Re: Google Public DNS Problems?

[Jared Mauch <jared () puck nether net>]

On May 1, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Tony Finch <dot () dotat at> wrote:

> Blair Trosper <blair.trosper () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Goes all the way up to the A root server before failing spectacularly.
>
> That is an extremely weird response. Are you sure your queries are not
> being intercepted by a middlebox? What happens if you use dig +vc ?
> Do you get a similar round-trip time when pinging 8.8.8.8 to the one
> reported by dig?

Some places like Wayport/attwifi intercept all udp/53 traffic and direct it to their local server.  You won't notice 
this with a ping, but you will see it in the 0 or 1ms reply :)

- Jared