What is this? 1 192.168.239.5 !a * !a

I did a traceroute and what is the symbol mean? " !A * !A"

Type escape sequence to abort.
Tracing the route to 206.208.79.172
1 192.168.239.5 !A * !A
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Administratively unreachable; could mean an Access List is blocking traffic.

What vCole said...

look in this document and search for this string: IP Traceroute Text Characters

Understanding the Ping and Traceroute Commands - Cisco Systems

thanks guys yeh was tracerouting a ip on a vpn gateway and it did this, which I am sure is normal
if blocking this sort of search..thanks guys...