Hey guys. I am experiencing the weirdest Internet issues. My internet seems slow, and I often get timeouts when trying to connect to websites / web services. It basically looks like exacerbated tcp slow start issues (take forever for the ball to get rolling, but eventually works). It will take a google about 30 seconds to load. Searches are also super slow. All webpages take forever to load.
It is NOT DNS issues. When running a dig I can see that the DNS lookup only takes about 150ms. It is not packet loss, as I can happily ping both international and local sites with 0 packet loss. The weirdest thing is that netflix and youtube are slow to start but once I start streaming it works okay (not great). Speedtest.net claims that my line is working at full speed. So it seems like TCP is okay, but UDP seems to work okayish (though then why does Speedtest.net claim my line is working at full speed).
Pings are fine (both international and local)
406c8f1c6c21% ping mweb.co.za
PING mweb.co.za (196.2.63.110): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 196.2.63.110: icmp_seq=0 ttl=122 time=10.435 ms
64 bytes from 196.2.63.110: icmp_seq=1 ttl=122 time=13.367 ms
64 bytes from 196.2.63.110: icmp_seq=2 ttl=122 time=76.562 ms
64 bytes from 196.2.63.110: icmp_seq=3 ttl=122 time=12.827 ms
64 bytes from 196.2.63.110: icmp_seq=4 ttl=122 time=11.253 ms
^C
--- mweb.co.za ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 10.435/24.889/76.562/25.858 ms
406c8f1c6c21% ping whitehouse.gov
PING whitehouse.gov (184.25.196.110): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 184.25.196.110: icmp_seq=0 ttl=48 time=249.335 ms
64 bytes from 184.25.196.110: icmp_seq=1 ttl=48 time=329.845 ms
64 bytes from 184.25.196.110: icmp_seq=2 ttl=48 time=454.987 ms
64 bytes from 184.25.196.110: icmp_seq=3 ttl=48 time=273.763 ms
64 bytes from 184.25.196.110: icmp_seq=4 ttl=48 time=296.539 ms
64 bytes from 184.25.196.110: icmp_seq=5 ttl=48 time=319.335 ms
64 bytes from 184.25.196.110: icmp_seq=6 ttl=48 time=342.203 ms
64 bytes from 184.25.196.110: icmp_seq=7 ttl=48 time=262.900 ms
^C
--- whitehouse.gov ping statistics ---
8 packets transmitted, 8 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 249.335/316.113/454.987/60.862 ms
I checked that both my main account (mweb uncapped) and my backup account (webafrica capped) are experiencing the same problem. I see problems on both my computer connected to the LAN (Windows 7) and my notebook (Macbook Pro) that is connected via WiFi. So it is not a computer issue, or a faulty cable, or bad WiFi signal. Here are my router stats.
Upstream 640000
Downstream 6144000
SNR Margin(Upstream) 12 dB
SNR Margin(Downstream) 14.0 dB
Line Attenuation(Upstream) 14.0 dB
Line Attenuation(Downstream) 28.5 dB
CRC Errors(Upstream) 48
Could I be experiencing issues due to a connected exchange (only started experiencing issues since yesterday)? Wouldn't this cause packet loss or very bad latency?
Could my router be toast? I don't want to buy a new router only to find that I am still experiencing the same problem.
It is NOT DNS issues. When running a dig I can see that the DNS lookup only takes about 150ms. It is not packet loss, as I can happily ping both international and local sites with 0 packet loss. The weirdest thing is that netflix and youtube are slow to start but once I start streaming it works okay (not great). Speedtest.net claims that my line is working at full speed. So it seems like TCP is okay, but UDP seems to work okayish (though then why does Speedtest.net claim my line is working at full speed).
Pings are fine (both international and local)
406c8f1c6c21% ping mweb.co.za
PING mweb.co.za (196.2.63.110): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 196.2.63.110: icmp_seq=0 ttl=122 time=10.435 ms
64 bytes from 196.2.63.110: icmp_seq=1 ttl=122 time=13.367 ms
64 bytes from 196.2.63.110: icmp_seq=2 ttl=122 time=76.562 ms
64 bytes from 196.2.63.110: icmp_seq=3 ttl=122 time=12.827 ms
64 bytes from 196.2.63.110: icmp_seq=4 ttl=122 time=11.253 ms
^C
--- mweb.co.za ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 10.435/24.889/76.562/25.858 ms
406c8f1c6c21% ping whitehouse.gov
PING whitehouse.gov (184.25.196.110): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 184.25.196.110: icmp_seq=0 ttl=48 time=249.335 ms
64 bytes from 184.25.196.110: icmp_seq=1 ttl=48 time=329.845 ms
64 bytes from 184.25.196.110: icmp_seq=2 ttl=48 time=454.987 ms
64 bytes from 184.25.196.110: icmp_seq=3 ttl=48 time=273.763 ms
64 bytes from 184.25.196.110: icmp_seq=4 ttl=48 time=296.539 ms
64 bytes from 184.25.196.110: icmp_seq=5 ttl=48 time=319.335 ms
64 bytes from 184.25.196.110: icmp_seq=6 ttl=48 time=342.203 ms
64 bytes from 184.25.196.110: icmp_seq=7 ttl=48 time=262.900 ms
^C
--- whitehouse.gov ping statistics ---
8 packets transmitted, 8 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 249.335/316.113/454.987/60.862 ms
I checked that both my main account (mweb uncapped) and my backup account (webafrica capped) are experiencing the same problem. I see problems on both my computer connected to the LAN (Windows 7) and my notebook (Macbook Pro) that is connected via WiFi. So it is not a computer issue, or a faulty cable, or bad WiFi signal. Here are my router stats.
Upstream 640000
Downstream 6144000
SNR Margin(Upstream) 12 dB
SNR Margin(Downstream) 14.0 dB
Line Attenuation(Upstream) 14.0 dB
Line Attenuation(Downstream) 28.5 dB
CRC Errors(Upstream) 48
Could I be experiencing issues due to a connected exchange (only started experiencing issues since yesterday)? Wouldn't this cause packet loss or very bad latency?
Could my router be toast? I don't want to buy a new router only to find that I am still experiencing the same problem.
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