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#897227 17-Sep-2013 21:12

Both ping & tracert complete but I don't really know much about reading tracerts apart from seeing some timeouts.
Going back through some other threads here I see references to proxy server issues causing similar problems for people.

Tracing route to steampowered.com [208.64.202.68]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 233 ms 60 ms 8 ms 218.101.61.101
4 22 ms 22 ms 22 ms ie2-g-0-0-0.telstraclear.net [203.98.50.2]
5 37 ms 21 ms 23 ms ge-0-2-0-1.xcore1.acld.telstraclear.net [203.98.50.251]
6 148 ms * 146 ms te7-3.ccr01.sjc05.atlas.cogentco.com [38.122.92.105]
7 148 ms 147 ms 147 ms te0-3-0-7.ccr21.sjc01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.6.73]
8 150 ms 148 ms 148 ms be2000.ccr21.sjc03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.6.106]
9 148 ms 151 ms 147 ms level3.sjc03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.13.50]
10 167 ms 164 ms 166 ms vlan60.csw1.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.69.152.62]
11 166 ms 166 ms 166 ms ae-62-62.ebr2.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.69.153.17]
12 166 ms 167 ms 167 ms ae-7-7.ebr1.Seattle1.Level3.net [4.69.132.50]
13 167 ms 167 ms 181 ms ae-1-51.edge1.Seattle3.Level3.net [4.69.147.138]
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 173 ms 172 ms 184 ms 205.196.6.33
16 172 ms 172 ms 170 ms fw01-core.tuk.valve.net [208.64.202.21]
17 171 ms 170 ms 171 ms 208-64-202-68.valve.net [208.64.202.68]

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#897230 17-Sep-2013 21:16

You can connect to the server, so the problem's at a higher layer. Not really sure what it is though.

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#898358 19-Sep-2013 11:24

A bit late to the party, but are you still having problems? Seems to hit the local cache now

tracepath static2.stuff.co.nz
1: .local 0.164ms pmtu 1500
1: router 0.937ms
1: router 0.900ms
2: no reply
3: lo0.internet.ivpn.pe25.telstraclear.net 1069.220ms asymm 4
4: a23-5-176-1.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com 14.493ms asymm 5
5: 203.97.86.218 22.553ms reached

Though my responses from hop 3 fluctuate like mental

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#898363 19-Sep-2013 11:31

I'll try tonight, cheers.

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#898735 19-Sep-2013 21:32

Ok, I figured it out. I have my router set up to use TC DNS servers, but I had my PC looking directly at google 's DNS - 8.8.8.8. I remember doing this when Astrill's old version messed up my DNS settings and never putting it back.

So totally my fault. Google's DNS rightly pointed me at a US Akami mirror. Doh. TC/Vodafone and stuff are working properly in this instance.

Though TC isn't perfect... it still routes to the Sydney Cloudflare data center via Sydney, then Singapore, then Sydney.

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#898746 19-Sep-2013 21:54

timmmay: Ok, I figured it out. I have my router set up to use TC DNS servers, but I had my PC looking directly at google 's DNS - 8.8.8.8. I remember doing this when Astrill's old version messed up my DNS settings and never putting it back.

So totally my fault. Google's DNS rightly pointed me at a US Akami mirror. Doh. TC/Vodafone and stuff are working properly in this instance.

Though TC isn't perfect... it still routes to the Sydney Cloudflare data center via Sydney, then Singapore, then Sydney.

try hola unblocker. they have an australian proxy server, as long as you have good connection to them it should stay in australia. i tried it on speedtest.net before and got line rate.

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#898821 20-Sep-2013 07:34

I have Astrill. The point is I have a website that's hosted in the US with a CDN node in Sydney, and TC/VF customers don't use the proxy because of poor routing. That means my website (and GZ) go slower for those customers.

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#898852 20-Sep-2013 08:45

timmmay: I have Astrill. The point is I have a website that's hosted in the US with a CDN node in Sydney, and TC/VF customers don't use the proxy because of poor routing. That means my website (and GZ) go slower for those customers.

You've made the assumption that the internet always should provide the quickest path, when in reality, in general the internet in connected by the least networks hops and most favorable commercials.

The 'problem' you see may well be simply by design, and could be totally out of the control of your ISP.

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#898870 20-Sep-2013 09:24

Sure but my packet hits Sydney, then Singapore, then Sydney... that's hardly smart routing, it's not fast, and probably isn't low cost.

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#898871 20-Sep-2013 09:26

timmmay: Sure but my packet hits Sydney, then Singapore, then Sydney... that's hardly smart routing, it's not fast, and probably isn't low cost.

i think the hola proxy is in melbourne, adelaide, brisbane or something.. but it still seems to give good speeds.

lots of australian domestic routing is broken, it's normal.

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