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Re: ping and tracert networking question

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Originally Posted by nuttle View Post
could just be marginal alignment
That doesn't fit the given facts, unless you are claiming that tracert causes a reverse DNS to be attempted on 10.0.0.1, but what would be the point of doing that?


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the antenna is highly directional
It has to be. It's pulling in an 802.11 signal from over a mile away.


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....strong indication that you are seeing the rooftop radio at 10.0.0.1... any DNS operation has to contact a server on the Internet
It sounds like you are saying tracert 10.0.0.1 causes a reverse DNS operation to be attempted on 10.0.0.1

Are you quite sure of that? It seems pointless to do that.


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If they let you access the admin UI for the radio, you could probably tell a whole lot more.
For sure.


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If there's an option to use your own radio
No. That's not their business model.


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I assume you tried ubnt/ubnt to log into the radio?
That is the default for this model radio, and it was changed during installation. As mentioned previously, I do not have the password.


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Did the utility tell you anything?
No. See attached screenshot.


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the fact that you can bring up a login screen is another strong indication that you are seeing the rooftop radio at 10.0.0.1 ... A bridge will typically have a layer 3 IP address, but it doesn't follow that it is going to show up in tracert.
If 10.0.0.1 is the radio, then it is showing up in tracert.


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If you are using Windows, try the pathping command -- it is more informative than tracert
More informative in what way? See below:

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C:\>pathping 10.0.0.1

Tracing route to 10.0.0.1 over a maximum of 30 hops

  0  Ether [192.168.1.33]  <--my PC
  1  192.168.1.1           <--my router (LAN side)
  2  10.0.0.1              <--my radio?

Computing statistics for 50 seconds...
            Source to Here   This Node/Link
Hop  RTT    Lost/Sent = Pct  Lost/Sent = Pct  Address
  0                                           Ether [192.168.1.33]
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  1    0ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  192.168.1.1
                                0/ 100 =  0%   |
  2    1ms     0/ 100 =  0%     0/ 100 =  0%  10.0.0.1

Trace complete.

C:\>
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