problem with www.xbox.com / akamai

[Doug Barton]

It's not just you, I'm experiencing the same from both a FreeBSD and an 
Ubuntu host on dramatically different networks (one in LA, one in 
Omaha). What's more interesting to me is that 'ping www.xbox.com' works, 
as does 'ping6 www.yahoo.com' which has just as many CNAMEs in its chain 
(albeit they are not going to Akamai).

weird,

Doug

On 06/14/2014 11:49 AM, Thomas Schäfer wrote:
> This is a little suspect to me:
>
> (from Deutsche Telekom)
>
> thomas at eee-box:~> ping6 www.xbox.com
> unknown host
> thomas at eee-box:~> host www.xbox.com
> www.xbox.com is an alias for www.gtm.xbox.com.
> www.gtm.xbox.com is an alias for wildcard.xbox.com-c.edgekey.net.
> wildcard.xbox.com-c.edgekey.net is an alias for wildcard.xbox.com-c.edgekey.net.globalredir.akadns.net.
> wildcard.xbox.com-c.edgekey.net.globalredir.akadns.net is an alias for e2820.dspb.akamaiedge.net.
> e2820.dspb.akamaiedge.net has address 92.122.27.141
> e2820.dspb.akamaiedge.net has IPv6 address 2a02:26f0:3:181::b04
> e2820.dspb.akamaiedge.net has IPv6 address 2a02:26f0:3:186::b04
> e2820.dspb.akamaiedge.net has IPv6 address 2a02:26f0:3:185::b04
> thomas at eee-box:~>
>
> the same at a different site:
>
> (from LRZ/DFN)
>
> thomas at diener:~> host www.xbox.com
> www.xbox.com is an alias for www.gtm.xbox.com.
> www.gtm.xbox.com is an alias for wildcard.xbox.com-c.edgekey.net.
> wildcard.xbox.com-c.edgekey.net is an alias for wildcard.xbox.com-c.edgekey.net.globalredir.akadns.net.
> wildcard.xbox.com-c.edgekey.net.globalredir.akadns.net is an alias for e2820.dspb.akamaiedge.net.
> e2820.dspb.akamaiedge.net has address 23.9.212.150
> e2820.dspb.akamaiedge.net has IPv6 address 2a02:26f0:3:185::b04
> e2820.dspb.akamaiedge.net has IPv6 address 2a02:26f0:3:183::b04
> e2820.dspb.akamaiedge.net has IPv6 address 2a02:26f0:3:186::b04
> thomas at diener:~> ping6 www.xbox.com
> unknown host
> thomas at diener
>
> But sometimes it works.
>
> Is it an resolver-problem, or is the network not stable, or is it PEBKAC?
>
> Can anybody confirm this problem, or suggest a better test?
>
> Thomas
>
>