LAN IP's in tracert?

[Reelix]

Hi all!

Whilst boredly browsing the internet today, I decided to do a tracert to google to see how many hops there were (Yes, i was bored)

I was rather surprised when I saw:

C:\>tracert www.google.co.za

Tracing route to www.l.google.com [74.125.87.103]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 167 ms 149 ms 109 ms iburst-41-213-112-1.iburst.co.za [41.213.112.1]

2 118 ms 94 ms 79 ms 10.40.34.1
3 117 ms 109 ms 109 ms 192.168.4.37
4 142 ms 109 ms 165 ms 66.8.22.201

To my knowledge, 10.* and 192.168.* are LAN based IP's.

A tracking program shows 41.213.112.1 to be iBurst, and 66.8.22.201 to be MTN - So, what about those middle two?

I have tried to disconnect, change my IP around a bit, and try and get a successful ping onto on of these seemingly LAN Based IP's - And failed (I didn't really expect to succeed )

Now, the question I'm asking - Exactly WHAT are these two IP's in the middle? And why do I have to be connected to the internet to be able to ping a 192.168.*.* IP

Oh, and if anyone was wondering - 23 hops to Google

 

[Schwartz]

wow u must be bored

 

[ginggs]

To my knowledge, 10.* and 192.168.* are LAN based IP's.

Technically they are private IPs. They don't have to be on a LAN, they just aren't publicly accessible.

A tracking program shows 41.213.112.1 to be iBurst, and 66.8.22.201 to be MTN - So, what about those middle two?

My guess is they are routers connecting iBurst to MTN.

Oh, and if anyone was wondering - 23 hops to Google

I get 18.

 

[Conradl]

Private addresses are not route-able through the internet; but they they can be routed privately. The middle two address are the internal addresses of their network that you pass through to get to google.