Astraweb/US, Possible Changes To Front-End Plant

[sandman_1]

I use all 3 server addresses they list for SSL. I don't Know anything about routing it somewhere else but I do know that they have 2 servers.

Tracing route to ssl.astraweb.com [207.246.207.136]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 23 ms 19 ms 29 ms cpe-024-074-160-001.carolina.res.rr.com [24.74.1
60.1]
3 11 ms 12 ms 44 ms cpe-024-074-254-137.carolina.res.rr.com [24.74.2
54.137]
4 13 ms 12 ms 12 ms ae18.chrlncpop-rtr1.southeast.rr.com [24.93.64.6
]
5 26 ms 74 ms 31 ms ae-3-0.cr0.atl20.tbone.rr.com [66.109.6.82]
6 29 ms 66 ms 78 ms 107.14.19.11
7 188 ms 232 ms 221 ms te3-4.ccr01.atl02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.12.
109]
8 47 ms 47 ms 47 ms te0-0-0-1.ccr22.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.0.161]
9 49 ms 47 ms 47 ms te0-3-0-2.ccr22.iah01.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.
4.90]
10 78 ms 79 ms 79 ms te0-0-0-3.ccr22.lax01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.44.254]
11 268 ms 219 ms 220 ms te4-1.ccr02.sjc01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.5.6
9]
12 94 ms 91 ms 92 ms te3-3.mpd01.sjc06.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.7.1
02]
13 92 ms 92 ms 92 ms 38.122.94.6
14 93 ms 91 ms 92 ms 136.sjc.astraweb.com [207.246.207.136]

Trace complete.

Tracing route to ssl-us.astraweb.com [216.151.153.136]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 32 ms 19 ms 29 ms cpe-024-074-160-001.carolina.res.rr.com [24.74.1
60.1]
3 11 ms 12 ms 12 ms cpe-024-074-254-137.carolina.res.rr.com [24.74.2
54.137]
4 14 ms 12 ms 12 ms ae18.chrlncpop-rtr1.southeast.rr.com [24.93.64.6
]
5 27 ms 28 ms 28 ms 107.14.19.18
6 29 ms 28 ms 37 ms ae-0-0.pr0.atl20.tbone.rr.com [66.109.6.171]
7 * 96 ms 222 ms te3-4.ccr01.atl02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.12.
109]
8 47 ms 47 ms 47 ms te0-0-0-1.mpd21.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.40.249]
9 47 ms 47 ms 47 ms te0-1-0-2.mpd21.iah01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.5.202]
10 78 ms 79 ms 79 ms te0-1-0-6.mpd21.lax01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.5.102]
11 293 ms 219 ms 216 ms te4-1.mpd01.sjc01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.6.3
0]
12 93 ms 92 ms 93 ms te4-2.mpd01.sjc06.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.6.1
50]
13 93 ms 92 ms 92 ms 38.122.94.6
14 95 ms 91 ms 92 ms unknown.sj.astraweb.com [216.151.153.136]

Trace complete.

Tracing route to ssl-eu.astraweb.com [193.202.122.116]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 24 ms 29 ms 18 ms cpe-024-074-160-001.carolina.res.rr.com [24.74.1
60.1]
3 15 ms 12 ms 44 ms cpe-024-074-254-137.carolina.res.rr.com [24.74.2
54.137]
4 13 ms 12 ms 12 ms ae18.chrlncpop-rtr1.southeast.rr.com [24.93.64.6
]
5 27 ms 28 ms 28 ms ae-3-0.cr0.atl20.tbone.rr.com [66.109.6.82]
6 28 ms 37 ms 45 ms ae-0-0.pr0.atl20.tbone.rr.com [66.109.6.171]
7 27 ms 28 ms 28 ms te3-4.ccr01.atl02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.12.
109]
8 27 ms 28 ms 28 ms te0-0-0-1.mpd21.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.40.249]
9 25 ms 28 ms 28 ms te0-0-0-7.mpd21.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.28.197]
10 34 ms 34 ms 34 ms te0-4-0-1.mpd21.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.40.46]
11 110 ms 108 ms 108 ms te0-4-0-3.ccr21.bos01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.44.18]
12 104 ms 108 ms 108 ms te0-3-0-1.ccr21.lpl01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.31.230]
13 119 ms 114 ms 118 ms te0-2-0-6.ccr21.ams03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.37.89]
14 114 ms 114 ms 114 ms te4-3.mpd01.ams04.atlas.cogentco.com [130.117.50
.222]
15 113 ms 111 ms 111 ms 149.11.38.34
16 112 ms 110 ms 112 ms unknown.ams.astraweb.com [193.202.122.116]

Trace complete.

[mesaman]

The names don't tell you anything about how many front ends there are, they're just names.

For years now, Astraweb has been using a load balancing contraption that I've never seen with any other provider.

If you don't have a free app like CyberKit, there are DNS websites that show the changing lists of 8 IP addresses.

Try IPTools, http://www.iptools.com/dnstools.php?tool=hostresolve

Refresh the page with 'F5' on a PC.

Since I'm in the USA, the names 'ssl.astraweb.com' and 'ssl-us.astraweb.com' always resolve to 8 IP addresses from the same master list of about 2 dozen front end addresses. With CyberKit, the small list of 8 addresses changes every 5 seconds. The IPTools site doesn't show the list of addresses remaining the same for 5 seconds, the list always changes by hitting F5.

[SonsOfLiberty]

Has anyone been having connection timeouts recently?

Specifically during the upload process... it drives me mad.. uploading something larger than 15G has become unbearable..
sometimes trying different server ip address helps..

That's why I have multiple block accounts via blocknews, etc, and use them to upload, since uploading doesn't count for data


and JBinup is used by spammers and assholes (no offense) but it's the truth.

[heiska]

Has anyone been having connection timeouts recently?

Specifically during the upload process... it drives me mad.. uploading something larger than 15G has become unbearable..
sometimes trying different server ip address helps..

and JBinup is used by spammers and assholes (no offense) but it's the truth.

I hurd Newsbin is used by trolls and dickheads. (It's the truth).

[Hypatia]

via blocknews,

uploading on BN is even slower than downloading...

[SonsOfLiberty]

and JBinup is used by spammers and assholes (no offense) but it's the truth.

I hurd Newsbin is used by trolls and dickheads. (It's the truth).

Newsbin, ppl use that?

[Hypatia]

let me see how you would use sabnzbd working with headers.
Im waiting =))