traceroute/ping, IP question

[Doug Stanfield]

[Rodney Kanno asked]
> Can someone clarify which is my IP address from the following 
> lines ifconfig, 
> ping, and traceroute. These are all from the same machine, 
> each done right 
> after the other. Is my IP 24.161.128.1 or 24.161.133.184?

The ifconfig shows it as 24.161.133.184.  The 'from' part of the ping also
shows the same.

> and when I try to traceroute 24.161.128.1 and 24.161.133.184 i get:
> 
> [root at road happy]# traceroute 24.161.128.1
> traceroute to 24.161.128.1 (24.161.128.1), 30 hops max, 38 
> byte packets
>  1  a24b161n128client1.hawaii.rr.com (24.161.128.1)  429.699 
> ms !P  189.714 
> ms !P  13.904 ms
> !P

This IP is the gateway, the cable router that is the first hop from you.

> [root at road happy]# traceroute 24.161.133.184
> traceroute to 24.161.133.184 (24.161.133.184), 30 hops max, 
> 38 byte packets
>  1  a24b161n133client184.hawaii.rr.com (24.161.133.184)  
> 0.195 ms  0.130 ms  
> 0.061 ms
> 
> are these pointing back to the same machine?

This is tracing to your own machine.

-Doug-
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> 1st line of traceroute to 128.171.211.157:  
> 1  a24b161n128client1.hawaii.rr.com (24.161.128.1)  170.224 
> ms  76.324 ms  
> 97.707 ms 
> 
> 1st line of ping to www.google.com:
> PING www.google.com (216.239.33.101) from 24.161.133.184 : 
> 56(84) bytes of 
> data.
> 
> ifconfig:
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:29:9D:5F:3E
>           inet addr:24.161.133.184  Bcast:255.255.255.255  
> Mask:255.255.248.0
>