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 ago by ll.
Daniel Cid

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
```