Trace routing to WoW servers

Ayperous

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Feb 10, 2013
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Hello im wondering why my hop 5 is timing out and if that is a problem or normal, its dropping on hop 5, This is my traceroute to WoWs IP server bloodlust, if someone could please help me on this thanks






Tracing route to 12.129.209.68 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms router.belkin [192.168.2.1]
2 16 ms 16 ms 18 ms nexthop.wa.iinet.net.au [203.215.5.243]
3 16 ms 15 ms 16 ms ae7.cr1.per1.on.ii.net [150.101.33.120]
4 49 ms 49 ms 50 ms ae1.cr1.adl6.on.ii.net [150.101.33.36]
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 244 ms 243 ms 243 ms te0-1-1-2.br1.sjc2.on.ii.net [150.101.33.193]
7 215 ms 215 ms 215 ms sl-st31-sj-.sprintlink.net [144.232.191.193]
8 223 ms 222 ms 222 ms 144.232.1.70
9 259 ms 260 ms 262 ms cr2.sffca.ip.att.net [12.122.200.14]
10 237 ms 234 ms 255 ms cr2.la2ca.ip.att.net [12.122.31.133]
11 273 ms 230 ms 230 ms gar29.la2ca.ip.att.net [12.122.129.241]
12 234 ms 233 ms 257 ms 12.122.251.190
13 235 ms 235 ms 235 ms mdf001c7613r0004-gig-10-1.lax1.attens.net [12.129.193.250]
14 235 ms 235 ms 235 ms 12.129.199.178
15 235 ms 230 ms 258 ms 12.129.209.68

Trace complete.
 

evims

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Jan 16, 2014
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All that means is that you didn't a response from hop 5, which is the 5th router your data travels through on the way to the server. Sometimes this is by design, for network security purposes.