This happens because you are cheating and using a routable IP address for your private network. nslookup 90.0.0.89 shows: Name: AMontpellier-257-1-113-89.w90-0.abo.wanadoo.fr Address: 90.0.0.89
Trace route just did a reverse DNS and reported what it found. The only problem is you will have extreme difficulty communicating with any computer on what ever portion of the 90.* network your local network thinks it is ... Dave Morris On Tue, 4 Apr 2006, J L Guest wrote: > Folks: > > Well it seems that anytime I write a message here it is to expose my own > ignorance.. :( > > Well here is the picture. My son was playing a game which uses a server with > the address 159.153.233.71 (central-ae6-owo.com). He told me he was having > trouble re-logging onto the game even though he had just been playing. > > I tried rebooting the pc etc, and just thought I 'd try to run a tracert on > the server. What stunned me is the FIRST ENTRY which should have been the card > on my PRIVATE nic which I have for many years used as 90.0.0.89 This is the > first step listed on the tracert > > 1 <10 ms <10 ms <10 ms AMontpellier-257-1-113-89.w90-0.abo.wanadoo.fr > [90.0.0.89] > > Does anyone have any clue as to what in the world this is? What should I do > about it? Is it an element about which I should be concerned? (I think it is) > Thanks to all of you for any insight you may have on this. ------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://archives.gnatbox.com/gb-users/
