Upstream network hassles

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r2b2

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#277410 13-Oct-2020 21:52

If you have an issue where it looks like some upstream routing has gone bad, is there anything you can do / is worthwhile doing or are you best just to wait it out?

Right now from my Spark Fibre connection I can't get to www.fseconomy.net as it seems there's a massive packet loss heading over to the US. No other sites are affected and other people around the world can get to the server so its presumably a very localised issue...

Host Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev

1. MyMachine 0.0% 80 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.0

2. 192.168.1.254 0.0% 80 0.4 0.6 0.4 5.0 0.7

3. x-x-x-x-adsl.sparkbb.co.nz 0.0% 80 1.3 3.7 1.2 10.3 1.8

4. (waiting for reply)

5. 122.56.113.4 0.0% 80 11.1 13.7 10.9 30.8 2.6

6. ae2-6.tkbr12.global-gateway.net.nz 0.0% 80 13.8 14.2 11.2 31.3 3.0

7. xe8-0-9.lebr7.global-gateway.net.nz 0.0% 80 138.5 138.3 135.9 157.6 2.7

8. ae0-10.lebr8.global-gateway.net.nz 0.0% 80 136.5 138.6 135.6 162.5 3.8

9. xa-1-2-5.mpr2.lax12.us.zip.zayo.com 88.6% 80 149.2 149.4 147.2 155.1 2.4

10. (waiting for reply)

nztim

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#2584003 13-Oct-2020 21:57

hardly "massive packet loss"

I am on BigPipe (Spark with another name) and it seems that server is in Germany

Tracing route to www.fseconomy.net [144.76.108.35]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 5 ms 8 ms 5 ms 125-236-192-9.adsl.xtra.co.nz [125.236.192.9]
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 13 ms 14 ms 15 ms 122.56.113.4
4 25 ms 25 ms 23 ms ae2-6.tkbr12.global-gateway.net.nz [122.56.127.17]
5 15 ms 15 ms 13 ms ae10-10.akbr7.global-gateway.net.nz [202.50.232.30]
6 140 ms 139 ms 137 ms xe-0-0-6-10.sjbr3.global-gateway.net.nz [203.96.120.194]
7 167 ms 143 ms 144 ms ae3-10.lebr7.global-gateway.net.nz [122.56.127.26]
8 155 ms 145 ms 145 ms ae0-10.lebr8.global-gateway.net.nz [202.50.232.42]
9 * * 141 ms xa-1-2-5.mpr2.lax12.us.zip.zayo.com [64.125.37.177]
10 296 ms 290 ms 295 ms ae14.cs1.lax112.us.eth.zayo.com [64.125.27.40]
11 301 ms 302 ms 301 ms ae3.cs1.dfw2.us.eth.zayo.com [64.125.29.52]
12 * 288 ms * ae20.cs3.iad93.us.eth.zayo.com [64.125.24.211]
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 289 ms 288 ms * ae4.cs1.ams17.nl.eth.zayo.com [64.125.28.36]
18 285 ms 286 ms 288 ms ae2.cs1.fra6.de.eth.zayo.com [64.125.29.58]
19 292 ms 291 ms 294 ms ae0.cs1.fra9.de.eth.zayo.com [64.125.29.55]
20 301 ms 295 ms 297 ms ae1.mcs1.fra9.de.eth.zayo.com [64.125.29.65]
21 294 ms 300 ms 296 ms hetzner.fra.ecix.net [62.69.146.15]
22 298 ms * * core24.fsn1.hetzner.com [213.239.229.78]
23 297 ms 297 ms 296 ms ex9k2.dc10.fsn1.hetzner.com [213.239.229.62]
24 293 ms 291 ms 290 ms static.35.108.76.144.clients.your-server.de [144.76.108.35]

300ms to Europe is not that bad

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Talkiet

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#2584011 13-Oct-2020 22:48

What packet loss?

Ping statistics for 144.76.108.35:
Packets: Sent = 45, Received = 45, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 291ms, Maximum = 292ms, Average = 291ms

That looks to me like no packet loss and incredibly stable delay variation.

Cheers - N

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r2b2

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#2584014 13-Oct-2020 23:14

Hmm - was definitely not getting any packets through from my connection to the server at the time I posted the message (and when the other traceroute was posted as well) but it seems to have come right now so not sure what happened :/

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#2584021 13-Oct-2020 23:50

r2b2: Hmm - was definitely not getting any packets through from my connection to the server at the time I posted the message (and when the other traceroute was posted as well) but it seems to have come right now so not sure what happened :/

My teat was 5 minutes after yours and there was no problem

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r2b2

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#2584022 13-Oct-2020 23:57

nztim:
r2b2: Hmm - was definitely not getting any packets through from my connection to the server at the time I posted the message (and when the other traceroute was posted as well) but it seems to have come right now so not sure what happened :/

My teat was 5 minutes after yours and there was no problem

I agree there wasn't a problem your test but there still was with mine at that stage. I can't explain it other than the two routes were slightly different (6 through 8 in mine vs 4 through 8 in yours) but I've never understood network routing enough to know if that could explain it given it wasn't that part that was causing the issue...

But oh well its all working now so (shrug)