Question for Earthlink Cable users.

I recently switched from RoadRunner to EarthLink Cable. Everything works fine except I am not getting an EarthLink IP (which means I can not read their Usenet news group server). I see the following from a DOS command prompt:

Code:

C:\>tracert bbs.clutchfans.net

Tracing route to bbs.clutchfans.net [69.93.203.181]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     3 ms     2 ms     2 ms  192.168.1.1
  2    11 ms    13 ms    12 ms  10.48.224.1
  3    13 ms    11 ms    13 ms  srp4-0.hstntxroy-rtr2.houston.rr.com [24.28.96.118]
  4    12 ms    12 ms    11 ms  24.28.100.30
  5    12 ms    14 ms    12 ms  pos12-0.hstntxtid-rtr4.houston.rr.com [24.93.34.98]
  6    26 ms    25 ms    23 ms  son0-0-3.dllatxl3-rtr1.texas.rr.com [24.93.33.57]
  7    20 ms    20 ms    21 ms  son2-0-1.hstqtxl3-rtr1.texas.rr.com [24.93.34.34]
  8    28 ms    28 ms    27 ms  so-2-2-0-0.gar2.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.78.234.13]

  9    28 ms    29 ms    29 ms  ae-13-51.car3.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.68.122.15]
 10    30 ms    28 ms    29 ms  4.78.220.10
 11    28 ms    28 ms    48 ms  vl32.dsr01.dllstx3.theplanet.com [70.85.127.61]

 12    37 ms    39 ms    29 ms  vl22.dsr02.dllstx2.theplanet.com [70.85.127.76]

 13    28 ms    32 ms    30 ms  vl2.car06.dllstx2.theplanet.com [12.96.160.52]
 14    30 ms    30 ms    32 ms  181.69-93-203.reverse.theplanet.com [69.93.203.181]

Trace complete.

I know that RoadRunner as required by some ruling or another has to share broadband backbone with EarthLink. TWC did the installation, to no surprise. Both EarthLink and RoadRunner/TWC have been less than helpful in resolving the issue.

The more that I think about it the more I wonder how RoadRunner is smart enough to give my cable modem a EarthLink IP (versus a RoadRunner IP). It would not surprise me if I am just stuck with a RoadRunner IP.

Could someone with Earthlink Cable run the above tracert and see what IP they are getting served?

thanks,
NW

 

I was betting that EarthLink had to be better than RR. RR has trouble retaining anything over a weekend and it is like they drop their supplying new feed periodically so that 10% of their multi-attachment posts are missing pieces.

EarthLink ate Netcom, who used to have great newsfeeds. Go figure.

 

Here is the actually IP I get assigned:

Code:

C:\>nslookup 24.162.2.157
Server:  austtx-dns-cac-fn.texas.rr.com
Address:  24.93.41.125

Name:    cpe-24-162-2-157.houston.res.rr.com
Address:  24.162.2.157