[TriLUG] TWC - Packet Loss problems in Cary/Apex, NC

David Both dboth at millennium-technology.com
Mon Oct 10 21:32:04 EDT 2011


If you use mtr (My TraceRoute), it will tell you which hops are dropping 
packets. It runs continuously until you stop it.

                                       My traceroute  [v0.80]
david1.both.org (0.0.0.0)                                                 Mon 
Oct 10 19:04:13 2011
Keys:  Help   Display mode   Restart statistics   Order of fields   quit
                                                           Packets 
  Pings
  Host                                                   Loss%   Snt   Last 
Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
  1. 192.168.0.254                                        0.0%    23    0.1 
0.2   0.1   0.2   0.0
  2. 10.129.192.1                                         0.0%    23   29.7 
27.6   9.7  64.1  12.4
  3. 66.26.45.217                                         0.0%    23   13.2 
15.0  10.1  33.3   4.4
  4. ae19.rlghncpop-rtr1.southeast.rr.com                 0.0%    23   14.6 
18.5   9.7  73.1  14.1
  5. xe-1-3-0.rlghncrdc-rtr1.southeast.rr.com             0.0%    22   15.8 
17.3  11.7  53.5   9.8
  6. twc-peer.hostedsolutions.com                         0.0%    22   13.3 
16.2  10.8  36.8   5.7
  7. cr1-g2-1.ral.hostedsolutions.com                     0.0%    22   14.1 
25.0  13.5 153.1  29.5
  8. dr1-g7-1.ral.hostedsolutions.com                     0.0%    22   15.8 
18.3  11.2  36.2   8.0
  9. cbcwral-fw0.ral.hostedsolutions.com                  0.0%    22   15.3 
18.4  11.1  35.2   7.7
10. 216.27.85.170                                        0.0%    22   13.4  15.5 
  10.9  37.2   5.1


But as you can se, I am not getting any packet loss. Since your route will 
likely be different, so will your results.

On 10/10/2011 05:38 PM, Ron Kelley wrote:
> In a terminal window, just ping an internet address for an extended period of time.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -----------------------------
> Ron Kelley
> rkelleyrtp at gmail.com
>
>
>
> On Oct 10, 2011, at 4:58 PM, matt at noway2.thruhere.net wrote:
>
>> To ask an ignorant question: what is the best way to test for packet loss
>> on your connection?
>>
>>> Anyone in the Cary/Apex NC area experiencing packet loss with their TWC
>>> connection?  Something happened about a week ago, and now I am getting
>>> about 5% packet loss to the internet.  I have already power cycled my
>>> modem but still no help.  The TWC Chat person seems clueless...
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> -----------------------------
>>> Ron Kelley
>>> rkelleyrtp at gmail.com
>>
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