Seattle routing

  • ll
    March 9, 2020 at 11:40 pm

    My understanding is that there’s a Seattle DNS server that’s part of the global anycast network. However, I’m getting assigned to a non-Seattle dns server whenever I perform a test using https://dnsleaktest.com. Here’s my result:

    Hostnames:

    1. dns-edge-usa-central-utah.cleanbrowsing.org (108.171.217.194)

    2. dns-edge-usa-west-sv.cleanbrowsing.org (144.202.108.20)

     

    Any idea why? The side effect I noticed is I’m getting routed to CDNs that are far away from Seattle.

    • This topic was modified 3 years, 6 months ago by ll.
    March 10, 2020 at 4:29 am

    The SV ( Silicon Valley ) datacenter is pretty close to Seattle. Mind sending a traceroute to:

    185.228.168.10

    So we can see what is going on? also, what’s your ISP?

    ll
    March 11, 2020 at 6:41 am

    Here’s my traceroute to 185.228.168.10:

    1  fdr01.sllk.wa.nwestnet.net (50.46.181.23)  1.563 ms  1.256 ms  1.495 ms
     2  50.46.176.54 (50.46.176.54)  1.715 ms  1.594 ms  1.895 ms
     3  ae3---0.cor02.sttl.wa.nwestnet.net (50.46.176.18)  3.180 ms  4.842 ms  2.693 ms
     4  ae1---0.cbr01.sttl.wa.nwestnet.net (50.46.176.43)  2.729 ms  3.822 ms  2.806 ms
     5  ae51.edge6.Seattle1.Level3.net (4.35.242.37)  2.952 ms  2.906 ms  3.064 ms
     6  * * *
     7  4.7.18.206 (4.7.18.206)  20.343 ms  20.002 ms  30.828 ms
     8  * * *
     9  * * *
    10  adult-filter-dns.cleanbrowsing.org (185.228.168.10)  20.049 ms  19.555 ms  20.004 ms