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[GeneralCroz]

What are the normal values that I should be reading for trace routes, pings, etc. of my own IP address?
My ISP is Telus, and something just doesn't seem right about these:
For example my ip address will read: 142.59.32.1

A trace route from that address reads:
1 0 ms --- --- 209.115.152.28 edtnab02ar01.ab.tac.net.

A trace route from that address will read:
1 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms 209.115.152.28 edtnab02ar01.ab.tac.net.
2 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms 192.168.24.97
3 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms 207.229.30.50 jaguar-f2.ab.tac.net.
4 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms 207.229.30.42 obrian.ab.tac.net.
5 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms 207.229.30.34 vulture.ab.tac.net.
6 0 ms --- --- 207.229.30.7 odo.ab.tac.net.

Than my computer will hang forcing me to reboot. The trace routes never finish.

Why does this show a hardware address that is not mine? Why is my hardware address at an IP address that my TCP/IP settings show?
My IP, not my hardware address.
pci1186, 142.59.32.1 d142-59-32-1.abhsia.telus.net 00:03:4b:99:90:45

My harware addresss, not my IP.
pci1186, 142.59.34.51 d142-59-34-51.abhsia.telus.net 00:50:ba:51:42:25 PERM PUBLISH LOCAL

What does this mean?
pci1186, 224.0.0.0 base-address.mcast.… 01:00:5e:00:00:00 PERM MAPPING

I know that something has been taking advantage of my lack of knowledge on computer protocols and configurations. I need assistance to find that something that has been taking advantage of me.

209.115.152.28 edtnab02ar01.ab.tac.net.
209.115.152.46 edtnabkddr00.bb.telus.com.
205.233.111.140 edtnabkdgr01.bb.telus.com.
154.11.10.138 edtnabkdbr01.bb.telus.com.
154.11.10.17 nwmrbc01br01.bb.telus.com.
154.11.10.102 sttlwa01gr01.bb.telus.com.
154.11.3.158 cogent.sttlwa01gr01.bb.telus.com.
66.28.4.54 p14-0.core01.sfo01.atlas.cogentco.com.
66.28.6.6 g0-2.na01.b003123-1.sfo01.atlas.cogentco.com.
66.28.28.134 free.

1 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms 209.115.152.28 edtnab02ar01.ab.tac.net.
2 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms 209.115.152.46 edtnabkddr00.bb.telus.com.
3 0 ms 0 ms 0 ms 205.233.111.108 edtnabkdgr01.bb.telus.com.
4 32 ms 48 ms 32 ms 154.11.10.138 edtnabkdbr01.bb.telus.com.
5 32 ms 32 ms 32 ms 154.11.10.154 wnpgmbabbr00.bb.telus.com.
6 N/R No Response

 

[jrbarnett]

GeneralCroz

The actual results you should get from traceroutes and pings to other devices depend on how the network is configured, the amount of bandwidth that you have (eg dial up, ADSL/Cable or if you are using a corporate LAN).
With regards to the different address types:

The hardware address, such as 00:03:4b:99:90:45 in your case
is assigned to the ethernet adapter inside your PC, either as an expansion card or more likely, built on the motherboard these days.
The hardware addresses are assigned by one of the global networking bodies, can't remember exactly who at the moment (either the IETF or IEEE), to companies that manufacture network card chips, such as 3Com, Intel and Realtek. Each of these companies assigns one Mac address to each card during its manufacture, which is set in stone. This will not change.

If all networking equipment used mac addresses for differentiating between systems, there would be no problem, unfortunately, dial up adapters don't use these.

Part of the TCP/IP protocol stack includes a protocol called ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) that resolves IP addresses to MAC addresses and vice versa, but only on the local area network (run arp -a from the command prompt to see current entries), so for example you couldn't resolve the mac address of my PC's NIC from yours.

The IP address that has been assigned to your PC by your ISP's DHCP server, if you use an ethernet connection, will more than likely use the Mac address of the network card to verify that your PC is the correct one.

For a basic introduction to TCP/IP and what the various numbers mean, go to my website

http://www.jrbarnett.freeserve.co.uk

and download the Introduction to TCP/IP document from the Free Stuff page.

John