4.000 ms 4.000 ms
6 10gigabitethernet1-2.core1.ash1.he.net (184.105.213.246) 16.000 ms 16.000 ms 15.999 ms
7 10gigabitethernet1-2.core1.atl1.he.net (184.105.213.110) 31.999 ms 31.999 ms 31.999 ms
8 216.66.0.26 (216.66.0.26) 27.999 ms 27.999 ms 27.999 ms
9 * * *
10 Episode.IV (206.214.251.1) 67.997 ms 67.997 ms 67.997 ms
11 A.NEW.HOPE (206.214.251.6) 67.997 ms 67.997 ms 71.997 ms
12 It.is.a.period.of.civil.war (206.214.251.9) 71.997 ms 75.997 ms 75.997 ms
13 Rebel.spaceships (206.214.251.14) 75.997 ms 67.997 ms 63.998 ms
14 striking.from.a.hidden.base (206.214.251.17) 63.998 ms 63.998 ms 63.998 ms
15 have.won.their.first.victory (206.214.251.22) 67.998 ms 67.998 ms 71.997 ms
16 against.the.evil.Galactic.Empire (206.214.251.25) 75.997 ms 71.997 ms 67.998 ms
17 During.the.battle (206.214.251.30) 67.998 ms 67.998 ms 67.998 ms
18 Rebel.spies.managed (206.214.251.33) 67.997 ms 71.997 ms 71.997 ms
19 to.steal.secret.plans (206.214.251.38) 71.997 ms 71.997 ms 75.997 ms
20 to.the.Empires.ultimate.weapon (206.214.251.41) 67.998 ms 71.998 ms 67.998 ms
21 the.DEATH.STAR (206.214.251.46) 71.997 ms 71.997 ms 71.997 ms
22 an.armored.space.station (206.214.251.49) 67.997 ms 67.998 ms 63.998 ms
23 with.enough.power.to (206.214.251.54) 71.997 ms 75.997 ms 71.997 ms
24 destroy.an.entire.planet (206.214.251.57) 67.997 ms 67.997 ms 67.997 ms
25 Pursued.by.the.Empires (206.214.251.62) 71.997 ms 67.997 ms 67.997 ms
26 sinister.agents (206.214.251.65) 71.997 ms 67.998 ms 67.997 ms
27 Princess.Leia.races.home (206.214.251.70) 67.997 ms 67.998 ms 67.998 ms
28 aboard.her.starship (206.214.251.73) 67.998 ms 71.998 ms 71.998 ms
29 custodian.of.the.stolen.plans (206.214.251.78) 71.998 ms 67.998 ms 67.998 ms
30 that.can.save.her (206.214.251.81) 67.998 ms 67.998 ms 67.997 ms
31 people.and.restore (206.214.251.86) 67.998 ms 67.998 ms 67.997 ms
32 freedom.to.the.galaxy (206.214.251.89) 71.997 ms 67.997 ms 71.997 ms
33 0-------------------0 (206.214.251.94) 67.997 ms 71.997 ms 71.997 ms
34 0------------------0 (206.214.251.97) 71.997 ms 75.997 ms 71.997 ms
35 0-----------------0 (206.214.251.102) 67.998 ms 71.997 ms 71.997 ms
36 0----------------0 (206.214.251.105) 75.998 ms 75.997 ms 75.997 ms
37 0---------------0 (206.214.251.110) 71.997 ms 75.997 ms 79.997 ms
38 0--------------0 (206.214.251.113) 75.997 ms 75.997 ms 71.997 ms
39 0-------------0 (206.214.251.118) 71.997 ms 71.997 ms 75.997 ms
40 0------------0 (206.214.251.121) 67.998 ms 75.997 ms 75.998 ms
41 0-----------0 (206.214.251.126) 75.998 ms 75.998 ms 75.997 ms
42 0----------0 (206.214.251.129) 79.997 ms 75.997 ms 67.998 ms
43 0---------0 (206.214.251.134) 71.998 ms 75.998 ms *
44 0--------0 (206.214.251.137) 75.997 ms 71.998 ms 71.997 ms
45 0-------0 (206.214.251.142) 67.997 ms 67.997 ms 71.997 ms
46 0------0 (206.214.251.145) 67.998 ms 71.998 ms 71.998 ms
47 0-----0 (206.214.251.150) 67.997 ms 79.997 ms 75.997 ms
48 0----0 (206.214.251.153) 71.997 ms 71.997 ms 75.997 ms
49 0---0 (206.214.251.158) 75.997 ms 71.997 ms 79.997 ms
50 0--0 (206.214.251.161) 75.997 ms 71.997 ms 71.997 ms
51 0-0 (206.214.251.166) 71.998 ms 75.997 ms 75.997 ms
52 00 (206.214.251.169) 71.997 ms 75.997 ms *
53 I (206.214.251.174) 79.997 ms 83.997 ms 79.997 ms
54 By.Ryan.Werber (206.214.251.177) 79.997 ms 79.997 ms 79.997 ms
55 When.CCIEs.Get.Bored (206.214.251.182) 79.997 ms 75.997 ms 75.997 ms
56 read.more.at.beaglenetworks.net (206.214.251.185) 71.998 ms 71.997 ms 71.998 ms
57 FIN (206.214.251.190) 71.998 ms * *

ETA: hat tip to solarbird.
Edited again to include the "trace further, dammit" arguments and included the additional hops in the sample.
Props to Ryan at BeagleNetworks for mad skillz.
Update: I think it's no longer being routed. Presumably having half the world tracerouting into their network was causing problems.

Comments

[frobzwiththingz.livejournal.com]

Shit, They'll let *anything* into a PTR record these days.
There goes the neighborhood.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

I've been meaning to drop you a note - you showed up in a dream of mine the other night. We ended up talking about fatigue patterns and wear spots on tissu silks.

[be-well-lowell.livejournal.com]

I'm still wondering why my new upstream provider automatically creates a PTR record but not a matching A record for new installs. Yeah, they've been nice about setting things up any (reasonable) way I want (I guess that's one of the advantages of "commercial" service), but what's the *point* of their approach?