Something strange has happened to the routing.
I'm not on the VM network anymore so if @用心棒 would like to run the same from his VM connection for comparison, I'd be grateful.
Here's what I get when I try from my PC which is Windows based
C:\Users\timdu>tracert smtp.virginmedia.com
Tracing route to smtp.virginmedia.com [62.254.26.219]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 2 ms <1 ms <1 ms bthub [192.168.1.254]
2 6 ms 3 ms 4 ms 172.16.19.151
3 * * * Request timed out.
4 21 ms 16 ms 16 ms 31.55.187.184
5 22 ms 16 ms 16 ms core2-hu0-8-0-1.southbank.ukcore.bt.net [195.99.127.184]
6 17 ms 17 ms 17 ms peer7-et-4-1-5.telehouse.ukcore.bt.net [194.72.16.142]
7 17 ms 17 ms 16 ms 109.159.253.101
8 * * * Request timed out.
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 26 ms 26 ms 26 ms know-dclcore-1b-port-channel1.network.virginmedia.net [62.254.85.22]
11 29 ms 26 ms 26 ms know-dcore-1b-pc10.network.virginmedia.net [62.252.189.174]
12 31 ms 25 ms 25 ms smtp.virginmedia.com [62.254.26.219]
Trace complete.
And from a Linux system
ravenstar68@box:~$ traceroute smtp.virginmedia.com
traceroute to smtp.virginmedia.com (62.254.26.219), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 51.195.148.1 (51.195.148.1) 0.327 ms 0.315 ms 0.297 ms
2 192.168.143.254 (192.168.143.254) 0.276 ms 0.258 ms 0.243 ms
3 10.13.159.126 (10.13.159.126) 0.232 ms 0.341 ms 0.332 ms
4 10.13.158.138 (10.13.158.138) 0.309 ms 10.13.158.136 (10.13.158.136) 0.295 ms 0.283 ms
5 10.13.152.116 (10.13.152.116) 0.263 ms 10.13.152.112 (10.13.152.112) 0.269 ms 10.13.152.114 (10.13.152.114) 0.229 ms
6 10.72.4.120 (10.72.4.120) 0.621 ms 10.72.4.124 (10.72.4.124) 0.461 ms 10.72.4.122 (10.72.4.122) 0.589 ms
7 10.73.32.42 (10.73.32.42) 0.192 ms 10.73.32.62 (10.73.32.62) 0.254 ms 10.73.32.42 (10.73.32.42) 0.227 ms
8 10.73.249.2 (10.73.249.2) 0.740 ms 0.726 ms 10.73.249.4 (10.73.249.4) 0.717 ms
9 be103.lon-drch-sbb1-nc5.uk.eu (91.121.215.118) 0.900 ms 0.887 ms 0.878 ms
10 10.200.0.139 (10.200.0.139) 70.826 ms 70.904 ms 10.200.0.141 (10.200.0.141) 1.004 ms
11 * * *
12 * * *
13 uk-lon01b-ri1-ae-23-0.aorta.net (84.116.135.30) 0.971 ms 0.825 ms manc-ic-1-ae1-0.network.virginmedia.net (62.254.42.242) 19.189 ms
14 * * *
15 know-dclcore-1b-port-channel1.network.virginmedia.net (62.254.85.22) 10.576 ms 10.769 ms 10.686 ms
16 know-dcore-1b-pc10.network.virginmedia.net (62.252.189.174) 10.433 ms 10.510 ms *
17 * * *
18 * * know-dcore-1b-pc10.network.virginmedia.net (62.252.189.174) 10.513 ms
19 * * *
20 * * *
21 * * *
Note that the different result on the final hop is due to the way Linux runs a traceroute as compared to Windows. In both cases I can connect successfully.
What I do note is that although you are tracing to the same IP address as myself - your trace ends nowhere near the Knowsley core network where the SMTP server is.
@ModTeam - I think someone needs to take a look at this.
@用心棒 @coenoby - Keep an eye out for any other threads with the same symptoms.
Tim
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