Re: Packet loss - 2 weeks now - is it just BT?

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 21:36:59 +0100, nospamx1@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 20:47:10 +0100, Phil Newnham <pnewnham@xxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>
>>nospamx1@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>> The sites above and similar, show the amount of loss I get during that
>>> logon - and that reflects into how good or poor or plain awful that
>>> session will stay.
>>
>>Sounds like either your router is broken or you have a firewall that's
>>misbehaving. I have had 3 instances of packet loss - one that BT said
>>was their fault, one that was the poor quality generic router I bought,
>>and one that was Zonealarm blocking packets because I hadn't told it to
>>trust the local network, and it was consequently blocking dns requests
>>to the router.
>
>I have a USB modem - with the firewall disabled I get bad results just
>the same (if I try long enough over several days I may get a good
>connection).- with it enabled (as usual) I get bad or good results, I
>have done a tracert (with 24hr zero packet loss when I check several
>times and great connections - zero problems of any sort) - I will do
>one when I next logon - soon.

Here we go
Zero packet loss repeatedly over 24 hours (this at end of that period)

Tracing route to www.btinternet.co.uk [194.73.73.113]

1 14 ms 15 ms 15 ms 217.47.202.58
2 15 ms 14 ms 14 ms 217.47.70.161
3 14 ms 14 ms 14 ms 217.41.168.13
4 12 ms 16 ms 19 ms 217.41.168.126
5 14 ms 57 ms 17 ms 213.1.121.142
6 15 ms 14 ms 14 ms 213.1.121.106
7 15 ms 14 ms 14 ms 213.1.120.222
8 15 ms 14 ms 14 ms 10.0.2.7
9 * * * Request timed out
10 14 ms 16 ms 13 ms www.btinternet.co.uk [194.73.73.113]
Trace complete

logged off, straight back on again - get losts of loss
remember, been perfect for 24 hours! - this to www.btinternet.co.uk

Host - loss| Sent | Recv | Best
----------------------|------|------|-----
217.47.202.58 - 34 | 6 | 4 | 0
217.47.70.161 - 20 | 5 | 4 | 0
217.41.168.13 - 20 | 5 | 4 | 0
217.41.168.126 - 0 | 5 | 5 | 0
213.1.121.142 - 20 | 5 | 4 | 0
213.1.121.106 - 40 | 5 | 3 | 0
213.1.120.218 - 0 | 5 | 5 | 0
10.0.2.3 - 20 | 5 | 4 | 0
No response - 100 | 5 | 0 | 0
194.73.73.113 - 20 | 5 | 4 | 0

Tracing route to www.btinternet.co.uk [194.73.73.113]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 16 ms 13 ms 14 ms 217.47.202.58
2 14 ms * 14 ms 217.47.70.161
3 15 ms * 54 ms 217.41.168.13
4 * 14 ms 14 ms 217.41.168.126
5 14 ms * 26 ms 213.1.121.142
6 208 ms * 14 ms 213.1.121.106
7 14 ms 14 ms 14 ms 213.1.120.214
8 14 ms * * 10.0.2.3
9 * * * Request timed out
10 14 ms * 14 ms www.btinternet.co.uk [194.73.73.113]
Trace complete

winmtr table adjusted to get rid of some data (to fit it on)
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