[Novalug] debugging low Internet throughput -- Latency on Sprint's network?

Paul D. Bain paulbain at pobox.com
Mon Oct 26 17:41:49 EDT 2009


Paul D. Bain wrote:

> covici at ccs.covici.com wrote:
>> OK, these are using mtr, first here is the verizon.
>>                                        Packets               Pings
>>  Host                                Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best
>>                                        Wrst StDev
>>  1. 66.135.63.3                       0.0%    50    0.3   0.3   0.3
>>                                        0.8   0.1
>>  2. 216.187.124.101                   0.0%    50    0.3   0.5   0.3
>>                                        8.4   1.1
>>  3. 216.187.124.226                   0.0%    50    0.3   0.6   0.3
>>                                        12.6   1.7
>>  4. 10ge-ten1-3.dal-eqx-cor-2.peer1.  0.0%    50    7.6  22.5   7.6
>>                                        201.0  50.9
>>  5. ge-1-1-0.dal33.ip4.tinet.net      0.0%    50    7.7   8.0   7.6
>>                                        16.3   1.4
>>  6. xe-8-2-0.nyc30.ip4.tinet.net      0.0%    50   55.6  59.1  55.5
>>                                        120.0  12.0
>>  7. sl-gw35-nyc-3-0-2.sprintlink.net  0.0%    50   55.6  55.7  55.5
>>                                        56.4   0.2
>>  8. sl-crs2-nyc-0-10-2-0.sprintlink.  0.0%    50   56.5  56.4  55.8
>>                                        58.3   0.5
>>  9. 144.232.18.238                   16.0%    50   51.7  52.0  51.2
>>                                        65.8   2.2
>> 10. 0.xe-5-1-0.XL3.NYC4.ALTER.NET     0.0%    50   51.5  60.7  51.2
>>                                        160.6  24.1
>> 11. 0.so-7-3-0.XT1.NYC8.ALTER.NET     0.0%    50   52.8  52.7  51.8
>>                                        63.2   1.6
>>     0.so-6-2-0.XT1.NYC9.ALTER.NET
>> 12. 0.so-3-2-0.NY325-BB-RTR1.verizon 10.0%    50   52.6  53.1  52.0
>>                                        69.0   2.5
>>     0.so-2-0-0.NY325-BB-RTR1.verizon-gni.net
>> 13. so-4-0-0-0.NWRK-BB-RTR1.verizon-  0.0%    50   58.3  58.9  56.3
>>                                        96.0   7.0
>> 14. 130.81.17.108                     0.0%    50   56.3  57.6  54.6
>>                                        106.9   8.2
>> 15. P14-3.CLPPVA-LCR-01.verizon-gni.  0.0%    50   57.2  58.5  57.0
>>                                        68.2   1.7
>> 16. L1.CLPPVA-VFTTP-10.verizon-gni.n  0.0%    50   60.0  59.3  58.1
>>                                        65.5   1.1
>> 17. pool-71-171-100-78.clppva.fios.v  0.0%    50   64.4  63.8  61.9
>>                                        65.6   0.9
> 
> 	I am not certain whether this link is relevant:
> 
> 	http://www.internetpulse.net/
> 
> It indicates congestion on the networks of Cogent and Savvis. AFAICT, 
> none of the packets from Verizon cross the network of either of those 
> ISP's, Cogent or Savvis.
> 
> 	This second link is likely even less relevant, but interesting 
> nevertheless:
> 
> 	http://www.noc.ucla.edu/weather.html
> 
> 	Still less relevant:
> 
> 	http://www.caida.org/home/

	OK, after a few minutes of fiddling, I think that I may have discovered 
something relevant. Apparently, packets traveling from Sprint's network 
to Verizon's network are experiencing considerable latency:

http://www.internetpulse.net/Main.aspx?xAxis=Metric&yAxis=Origin&zAxis=Destination&nAxis=Period

I may be misinterpreting this web application, however, so perhaps 
someone more knowledgeable (as to networking trouble-shooting) could 
help with interpreting the results. I have forgotten a great deal of my 
networking knowledge.


>>  And here is the one using DSL .
>>                                                                                                                        Packets
>>                                        Pings
>>  Host
>>                                        Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best
>>                                        Wrst StDev
>>  1. 66.135.63.3
>>                                        0.0%    50    0.3   0.9   0.3
>>                                        14.4   2.7
>>  2. 216.187.124.109
>>                                        0.0%    50    0.3   0.4   0.2
>>                                        1.0   0.2
>>  3. 10ge-ten1-3.dal-eqx-cor-2.peer1.net
>>                                        0.0%    50    7.6  10.9   7.6
>>                                        104.9  16.1
>>  4. 10ge-ten2-1.atl-telx-cor-1.peer1.net
>>                                        0.0%    50   27.1  30.7  27.0
>>                                        142.0  17.6
>>  5. 10ge-ten1-1.atl-101mar-cor-1.peer1.net
>>                                        0.0%    50   27.4  28.0  27.2
>>                                        45.9   3.2
>>  6. 10ge.xe-1-0-0.wdc-eqx-dis-1.peer1.net
>>                                        0.0%    50   40.8  40.7  40.4
>>                                        49.3   1.3
>>  7. Ashburn-4948-1.cavtel.com
>>                                        0.0%    50   41.6  41.7  41.1
>>                                        44.3   0.5
>>  8. static-76-160-125-45.dsl.cavtel.net
>>                                        4.0%    50   42.1  46.1  41.8
>>                                        100.7  12.5
>>  9. static-66-16-64-206.dsl.cavtel.net
>>                                        0.0%    50   43.6  43.9  43.1
>>                                        62.5   2.7
>> 10. ccs.covici.com
>>                                        0.0%    50   74.7  74.3  73.0
>>                                        79.1   1.3
>>
>>                                                                                                                        Packets
>> 																							    Pings
>>  Host
>> 																							    Loss%
>> 																							    Snt
>> 																							    Last
>> 																							    Avg
>> 																							    Best
>> 																							    Wrst
>> 																							    StDev
>>  1. 66.135.63.3
>> 																							    0.0%
>> 																							    50
>> 																							    0.3
>> 																							    0.9
>> 																							    0.3
>> 																							    14.4
>> 																							    2.7
>>  2. 216.187.124.109
>> 																							    0.0%
>> 																							    50
>> 																							    0.3
>> 																							    0.4
>> 																							    0.2
>> 																							    1.0
>> 																							    0.2
>>  3. 10ge-ten1-3.dal-eqx-cor-2.peer1.net
>> 																							    0.0%
>> 																							    50
>> 																							    7.6
>> 																							    10.9
>> 																							    7.6
>> 																							    104.9
>> 																							    16.1
>>  4. 10ge-ten2-1.atl-telx-cor-1.peer1.net
>> 																							    0.0%
>> 																							    50
>> 																							    27.1
>> 																							    30.7
>> 																							    27.0
>> 																							    142.0
>> 																							    17.6
>>  5. 10ge-ten1-1.atl-101mar-cor-1.peer1.net
>> 																							    0.0%
>> 																							    50
>> 																							    27.4
>> 																							    28.0
>> 																							    27.2
>> 																							    45.9
>> 																							    3.2
>>  6. 10ge.xe-1-0-0.wdc-eqx-dis-1.peer1.net
>> 																							    0.0%
>> 																							    50
>> 																							    40.8
>> 																							    40.7
>> 																							    40.4
>> 																							    49.3
>> 																							    1.3
>>  7. Ashburn-4948-1.cavtel.com
>> 																							    0.0%
>> 																							    50
>> 																							    41.6
>> 																							    41.7
>> 																							    41.1
>> 																							    44.3
>> 																							    0.5
>>  8. static-76-160-125-45.dsl.cavtel.net
>> 																							    4.0%
>> 																							    50
>> 																							    42.1
>> 																							    46.1
>> 																							    41.8
>> 																							    100.7
>> 																							    12.5
>>  9. static-66-16-64-206.dsl.cavtel.net
>> 																							    0.0%
>> 																							    50
>> 																							    43.6
>> 																							    43.9
>> 																							    43.1
>> 																							    62.5
>> 																							    2.7
>> 10. ccs.covici.com
>> 																							    0.0%
>> 																							    50
>> 																							    74.7
>> 																							    74.3
>> 																							    73.0
>> 																							    79.1
>> 																							    1.3
>>
>>
>>
>> John Franklin <franklin at elfie.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, please post them.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 26, 2009, at 4:52 PM, covici at ccs.covici.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yep, and I can include them if you wish.  I note that the DSL is
>>>> actually much shorter, the FIOS one goes through some things I don't
>>>> know, but also sprintlink.
>>>>
>>>> John Franklin <franklin at elfie.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Can you do a traceroute from both the FIOS side and the DSL side?
>>>>>
>>>>> jf
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 26, 2009, at 4:46 PM, covici at ccs.covici.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, the site is 100mb and not heavily trafficked, as I said DSL is
>>>>>> faster than FIOS from that site, although uploading to the site is
>>>>>> at my
>>>>>> full speed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> greg pryzby <greg at pryzby.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> wdc.speakeasy.net
>>>>>>> will show what bandwidth you are getting. Then check other cities
>>>>>>> (SF, etc).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If things look pretty good, chances are it is the site you are
>>>>>>> trying to
>>>>>>> hit. It is possible that the site is capped bandwidth or you are
>>>>>>> enjoying
>>>>>>> the benefits of FIOS-- not everyone can serve data fast
>>>>>>> enough.... your fav
>>>>>>> site isn't connected via FIOS or similar or they are slammed
>>>>>>> serving data.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 4:27 PM, <covici at ccs.covici.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi.  I have Fios and I am trying to debug why I am getting slow
>>>>>>>> downloads from several websites -- dsl is faster in those cases!
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>> tried using a program called mtr, but it didn't tell me too much
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> there was some packet loss between some of the  hops, but not so
>>>>>>>> much
>>>>>>>> that it should have caused such a drastic slowdowns.  I am
>>>>>>>> thinking that
>>>>>>>> Verizon is messing up, but some sites, like Microsoft, go at full
>>>>>>>> speed,
>>>>>>>> so maybe that was not correct.  So the question is, how can I tell
>>>>>>>> who
>>>>>>>> is doing this to me?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>>> you spend it?
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>       covici at ccs.covici.com
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>>>>
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