* in place of ASN in traceroute

netuser786

Junior Member
Apr 21, 2012
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hi,
i am using traceroute command for checking internet path stability. i ran a tracroute and it gave something like the following:

Code:
traceroute to www.seychelles.net (41.86.46.5), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  rtr28-3.cs.ucr.edu (169.235.28.3) [AS6106]  1.280 ms  1.324 ms  1.361 ms
 2  c6513stat--te10-1.ucr.edu (138.23.3.101) [AS6106]  0.588 ms  0.635 ms  0.757 ms
 3  xmr-telecom-1--te1-2.ucr.edu (138.23.3.89) [AS6106]  0.570 ms  0.696 ms  0.700 ms
 4  dc-riv-agg1--ucr-2ge.cenic.net (137.164.50.69) [AS2152]  0.968 ms  1.628 ms  0.337 ms
 5  dc-lax-core2--riv-agg1-10ge.cenic.net (137.164.46.8) [AS2152]  6.056 ms  6.136 ms  6.153 ms
 6  dc-lax-px1--lax-core2-10ge-2.cenic.net (137.164.46.153) [AS2152]  2.088 ms  2.182 ms  2.117 ms
 7  xe-9-2-0.0.lsan0.tr-cps.internet2.edu (64.57.20.226) 
[*]  2.178 ms  2.205 ms  2.209 ms

in 7th hop,
[*] is shown rather than ASN. can anybody tell what does it mean?
 

stuartl89

Member
Feb 4, 2012
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hi,
i am using traceroute command for checking internet path stability. i ran a tracroute and it gave something like the following:

Code:
traceroute to www.seychelles.net (41.86.46.5), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
 1  rtr28-3.cs.ucr.edu (169.235.28.3) [AS6106]  1.280 ms  1.324 ms  1.361 ms
 2  c6513stat--te10-1.ucr.edu (138.23.3.101) [AS6106]  0.588 ms  0.635 ms  0.757 ms
 3  xmr-telecom-1--te1-2.ucr.edu (138.23.3.89) [AS6106]  0.570 ms  0.696 ms  0.700 ms
 4  dc-riv-agg1--ucr-2ge.cenic.net (137.164.50.69) [AS2152]  0.968 ms  1.628 ms  0.337 ms
 5  dc-lax-core2--riv-agg1-10ge.cenic.net (137.164.46.8) [AS2152]  6.056 ms  6.136 ms  6.153 ms
 6  dc-lax-px1--lax-core2-10ge-2.cenic.net (137.164.46.153) [AS2152]  2.088 ms  2.182 ms  2.117 ms
 7  xe-9-2-0.0.lsan0.tr-cps.internet2.edu (64.57.20.226) 
[*]  2.178 ms  2.205 ms  2.209 ms

in 7th hop,
[*] is shown rather than ASN. can anybody tell what does it mean?

Was this every time or did you try it once? I was able to resolve it to AS11164. Perhaps there was a timeout on the lookup, or maybe it's rate limited.

-S
 

netuser786

Junior Member
Apr 21, 2012
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i am getting it everytime. i tried traceroute several times!

Traceroute 1
============
traceroute to www.seychelles.net (41.86.46.5), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 rtr28-3.cs.ucr.edu (169.235.28.3) [AS6106] 1.280 ms 1.324 ms 1.361 ms
2 c6513stat--te10-1.ucr.edu (138.23.3.101) [AS6106] 0.588 ms 0.635 ms 0.757 ms
3 xmr-telecom-1--te1-2.ucr.edu (138.23.3.89) [AS6106] 0.570 ms 0.696 ms 0.700 ms
4 dc-riv-agg1--ucr-2ge.cenic.net (137.164.50.69) [AS2152] 0.968 ms 1.628 ms 0.337 ms
5 dc-lax-core2--riv-agg1-10ge.cenic.net (137.164.46.8) [AS2152] 6.056 ms 6.136 ms 6.153 ms
6 dc-lax-px1--lax-core2-10ge-2.cenic.net (137.164.46.153) [AS2152] 2.088 ms 2.182 ms 2.117 ms
7 xe-9-2-0.0.lsan0.tr-cps.internet2.edu (64.57.20.226)
[*] 2.178 ms 2.205 ms 2.209 ms
8 * * *
9 emc.ge10-13.br02.ldn01.pccwbtn.net (63.218.55.118) [AS3491] 169.195 ms 169.316 ms 169.324 ms
10 255.50.21.212.in-addr.arpa (212.21.50.255) [AS27822] 173.857 ms 174.077 ms 174.248 ms
11 74.40.21.212.in-addr.arpa (212.21.40.74) [AS27822] 169.754 ms 169.962 ms 169.853 ms
12 74.51.21.212.in-addr.arpa (212.21.51.74) [AS27822] 170.132 ms 170.343 ms 170.118 ms
13 18.134.103.190.in-addr.arpa (190.103.134.18) [AS27822] 685.280 ms 50.133.103.190.in-addr.arpa (190.103.133.50) [AS27822] 688.917 ms 18.134.103.190.in-addr.arpa (190.103.134.18) [AS27822] 685.918 ms
14 178.133.103.190.in-addr.arpa (190.103.133.178) [AS27822] 690.208 ms 689.556 ms 689.944 ms
15 th-core.seychelles.net (41.223.219.109) [AS36958] 685.513 ms 685.518 ms 685.122 ms
16 sff.sc (41.86.46.5) [AS36958] 685.528 ms 685.110 ms 687.365 ms
Traceroute 2
============
traceroute to www.seychelles.net (41.86.46.5), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 rtr28-3.cs.ucr.edu (169.235.28.3) [AS6106] 1.219 ms 1.242 ms 1.280 ms
2 c6513stat--te10-1.ucr.edu (138.23.3.101) [AS6106] 0.678 ms 0.782 ms 0.885 ms
3 xmr-telecom-1--te1-2.ucr.edu (138.23.3.89) [AS6106] 0.494 ms 0.602 ms 0.709 ms
4 dc-riv-agg1--ucr-2ge.cenic.net (137.164.50.69) [AS2152] 0.818 ms 1.233 ms 1.260 ms
5 dc-lax-core2--riv-agg1-10ge.cenic.net (137.164.46.8) [AS2152] 2.722 ms 2.743 ms 2.271 ms
6 dc-lax-px1--lax-core2-10ge-2.cenic.net (137.164.46.153) [AS2152] 2.027 ms 2.158 ms 2.011 ms
7 xe-9-2-0.0.lsan0.tr-cps.internet2.edu (64.57.20.226)
[*] 2.216 ms 2.430 ms 2.438 ms
8 * * *
9 emc.ge10-13.br02.ldn01.pccwbtn.net (63.218.55.118) [AS3491] 169.269 ms 169.345 ms 169.380 ms
10 255.50.21.212.in-addr.arpa (212.21.50.255) [AS27822] 173.598 ms 174.106 ms 174.170 ms
11 74.40.21.212.in-addr.arpa (212.21.40.74) [AS27822] 169.813 ms 169.778 ms 169.659 ms
12 74.51.21.212.in-addr.arpa (212.21.51.74) [AS27822] 169.806 ms 169.594 ms 170.323 ms
13 18.134.103.190.in-addr.arpa (190.103.134.18) [AS27822] 685.139 ms 50.133.103.190.in-addr.arpa (190.103.133.50) [AS27822] 688.987 ms 689.288 ms
14 178.133.103.190.in-addr.arpa (190.103.133.178) [AS27822] 691.672 ms 691.150 ms 689.836 ms
15 th-core.seychelles.net (41.223.219.109) [AS36958] 685.427 ms 686.674 ms 687.305 ms
16 sff.sc (41.86.46.5) [AS36958] 688.224 ms 688.744 ms 686.996 ms
Traceroute 3
============
traceroute to www.seychelles.net (41.86.46.5), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 rtr28-3.cs.ucr.edu (169.235.28.3) [AS6106] 1.722 ms 1.517 ms 1.550 ms
2 c6513stat--te10-1.ucr.edu (138.23.3.101) [AS6106] 0.582 ms 0.748 ms 0.860 ms
3 xmr-telecom-1--te1-2.ucr.edu (138.23.3.89) [AS6106] 0.543 ms 0.628 ms 0.720 ms
4 dc-riv-agg1--ucr-2ge.cenic.net (137.164.50.69) [AS2152] 0.755 ms 0.834 ms 0.867 ms
5 dc-lax-core2--riv-agg1-10ge.cenic.net (137.164.46.8) [AS2152] 2.929 ms 2.997 ms 3.387 ms
6 dc-lax-px1--lax-core2-10ge-2.cenic.net (137.164.46.153) [AS2152] 2.146 ms 2.082 ms 2.059 ms
7 xe-9-2-0.0.lsan0.tr-cps.internet2.edu (64.57.20.226)
[*] 2.214 ms 2.275 ms 2.309 ms
8 * * *
9 emc.ge10-13.br02.ldn01.pccwbtn.net (63.218.55.118) [AS3491] 169.019 ms 169.175 ms 169.816 ms
10 255.50.21.212.in-addr.arpa (212.21.50.255) [AS27822] 173.798 ms 174.065 ms 174.136 ms
11 74.40.21.212.in-addr.arpa (212.21.40.74) [AS27822] 169.768 ms 169.927 ms 169.775 ms
12 74.51.21.212.in-addr.arpa (212.21.51.74) [AS27822] 169.697 ms 169.385 ms 169.609 ms
13 18.134.103.190.in-addr.arpa (190.103.134.18) [AS27822] 685.874 ms 50.133.103.190.in-addr.arpa (190.103.133.50) [AS27822] 690.804 ms 18.134.103.190.in-addr.arpa (190.103.134.18) [AS27822] 686.563 ms
14 178.133.103.190.in-addr.arpa (190.103.133.178) [AS27822] 692.006 ms 691.882 ms 690.523 ms
15 th-core.seychelles.net (41.223.219.109) [AS36958] 686.586 ms 686.699 ms 688.115 ms
16 sff.sc (41.86.46.5) [AS36958] 687.982 ms 688.722 ms 683.980 ms
Traceroute 4
============
traceroute to www.seychelles.net (41.86.46.5), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 rtr28-3.cs.ucr.edu (169.235.28.3) [AS6106] 1.329 ms 1.326 ms 1.363 ms
2 c6513stat--te10-1.ucr.edu (138.23.3.101) [AS6106] 0.607 ms 0.608 ms 0.688 ms
3 xmr-telecom-1--te1-2.ucr.edu (138.23.3.89) [AS6106] 0.552 ms 0.628 ms 0.632 ms
4 dc-riv-agg1--ucr-2ge.cenic.net (137.164.50.69) [AS2152] 0.633 ms 0.932 ms 0.337 ms
5 dc-lax-core2--riv-agg1-10ge.cenic.net (137.164.46.8) [AS2152] 2.598 ms 2.682 ms 2.718 ms
6 dc-lax-px1--lax-core2-10ge-2.cenic.net (137.164.46.153) [AS2152] 2.111 ms 2.123 ms 2.130 ms
7 xe-9-2-0.0.lsan0.tr-cps.internet2.edu (64.57.20.226)
[*] 2.204 ms 2.219 ms 2.399 ms
8 * * *
9 emc.ge10-13.br02.ldn01.pccwbtn.net (63.218.55.118) [AS3491] 169.125 ms 169.070 ms 169.421 ms
10 255.50.21.212.in-addr.arpa (212.21.50.255) [AS27822] 174.004 ms 174.174 ms 173.944 ms
11 74.40.21.212.in-addr.arpa (212.21.40.74) [AS27822] 169.252 ms 169.572 ms 169.437 ms
12 74.51.21.212.in-addr.arpa (212.21.51.74) [AS27822] 169.561 ms 169.795 ms 169.499 ms
13 18.134.103.190.in-addr.arpa (190.103.134.18) [AS27822] 682.416 ms 50.133.103.190.in-addr.arpa (190.103.133.50) [AS27822] 686.552 ms 18.134.103.190.in-addr.arpa (190.103.134.18) [AS27822] 682.667 ms
14 178.133.103.190.in-addr.arpa (190.103.133.178) [AS27822] 688.023 ms 687.835 ms 688.677 ms
15 th-core.seychelles.net (41.223.219.109) [AS36958] 682.442 ms 682.982 ms 683.028 ms
16 sff.sc (41.86.46.5) [AS36958] 683.993 ms 682.980 ms 683.994 ms
Traceroute 5
============
traceroute to www.seychelles.net (41.86.46.5), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 rtr28-3.cs.ucr.edu (169.235.28.3) [AS6106] 1.572 ms 1.664 ms 1.710 ms
2 c6513stat--te10-1.ucr.edu (138.23.3.101) [AS6106] 0.759 ms 1.006 ms 1.202 ms
3 xmr-telecom-1--te1-2.ucr.edu (138.23.3.89) [AS6106] 0.549 ms 0.825 ms 1.021 ms
4 dc-riv-agg1--ucr-2ge.cenic.net (137.164.50.69) [AS2152] 0.651 ms 0.875 ms 1.069 ms
5 dc-lax-core2--riv-agg1-10ge.cenic.net (137.164.46.8) [AS2152] 3.465 ms 3.535 ms 3.566 ms
6 dc-lax-px1--lax-core2-10ge-2.cenic.net (137.164.46.153) [AS2152] 2.108 ms 2.093 ms 2.112 ms
7 xe-9-2-0.0.lsan0.tr-cps.internet2.edu (64.57.20.226)
[*] 2.285 ms 2.215 ms 2.264 ms
8 * * *
9 emc.ge10-13.br02.ldn01.pccwbtn.net (63.218.55.118) [AS3491] 169.076 ms 169.368 ms 169.252 ms
10 255.50.21.212.in-addr.arpa (212.21.50.255) [AS27822] 173.893 ms 174.058 ms 174.126 ms
11 74.40.21.212.in-addr.arpa (212.21.40.74) [AS27822] 169.769 ms 169.748 ms 169.812 ms
12 74.51.21.212.in-addr.arpa (212.21.51.74) [AS27822] 169.854 ms 169.711 ms 169.621 ms
13 18.134.103.190.in-addr.arpa (190.103.134.18) [AS27822] 686.848 ms 686.321 ms 50.133.103.190.in-addr.arpa (190.103.133.50) [AS27822] 688.466 ms
14 178.133.103.190.in-addr.arpa (190.103.133.178) [AS27822] 688.658 ms 690.903 ms 689.514 ms
15 th-core.seychelles.net (41.223.219.109) [AS36958] 685.120 ms 684.816 ms 685.769 ms
16 sff.sc (41.86.46.5) [AS36958] 685.332 ms 685.465 ms 686.764 ms
 

imagoon

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Feb 19, 2003
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It means the ASN was not in the lookup table. The version of traceroute you are using uses third party lookups to do ASN to IP matching. For whatever reason the lookup failed / doesn't exist.

Traceroute cannot directly get the AS information since that is in the BGP routing core and the protocol normally doesn't need to provide that information to IP. They get the information by scanning certain BGP core routers that they have visibility in to.
 
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