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

Igor Partola igor at igorpartola.com
Mon Oct 10 17:58:25 EDT 2011


Are you on wifi? Try pinging your router to see if there is any packet loss
there.

Igor
On Oct 10, 2011 5:44 PM, "Reginald Reed" <reginald.reed at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ok this is very interesting, something is definitely going on.  In a
> very small sample, I didn't drop any packets, had small rtt, but it
> took a long time!  Check it out:
>
> --- wral.com ping statistics ---
> 106 packets transmitted, 106 received, 0% packet loss, time 531232ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 9.040/13.648/31.640/4.227 ms
>
> --- wral.com ping statistics ---
> 11 packets transmitted, 11 received, 0% packet loss, time 50614ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 12.092/15.885/29.937/6.226 ms
>
> With the last iteration taking 50 seconds to send and receive 11
> packets, yet the max round trip was less than 30 ms.
>
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Ron Kelley <rkelleyrtp at gmail.com> 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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