IS - SAIX peering problems again?

[schitz011]

Thanks for the update MrBeep.

Your efforts in this are very very very much appreciated!

Want me to go round to IS's office and hit them with a big stick till they sort the problem out?

 

[CuriouS]

w00t

I came online tonight, and my ping is sorted!!!
Thanks everyone who persisted, because it seems to have paid off!!!

 

[MrBEEP]

Hey Friends,

The Engineers are currently very close to a resolution. You should notice a VAST improvement currently.

I would like to thank everyone for their patience. It is really appreciated!!

Kind regards
MrBEEP

 

[Borgir]

Woohoooooooooo 49ms to Saix.net now

Thanks for work MrBeep!

 

[Leno]

slightly off topic and i have emailed openweb support but thought i would share anyway:

No other traffic on the line when i did these (512k)

Tracing route to smtp.isdsl.net [196.26.208.190]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 * * * Request timed out.
2 58 ms 58 ms 59 ms 196.38.73.253
3 1196 ms 1269 ms 1409 ms curp3-rba-gi2.isdsl.net [196.38.73.222]
4 * 368 ms 543 ms 196.38.73.117
5 56 ms 56 ms 57 ms 196.26.96.203
6 60 ms 64 ms 63 ms crsm2a-rba-vl1.rtr.isnet.net [196.26.0.12]
7 64 ms 62 ms 61 ms smtp01.isdsl.net [196.26.208.190]

Trace complete.

Tracing route to news.is.co.za [168.209.98.66]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 * * * Request timed out.
2 91 ms 75 ms 79 ms 196.38.73.253
3 1466 ms 2734 ms * curp3-rba-gi2.isdsl.net [196.38.73.222]
4 498 ms * 339 ms 196.38.73.117
5 58 ms 74 ms 61 ms 196.26.96.203
6 58 ms 58 ms 56 ms core1c-rba-gi8-0-0.rtr.isnet.net [196.26.0.11]
7 57 ms 60 ms 60 ms core2b-rba-gi8-0-0.rtr.isnet.net [196.26.0.9]
8 1215 ms 330 ms 109 ms dante14.is.co.za [168.209.98.14]
9 * 827 ms 276 ms netcache5.is.co.za [168.209.98.66]

Trace complete.

 

[mystic007]

Leno, I received the following e-mail from OpenWeb this morning which may explain your problem:

Dear Friends,

There is currently a nationwide problem on the Telkom ADSL network. Many exchanges are currently experiencing issues that cause packet loss, high latencies etc. Both SAIX and IS users appear to be affected.

On the up side, the local pings to SAIX servers should be fixed now for all clients that arent affected by the Telkom Exchange problem.

Unfortunately, I cannot apologise on behalf of Telkom, as they couldn't care less. However, I apologise on behalf of OpenWeb for the inconvenience caused.