[PROBLEM] Please test: KCRW stream?

[PJVervoorn]

Looked further into this, with help from ChatGPT:

why is my traffic routed to South Africa?
1  192.168.178.1 (192.168.178.1)  2.418 ms  2.677 ms  2.639 ms
2  10.10.15.49 (10.10.15.49)  7.365 ms  7.452 ms  7.791 ms
…
13  e11.er100b-dal1-bb.teraswitch.com (64.130.60.49)  115.864 ms  116.069 ms  115.817 ms
14  64.130.60.26 (64.130.60.26)  115.813 ms  115.908 ms  115.955 ms
15  e9.er100b-lax1-bb.teraswitch.com (64.130.60.10)  138.506 ms  138.615 ms  138.502 ms
16  74.118.142.43 (74.118.142.43)  138.568 ms  138.578 ms  138.557 ms
17  zestal.net.afrihost.co.za (169.1.1.2)  138.632 ms  138.717 ms  138.721 ms
18  ip38.66-85-89.static.coloipdns.net (66.85.89.38)  138.700 ms !A  138.750 ms !A  138.761 ms !A

Your traffic is being routed to South Africa most likely because of how the destination IP address (66.85.89.38) is hosted and advertised via BGP.
Let’s break it down:

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? What's happening:

• You're trying to reach streams.kcrw.com, which resolves to 66.85.89.38.
  
• That IP is currently hosted by coloipdns.net, which appears to be advertising it through Afrihost (a South African ISP).
  
• Hop 17 clearly shows zestal.net.afrihost.co.za (169.1.1.2), which places the route into South Africa.
  
• Despite KCRW being a US-based station, the hosting provider (or CDN) seems to have its final endpoint for that stream served via South Africa.
  

? Possible reasons:

1. IP address geo-misallocation: The route to 66.85.89.38 may be mis-advertised or announced via a South African provider (Afrihost), even if the actual server is elsewhere. BGP routing prioritizes route availability and peering, not geographic closeness.
   
2. Colocation or hosting via South African reseller: KCRW might be using a CDN, streaming provider, or backup host that has a presence in South Africa, even if their main site is in the US.
   
3. Cheap peering or fallback CDN path: If the CDN (e.g., Teraswitch) hosting that stream has limited or expensive European exit points, it may reroute to a cheaper path—oddly via Africa.
   
4. DNS resolution misrouting: If your resolver gave you the IP of a faraway node (e.g., South Africa), this might be due to poor geo-based DNS resolution or use of an anycasted or global CDN improperly configured.
   
   

?️ What you can do:

• Run whois 66.85.89.38 and bgp.he.net/ip/66.85.89.38 to confirm who owns and advertises that IP.
  
• Use dig streams.kcrw.com from a European public DNS (like 8.8.8.8 or 1.1.1.1) to compare if the IP differs.
  
• Use a proxy or VPN exit node in a different country to see if streams.kcrw.com resolves to a different IP.
  

I already tried a different DNS provider, but that resolved to the same IP.
So, I will try the last bullet: use NordVPN to create a link with the US and add a route to direct traffic to 66.85.89.38 via that link.