Re: connection quality from Germany to *.NetBSD.org

[Zafer Aydogan <zafer%aydogan.de@localhost>]

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 11:46 PM, Julian Stacey <jhs%berklix.org@localhost> 
wrote:
> Chuck Swiger wrote:
>> On May 11, 2009, at 12:27 PM, Klaus Heinz wrote:
>> [ ... ]
>> > Sending ICMP packets to 217.0.76.194 and 217.239.40.53 works perfectly
>> > but testing 149.20.65.10 immediately shows the packet loss problem.
>> > It looks as if the "wire" between 217.239.40.53 and 149.20.65.10 or
>> > one
>> > of its endpoints is the cause of the problem.
>> >
>> > I would like to get some reports from users in Germany using Deutsche
>> > Telekom or one of the resellers as their provider.
>> > Do you see packet loss with "ping -c 1000" to *.NetBSD.org?
>> > My dynamic IP addresses usually fall into the 217.87.*.* range.
>> >
>> > Loss reports are probably of no interest to the list, so please reply
>> > to my e-mail address.
>>
>> I would suggest looking into a tool called mtr, which is very helpful
>> in tracing down which hop(s) of a network route is/are dropping
>> packets-- you'll probably gain more useful information from it than
>> from classic traceroute output alone....
>
> I'm with Deutsche Telekom in Munich Germany. ÂI'm running FreeBSD
> not NetBSD, compiling /usr/ports/net/mtr now per Chuck's tip.
>
> Klaus,
> I'll send you results off list. There's also NetBSD usesr in Munich,
> if you need NetBSD specific. Âcontact them via http://berklix.org/bim/
> bim%berklix.org@localhost (subscribe via majordomo%berklix.org@localhost)
> Julian
>
> Cheers,
> Julian
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I already wrote to noc%isc.org@localhost a while ago, because i'm
experiencing the same problems like Heinz.
I don't think the problem lies in DTAG's San Francisco POP (yes, DTAG
has PoP in SFO),
since kernel.org downloads (also ISC) are working most of the time properly