I've used the traceroute command to see which network path packets are taking when reaching out to an EC2 instance with a public IP address.

I don't understand why at step 8 of the traceroute, packets are going to the USA (Seattle)

My EC2 is located in the AWS Paris region (eu-west-3) and my laptop making the request is located in Paris too.

Any idea why ?

CodePudding user response：

IP addresses are not actually associated with geographic locations. However, various services over time have attempted to map each IP address with a location.

See: How does IP geolocation service providers collect data or how does IP geolocation databases are filled? - Quora

These activities are not always accurate and nobody is responsible for updating the information whenever devices are moved or addresses are reallocated.