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[ijacobs3]

The changes are simply port speeds on the Vumatel side- nothing from our side that manages bandwidth based on packages- so I’d reckon the issue is more to do with the path or some other factor and will be the same across the board. Please escalate this to support so we can help figure it out. We’ve also had to get a few lines re-provisioned as there seem to be some teething issues with the new package profiles. I’m not sure if you’ve mentioned the above in your open ticket- but if you can just respond on the ticket quickly- I’ll ask someone to check it for you.

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Just odd that this has cropped up since the change

 

[websquadza]

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Just odd that this has cropped up since the change

All sorted? Was chatting to the tech who was on your ticket. Sounds like a TCP window scaling issue (usually what causes the erratic up and down you see on TCP traffic).

 

[ijacobs3]

All sorted? Was chatting to the tech who was on your ticket. Sounds like a TCP window scaling issue (usually what causes the erratic up and down you see on TCP traffic).

Seems it’s some to do with Vodacom somehow, as it’s the inly common denominator,

Not sure if I can set the scaling stuff on a synology nas

 

[websquadza]

Seems it’s some to do with Vodacom somehow, as it’s the inly common denominator,

Not sure if I can set the scaling stuff on a synology nas

Could be an MTU issue as well - not uncommon. TCP window scaling would be managed on your PC - let me know if you’ve adjusted this already. Also, remind me- what router do you have again? Vaguely remember a USG?

 

[ijacobs3]

Could be an MTU issue as well - not uncommon. TCP window scaling would be managed on your PC - let me know if you’ve adjusted this already. Also, remind me- what router do you have again? Vaguely remember a USG?

I been playing with an ubiquiti edgerouter, not entirely happy with it, currently using the ubiquiti amplifi router / mesh kit, helps with house wifi coverage

 

[websquadza]

I been playing with an ubiquiti edgerouter, not entirely happy with it, currently using the ubiquiti amplifi router / mesh kit, helps with house wifi coverage

Perhaps try tweak your MSS setting (Ubiquity are sticky with this setting in general). Try MSS of 1432 and you can safely test as low as 1420. This may make a difference if there’s an MTU issue further down the line.

Traffic that peaks and troughs like this is usually because of the TCP protocol spending too much time making sense of the packets you’re receiving. Window scaling shouldn’t affect traffic too much at low latencies.

Assuming there’s something fragmenting your packets on the download leg (between your home and the connection you’re on), your packets will initially flood, and when your buffers fill up and fall behind processing your traffic, the download will grind to a halt, and so on.

 

[ijacobs3]

Perhaps try tweak your MSS setting (Ubiquity are sticky with this setting in general). Try MSS of 1432 and you can safely test as low as 1420. This may make a difference if there’s an MTU issue further down the line.

Traffic that peaks and troughs like this is usually because of the TCP protocol spending too much time making sense of the packets you’re receiving. Window scaling shouldn’t affect traffic too much at low latencies.

Assuming there’s something fragmenting your packets on the download leg (between your home and the connection you’re on), your packets will initially flood, and when your buffers fill up and fall behind processing your traffic, the download will grind to a halt, and so on.

Makes sense, thanks will give it a bash

 

[ijacobs3]

Perhaps try tweak your MSS setting (Ubiquity are sticky with this setting in general). Try MSS of 1432 and you can safely test as low as 1420. This may make a difference if there’s an MTU issue further down the line.

Traffic that peaks and troughs like this is usually because of the TCP protocol spending too much time making sense of the packets you’re receiving. Window scaling shouldn’t affect traffic too much at low latencies.

Assuming there’s something fragmenting your packets on the download leg (between your home and the connection you’re on), your packets will initially flood, and when your buffers fill up and fall behind processing your traffic, the download will grind to a halt, and so on.

Damn near close enough

not sure what i done, i downloaded some shitty program from called tcp optimizer,
clicked the optimal button, and boom

next is this damn synology...

 

[websquadza]

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Damn near close enough

not sure what i done, i downloaded some shitty program from called tcp optimizer,
clicked the optimal button, and boom

next is this damn synology...

Ah forgot about that tool. Try tweaking that MSS. May just do the trick!

 

[Looney]

Morning @websquadza, is the TCP Accelerator working with IPv6 yet?

 

[Seeyou]

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Damn near close enough

not sure what i done, i downloaded some shitty program from called tcp optimizer,
clicked the optimal button, and boom

next is this damn synology...

You may not be able to hit gigabit speeds on a Synology NAS, depending on the model. Hitting those speeds requires a decent amount of CPU power, and most of the Synology range has a pretty weak CPU. (the same actually applies to routers and their CPU)

If you're testing downloads and not speedtest, keep in mind your disk I/O can also be a bottleneck. 900mbps is 112MB/sec roughly, and not many consumer NAS's will be able to sustain that kind of throughput and disk write, nevermind doing so simultaneously.

 

[websquadza]

Morning @websquadza, is the TCP Accelerator working with IPv6 yet?

Upgrades currently in progress - will update once complete

 

[ijacobs3]

You may not be able to hit gigabit speeds on a Synology NAS, depending on the model. Hitting those speeds requires a decent amount of CPU power, and most of the Synology range has a pretty weak CPU. (the same actually applies to routers and their CPU)

If you're testing downloads and not speedtest, keep in mind your disk I/O can also be a bottleneck. 900mbps is 112MB/sec roughly, and not many consumer NAS's will be able to sustain that kind of throughput and disk write, nevermind doing so simultaneously.

If I can keep a stable 20MB/s I’d be happy

On local network it’s cool, it’s just over the internet where it’s doing wierd stuff

 

[websquadza]

If I can keep a stable 20MB/s I’d be happy

On local network it’s cool, it’s just over the internet where it’s doing wierd stuff

As explained, this is probably due to some fragmentation from a MTU issue on voda's side. They're known for having weird issues like that. Check that MSS clamping. That will limit the size of the TCP packet you're sending from your home back out over the interwebs. Or you can set up a VPN that you connect back to your home over - VPNs will rightsize MTU and take care of the issue.

 

[JustAnotherSouthAfrican]

@websquadza Can I fire you a PM?

 

[websquadza]

@websquadza Can I fire you a PM?

sure

 

[abudabi]

Uncle websie... any news from DSTV? Now watching the F1 qualifying and it's doing the scale down scale up thing again. Path is clear and I'm only using about 5 bursting to 15 every now and then.

 

[Bionic]

Nothing working to this destination via Websquad. Works on 3G.@websquadza any issues noticed?

 

[ijacobs3]

Nothing working to this destination via Websquad. Works on 3G.@websquadza any issues noticed?

i feel the need to ask, plex & emby... this looks like something i want to explore

 

[Bionic]

i feel the need to ask, plex & emby... this looks like something i want to explore

Pvt message me if interested