Unlike "caroper" I was pointed to Google's DNS. Also can you please explain why there are so many hops when tracing to afrihost.com? It is litterally double that when I am on WebAfrica and tracing to their servers. Could this not be why any realtime international traffic experiences packet loss (streaming, gaming etc.)??
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Unlike "caroper" I was pointed to Google's DNS. Also can you please explain why there are so many hops when tracing to afrihost.com? It is litterally double that when I am on WebAfrica and tracing to their servers. Could this not be why any realtime international traffic experiences packet loss (streaming, gaming etc.)??
These are OpenDNS' servers, can you try assigning the following to see if you still have issues:
196.7.7.7
196.7.8.9
Do you have an example traceroute to post?
Tracing to our site, everything looks normal here
Code:
traceroute to afrihost.com (197.242.144.102), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 router.asus.com (192.168.1.1) 1.077 ms 1.839 ms 0.965 ms
2 105-236-12-65-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za (105.236.12.65) 17.504 ms 17.548 ms 16.759 ms
3 ipc-recieve-tb-2a.mtnbusiness.net (41.181.54.86) 18.075 ms 19.723 ms 17.664 ms
4 tb-dca-2.za--qux-c.za.mtnbusiness.net (41.181.198.188) 17.275 ms 20.336 ms 18.666 ms
5 unc-cpt-1.mtnns.net (196.44.18.8) 19.177 ms
compj-cpt-1.mtnns.net (196.44.18.2) 20.010 ms 18.611 ms
6 jh-cr-1.za--tb-cr-2.za.mtnns.net (196.44.31.66) 42.494 ms
ct-cr-2.za--tb-cr-1.za.mtnns.net (196.44.31.134) 20.529 ms 19.585 ms
7 jh-cr-2.za--jh-cr-1.za-a.mtnns.net (196.44.31.255) 43.106 ms 43.784 ms 42.366 ms
8 196.44.31.99 (196.44.31.99) 42.737 ms 42.504 ms
jh-dca-2.za--jh-cr-1.za-a.mtnns.net (196.44.0.221) 40.421 ms
9 196.30.1.53 (196.30.1.53) 42.605 ms
196.30.1.39 (196.30.1.39) 57.732 ms 41.799 ms
10 196.31.220.21 (196.31.220.21) 41.851 ms 43.447 ms 42.554 ms
11 196.31.63.206 (196.31.63.206) 41.206 ms 43.028 ms 41.845 ms
12 vl9-ah-ha-2.za.mtnbusiness.net (196.30.42.133) 51.066 ms 43.103 ms 42.961 ms
13 cms-gm.afrihost.com (197.242.144.102) 41.925 ms !Z 42.387 ms !Z 41.778 ms !Z
Mine looks better than yours excluding the timeout (Which I have always had) on the first hop.
Tracing route to afrihost.com [197.242.144.102]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 3 ms <1 ms <1 ms www.routerlogin.com [192.168.0.200]
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 10 ms 8 ms 9 ms 41.181.201.93
4 9 ms 8 ms 9 ms 41.181.201.94
5 9 ms 8 ms 8 ms tb-dca-2.za--qux-c.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.198.188]
6 9 ms 9 ms 8 ms unc-cpt-1.mtnns.net [196.44.18.8]
7 33 ms 37 ms 33 ms pe-cr-2.za--el-mse-1.za.mtnns.net [196.44.31.66]
8 33 ms 33 ms 33 ms jh-cr-2.za--jh-cr-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.31.255]
9 32 ms 32 ms 31 ms 196.44.31.99
10 32 ms 31 ms 32 ms 196.31.220.6
11 31 ms 31 ms 31 ms 196.31.220.23
12 32 ms 32 ms 32 ms 196.31.63.206
13 39 ms 31 ms 32 ms vl9-ah-ha-2.za.mtnbusiness.net [196.30.42.133]
14 33 ms 33 ms 32 ms cms-gm.afrihost.com [197.242.144.102]
Trace complete.
Tracing route to afrihost.com [197.242.144.102]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 3 ms <1 ms <1 ms www.routerlogin.com [192.168.0.200]
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 10 ms 8 ms 9 ms 41.181.201.93
4 9 ms 8 ms 9 ms 41.181.201.94
5 9 ms 8 ms 8 ms tb-dca-2.za--qux-c.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.198.188]
6 9 ms 9 ms 8 ms unc-cpt-1.mtnns.net [196.44.18.8]
7 33 ms 37 ms 33 ms pe-cr-2.za--el-mse-1.za.mtnns.net [196.44.31.66]
8 33 ms 33 ms 33 ms jh-cr-2.za--jh-cr-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.31.255]
9 32 ms 32 ms 31 ms 196.44.31.99
10 32 ms 31 ms 32 ms 196.31.220.6
11 31 ms 31 ms 31 ms 196.31.220.23
12 32 ms 32 ms 32 ms 196.31.63.206
13 39 ms 31 ms 32 ms vl9-ah-ha-2.za.mtnbusiness.net [196.30.42.133]
14 33 ms 33 ms 32 ms cms-gm.afrihost.com [197.242.144.102]
Trace complete.
ScottulusMaximus
Honorary Master
Hey Afriman, still no eta from Telkom. Here the numbers again:
Afrihost ticket: EKA-585-90922
Telkom fault: 34BRK050115
Could you escalate the escalation tmrw morning if possible.
Currently connected(ish) but my 4meg line looks like this:
Upstream 512 kbps
Downstream 864 kbps
SNR Margin (Upstream) 9.0 db
SNR Margin (Downstream) 9.0 db
Line Attenuation (Upstream) 31.5 db
Line Attenuation (Downstream) 54.0 db
Which is actually by far and away the most stable I've gotten over the past 2 days, clearly my fault with packet loss(for the last 2 years) whenever it rains has escalated:/ argh bloody telskum...
Afrihost ticket: EKA-585-90922
Telkom fault: 34BRK050115
Could you escalate the escalation tmrw morning if possible.
Currently connected(ish) but my 4meg line looks like this:
Upstream 512 kbps
Downstream 864 kbps
SNR Margin (Upstream) 9.0 db
SNR Margin (Downstream) 9.0 db
Line Attenuation (Upstream) 31.5 db
Line Attenuation (Downstream) 54.0 db
Which is actually by far and away the most stable I've gotten over the past 2 days, clearly my fault with packet loss(for the last 2 years) whenever it rains has escalated:/ argh bloody telskum...
I meant looking at the amount of hops for a local server Afrihost vs WebAfrica: (Also notice the final RTT between the last hops - 15ms difference for local traffic!!
C:\>tracert afrihost.com
Tracing route to afrihost.com [197.242.144.102]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.0.0.2
2 13 ms 13 ms 13 ms 196-210-128-1.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.210.128.1]
3 30 ms 30 ms 30 ms vlan2473.cdsl2-ctn.isdsl.net [196.38.72.193]
4 24 ms 24 ms 24 ms 196.35.115.136
5 24 ms 24 ms 24 ms 168.209.6.13
6 25 ms 24 ms 24 ms 168.209.2.130
7 31 ms 32 ms 30 ms 41-208-29-210.mtnns.net [41.208.29.210]
8 24 ms 45 ms 24 ms 196.44.0.75
9 53 ms 55 ms 53 ms rb-cr-1.za--ct-cr-2.za.mtnns.net [196.44.31.69]
10 50 ms 43 ms 43 ms jh-dca-2.za--jh-cr-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.0.221]
11 53 ms 58 ms 53 ms 196.30.1.39
12 52 ms 53 ms 52 ms 196.31.220.21
13 50 ms 50 ms 50 ms 196.31.63.202
14 53 ms 54 ms 53 ms vl9-ah-ha-2.za.mtnbusiness.net [196.30.42.133]
15 45 ms 45 ms 46 ms cms-gm.afrihost.com [197.242.144.102]
Trace complete.
C:\>tracert webafrica.com
Tracing route to webafrica.com [196.220.58.66]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.0.0.2
2 13 ms 12 ms 13 ms 196-210-128-1.dynamic.isadsl.co.za [196.210.128.1]
3 31 ms 31 ms 30 ms vlan2473.cdsl2-ctn.isdsl.net [196.38.72.193]
4 24 ms 24 ms 24 ms 196.35.115.136
5 31 ms 31 ms 30 ms 196.26.78.33
6 24 ms 24 ms 24 ms wa-is.isdsl.net [196.38.72.84]
7 24 ms 24 ms 24 ms wnls-hr1-vl-140.wa.co.za [41.185.1.2]
8 30 ms 37 ms 31 ms 196.220.58.66
Trace complete.
DeathStrike
Expert Member
Anyone tried using DNS bench to test out DNS.
It could be the way the different IPC networks are setup, the differences won't make a massive amount of difference though.
Setups vary around edge, core routers, switches etc etc. You're probably routing through stacks more switches around the network, but they won't show on a traceroute.
Johnatan56
Honorary Master
That is a telkom issue, your line is syncing at less than 1mb, you have really bad SNR for your attentuation as well.
Hope you have a line fault open, good luck.
kripstoe
Expert Member
Seriously?? 
That's weird, around 11pm demand was dropping off pretty fast so speeds should have been perfect. Latency looks normal, but we'll need to troubleshoot further - our own tests in Cape last night were looking pretty good
That's weird, around 11pm demand was dropping off pretty fast so speeds should have been perfect. Latency looks normal, but we'll need to troubleshoot further - our own tests in Cape last night were looking pretty good
I shutdowned my pc at 10:57pm
Coincidence?
BANG_Mutha
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Hi Afriman, I see that the double adsl data continues for a while regardless of the Afrihost Plus. If this is the case then I should be getting an extra 50GB on my account considering that I am on Afrihost Plus. Why is this allocation not showing when I log into the client zone?
It won't count as triple data I'm afraid.
BANG_Mutha
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Ok, so then Afrihost Plus really adds no real value at the moment considering that the double data was the main benefit?
avr-rulez
Expert Member
Why do I not get a reply on hop 2 and a increase in Ping time
Hey Afriman
Why do I not get a reply on hop 2?
Also my ping used to be +-16mS but has increased to ave 25mS a bit better this am.
SAIX Speedtest
Last Result:
Download Speed: 8774 kbps (1096.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 862 kbps (107.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 22 ms
2015/01/07, 10:23:36 AM
10Meg line
Hey Afriman
Why do I not get a reply on hop 2?
Also my ping used to be +-16mS but has increased to ave 25mS a bit better this am.
SAIX Speedtest
Last Result:
Download Speed: 8774 kbps (1096.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 862 kbps (107.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 22 ms
2015/01/07, 10:23:36 AM
10Meg line
There are stacks more benefits on Plus+ though, double data is just one of them.
There's double data for Mobile, Simfy streaming, 500MB free Mobile data, 2 for 1 topups, double turbocharges for Uncapped and softcapping for Capped DSL.
The timeouts on the exchange mean that it isn't accepting ICMP, shouldn't be anything to worry about.
22ms for local latency is quite respectable
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