Tracert......3rd Hop Always Times Out

When I do a tracert on my Sky BB unlimited connection hop 3 always seems to time out. Was just wondering if anyone else experienced similar? Any idea what causes it?

It doesn't seem to cause any problems, am just curious.

tracert www.google.co.uk

Tracing route to www-cctld.l.google.com [209.85.229.94]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 3 ms 3 ms 1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 23 ms 23 ms 24 ms 02d9c3be.bb.sky.com [2.217.195.190]
3 * * * Request timed out.
4 32 ms 36 ms 34 ms ip-89-200-131-117.ov.easynet.net [89.200.131.117
]
5 37 ms 34 ms 37 ms 89.200.131.179
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 32 ms 90 ms 33 ms 64.233.175.27
8 33 ms 33 ms 33 ms 209.85.253.90
9 40 ms 39 ms 39 ms 66.249.95.173
10 38 ms 37 ms 37 ms 209.85.251.231
11 40 ms 41 ms * 209.85.243.81
12 39 ms 38 ms 37 ms ww-in-f94.1e100.net [209.85.229.94]

Trace complete.

Edited by _Resonance_ (Wed 18-Jan-12 09:01:58)

Most likely that node is simple configured to not respond to pings

Now that answers a query I've had.

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Most likely that node is simple configured to not respond to pings

Thanks for the info.