> I am in Chicago now and using Visual Route's trial
> edition it tells me
> 10.10.167.40 can be found in Australia. Here is the trace:
>
> Address of Hop Name of Hop Location
> 10.10.10.1 (unnamed) (Private) (My inside interface) my
> comment
> 10.20.0.1 (unnamed) (Private) (RCN DHCP server) my
> comment
> 207.229.191.130 mart-h1.chi-mart.il.cable.rcn.net
> Herndon, VA, USA
> 207.172.19.41 ge0-0-2.core1.chsl.il.rcn.net Herndon, VA,
> USA
> 207.172.19.151 ge3-2.core1.sbo.ma.rcn.net Worcester, MA,
> USA
> 207.172.15.114 ge4-1.core2.sbo.ma.rcn.net Worcester, MA,
> USA
> 207.172.19.37 pos5-0.core2.nyw.ny.rcn.net New York, NY,
> USA
> 207.172.15.67 tge1-2.core4.nyw.ny.rcn.net New York, NY,
> USA
> 207.172.19.107 tge2-1.aggr1.nyw.ny.rcn.net New York, NY,
> USA
> - (unnamed) (An unnnamed hop) my comment
> 10.10.167.40 (unnamed) (Private) Australia according to
> Visual Route's
> location service
The 10.10.167.40 address is not in Australia. Visual Route is being stupid.
Visual Route cannot ever tell you were "10.10.167.40" is located (in much the
same way, Google Maps can never tell you were "123 Oak St." is located).
10.10.167.40 is an address within the RCN network, probably located in NYC. RCN
uses private IP addresses within it's network for network management. This
might be some sort of SNMP console probing your cable modem for statistics. It
could be anything.
If you are curious about this traffic, put Wireshark on your machine and
capture the traffic, or 'nmap' scan it for ports.
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