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caroper said:
Anyone Looking for a reason to test streaming NASA are about to launch a SpaceX Rocket to the ISS.
What is of special interest is that they will attempt to land the First Stage Booster on a barge for recovery rather than discard it as has been the case till now. SpaceX say 50% chance the landing will work.

EDIT: Launch Postponed for today due to faulty actuator on Second Stage :(
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Link? :D
 
Hey AfriMan,

I'm new to Afrihost this month on a 300gb capped account (4Mb/s line) and was looking for some stability for streaming Netflix etc, that Mweb uncapped couldn't give me.

Unfortunately, I'm experiencing irregular but definite buffering on streaming, and even time outs with normal every day surfing and wonder if you can look into it and see what's happening.

Here's a traceroute to bbc...

traceroute to www.bbc.co.uk (46.23.67.190), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 10.0.0.2 (10.0.0.2) 1.745 ms 1.198 ms 1.040 ms
2 105-236-4-193-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za (105.236.4.193) 14.561 ms 14.506 ms 14.816 ms
3 ipc-send-tb-3a.mtnbusiness.net (41.181.53.214) 15.888 ms 15.191 ms 15.833 ms
4 tb-dca-2.za--qux-a.za.mtnbusiness.net (41.181.184.28) 16.891 ms 16.302 ms
66.8.11.186 (66.8.11.186) 15.509 ms
5 compj-cpt-1.mtnns.net (196.44.18.2) 19.940 ms 16.132 ms 15.650 ms
6 ls-cr-2.uk--tb-cr-1.za.mtnns.net (196.44.31.113) 160.459 ms 159.851 ms 185.272 ms
7 ls-pr-2.uk--ls-cr-2.uk-a.mtn.net (209.212.111.187) 159.263 ms 159.036 ms 158.868 ms
8 * * *
9 83.170.70.238 (83.170.70.238) 159.978 ms
83.170.70.230 (83.170.70.230) 160.643 ms
83.170.70.238 (83.170.70.238) 160.376 ms
10 46.23.67.190 (46.23.67.190) 160.950 ms 162.383 ms 160.500 ms
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But locally it's all good????

1 10.0.0.2 (10.0.0.2) 1.766 ms 1.217 ms 1.040 ms
2 105-236-4-193-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za (105.236.4.193) 14.354 ms 16.264 ms 14.278 ms
3 ipc-recieve-tb-2a.mtnbusiness.net (41.181.54.86) 16.551 ms 16.083 ms 18.937 ms
4 tb-dca-2.za--qux-c.za.mtnbusiness.net (41.181.198.188) 16.243 ms 17.068 ms 16.404 ms
5 compj-cpt-1.mtnns.net (196.44.18.2) 16.763 ms 16.335 ms 16.956 ms
6 196.44.31.106 (196.44.31.106) 18.004 ms
ct-cr-2.za--tb-cr-1.za.mtnns.net (196.44.31.134) 18.038 ms 16.804 ms
7 nl-ha-2.za--rb-cr-1.za-a.mtnns.net (196.44.0.121) 16.978 ms 16.810 ms
196.44.0.74 (196.44.0.74) 16.446 ms
8 196-28-178-141.adsl.mweb.co.za (196.28.178.141) 19.667 ms 20.054 ms 18.560 ms
9 tengig-0-0-0-1-cpt-p-1.mweb.co.za (197.84.7.1) 20.651 ms
tengig-0-7-0-3-cpt-p-2.mweb.co.za (197.84.7.2) 22.525 ms 20.936 ms
10 vl-11-cpt-hscore-1.mweb.co.za (197.84.5.238) 19.140 ms
vl-12-cpt-hscore-2.mweb.co.za (197.84.5.254) 18.774 ms
vl-11-cpt-hscore-1.mweb.co.za (197.84.5.238) 18.447 ms
11 196.28.178.66 (196.28.178.66) 19.391 ms 29.295 ms 21.678 ms
12 gig5-1-cpt-opt-65-1.optinet.net (196.41.133.234) 19.132 ms 20.171 ms 19.492 ms
13 opti-cpt-n1-hosting.optinet.net (197.84.196.6) 21.280 ms 20.063 ms 29.500 ms
14 197-84-208-146.cpt.mweb.co.za (197.84.208.146) 19.950 ms 20.374 ms 20.347 ms
15 news24.co.za (41.86.110.143) 18.258 ms 19.064 ms 20.024 ms
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Any advice? As little as I now about these things, it looks like there's a problem on step 8 internationally.
 
AfriMan said:
That's basically using networking tools, kind of like throttling, to protect your network. The features and customisations will depend on the modem itself. I know on my modem I can create multiple networks with different QoS rules and priority.
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QoS and setting priorities is very different to what cpbotha is talking about. QoS and Line sync although similar in nature are very different. I use to set QoS in sonic walls across multiple lines, now that was fun!
 
Spizz said:
Any advice? As little as I now about these things, it looks like there's a problem on step 8 internationally.
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I'm with Afrihost capped at 6 Mbps and my Netflix is fine though it never goes to HD. No buffering. I'd think we go through through a similar exchange?
 
biometrics said:
I'm with Afrihost capped at 6 Mbps and my Netflix is fine though it never goes to HD. No buffering. I'd think we go through through a similar exchange?
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Could be. Funny thing is, speed tests and everything else are running just peachy. It's just the occasional stutter which obviously happens at the most inopportune moments. Last night watching 4od, it buffered every 30 seconds for about 10 minutes then it was fine again. Half an hour ago I tried to check gmail and nothing was working. Then after a few minutes it loaded and I did a trace route with those results.

.com and .co.za seem fine, but the .co.uk was stalling on the 8 or 9th hop. Tried a few random uk adresses and all are the same. Still no change now...

I'm a bit miffed as well because Mweb was running fine the last couple of weeks, but I had handed in my notice so I decided to just see it through :(
 
Spizz said:
Could be. Funny thing is, speed tests and everything else are running just peachy. It's just the occasional stutter which obviously happens at the most inopportune moments. Last night watching 4od, it buffered every 30 seconds for about 10 minutes then it was fine again. Half an hour ago I tried to check gmail and nothing was working. Then after a few minutes it loaded and I did a trace route with those results.

.com and .co.za seem fine, but the .co.uk was stalling on the 8 or 9th hop. Tried a few random uk adresses and all are the same. Still no change now...

I'm a bit miffed as well because Mweb was running fine the last couple of weeks, but I had handed in my notice so I decided to just see it through :(
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Was downloading nzb's at full speed last night, not streaming. Pm me some of the sites you have trouble with, let me see if I get the same. Will be home in a couple of hours.
 
Spizz said:
Hey AfriMan,

I'm new to Afrihost this month on a 300gb capped account (4Mb/s line) and was looking for some stability for streaming Netflix etc, that Mweb uncapped couldn't give me.

Unfortunately, I'm experiencing irregular but definite buffering on streaming, and even time outs with normal every day surfing and wonder if you can look into it and see what's happening.

Here's a traceroute to bbc...



But locally it's all good????



Any advice? As little as I now about these things, it looks like there's a problem on step 8 internationally.
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Can't see any issues that standout here, a timeout doesn't always mean there's an issue :)
Is all your streaming poor or only certain sites/ services?
 
AfriGuy said:
Can't see any issues that standout here, a timeout doesn't always mean there's an issue :)
Is all your streaming poor or only certain sites/ services?
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I've watched a few programmes on 4OD last night and same again about the 2nd Jan using my Now TV box. Both suffered with severe buffering for a spell. I've not streamed anything else so far but I'll see how Netflix is doing over the next few days.

Otherwise, it's really been erratic spells of time out and 'you're not connected to the internet' when trying to load gmail or Facebook or whatever.

So nothing specific @biometrics - but I'll let you know if there's something that gives me problems and give you a shout then.
 
Spizz said:
I've watched a few programmes on 4OD last night and same again about the 2nd Jan using my Now TV box. Both suffered with severe buffering for a spell. I've not streamed anything else so far but I'll see how Netflix is doing over the next few days.

Otherwise, it's really been erratic spells of time out and 'you're not connected to the internet' when trying to load gmail or Facebook or whatever.

So nothing specific @biometrics - but I'll let you know if there's something that gives me problems and give you a shout then.
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Best to get another capped account from another provider that uses a different backbone and test with that when you're having issues.

If the issues remain then you know to look at Telkom.
 
Spizz said:
I've watched a few programmes on 4OD last night and same again about the 2nd Jan using my Now TV box. Both suffered with severe buffering for a spell. I've not streamed anything else so far but I'll see how Netflix is doing over the next few days.

Otherwise, it's really been erratic spells of time out and 'you're not connected to the internet' when trying to load gmail or Facebook or whatever.

So nothing specific @biometrics - but I'll let you know if there's something that gives me problems and give you a shout then.
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Keep testing and running traceroute, there could be intermittant spikes up in latency somewhere.
 
Just now I could not start a voice party on my PS4, it kept complaining about DNS issues, so I switched over to WebAfrica and BOOM it worked!
 
I have been having intermittent issues that could be DNS for the past few days too.
So far it has not been a show stopper but could well be an indication of a problem that is starting to develop.
Several people are currently reporting DNS issues but not enough yet for MTN/Afrihost to take it seriously.
 
Aquiva said:
Just now I could not start a voice party on my PS4, it kept complaining about DNS issues, so I switched over to WebAfrica and BOOM it worked!
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caroper said:
I have been having intermittent issues that could be DNS for the past few days too.
So far it has not been a show stopper but could well be an indication of a problem that is starting to develop.
Several people are currently reporting DNS issues but not enough yet for MTN/Afrihost to take it seriously.
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I personally haven't seen an influx of DNS issues.
If you switch to Googles DNS do you guys still see the same issues?
 
AfriGuy said:
I personally haven't seen an influx of DNS issues.
If you switch to Googles DNS do you guys still see the same issues?
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I am currently set on Get From ISP but have these taht I can switch too, not sure where they are from:
Primary DNS 208.67.222.222
Secondary DNS 208.67.220.220

I will switch if I get the errors again.
 
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