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Title: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 06, 2010, 15:10:29
Is there any known problems today ?

My connection seems slow even though speed test comes back good.

Pings are also higher than normal. I normally get around 15ms, today is spiking all over the place.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 06, 2010, 15:13:34
I've seen nothing here, Paul, pings are normal.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 06, 2010, 15:14:46
Ok, I'll give it an hour to see if it corrects itself, if not I'll phone support.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: zappaDPJ on Apr 06, 2010, 15:23:44
No problems here, in fact my ping is remarkably low just now.

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/773407850.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 06, 2010, 16:15:41
Looks like a phone call to support. Pings are getting worse.

Target Name: www.idnet.net
         IP: 212.69.36.10
  Date/Time: 4/6/2010 4:11:39 PM to 4/6/2010 4:13:54 PM

1    0ms    0 ms    0 ms    0 ms    0 ms    0 ms    0 ms    0 ms    0 ms    0 ms  [192.168.0.1]
2  107 ms  114 ms  107 ms  113 ms  101 ms  126 ms  109 ms   59 ms   67 ms  120 ms  telehouse-gw2-lo1.idnet.net [212.69.63.51]
3  104 ms  111 ms  113 ms  114 ms  100 ms  125 ms  114 ms   54 ms   62 ms  184 ms  telehouse-gw3-g0-1-400.idnet.net [212.69.63.243]
4  108 ms  118 ms  112 ms  113 ms  105 ms  123 ms  113 ms   54 ms   64 ms  127 ms  redbus-gw2-g0-1-331.idnet.net [212.69.63.5]
5  105 ms  118 ms  110 ms  111 ms   99 ms  117 ms  113 ms   62 ms   68 ms  133 ms  redbus-gw1-fa2-0-300.idnet.net [212.69.63.225]
6  104 ms  119 ms  109 ms  110 ms   99 ms  121 ms  112 ms   58 ms   68 ms  129 ms  www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]

Ping statistics for www.idnet.net
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0.0%)
Round Trip Times: Minimum = 58ms, Maximum = 129ms, Average = 102ms
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 06, 2010, 16:18:35
Have you seen the status announcement, Paul:

You may notice a delay in response to some queries sent to support@idnet.com

Please be advised; BT Wholesale and BT Openreach testing systems are currently off line due to major system failures. Further to this, their contact centres have also been taken off line.

As such, we are unable to perform diagnostic tests or raise faults for broadband and telephone services at this time.

Any support related queries will be dealt with as soon as the systems are back on line and relevant diagnostic checks have been carried out.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Ray on Apr 06, 2010, 16:20:58
No problems here, Paul.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

Pinging idnet.net [212.69.36.10] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=59
Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=59
Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=59
Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=59

Ping statistics for 212.69.36.10:
   Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
   Minimum = 16ms, Maximum = 22ms, Average = 17ms

Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 06, 2010, 16:26:53
My friend is on IDnet and on the same exchange and he's not getting any problems either. I've disconnected everything from my router and disabled wireless.

This PC is the only one connected (theres no background stuff running) and still getting high pings :(
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 06, 2010, 16:29:31
Have you re-booted the router, Paul?
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 06, 2010, 16:33:53
Quote from: Rik on Apr 06, 2010, 16:29:31
Have you re-booted the router, Paul?

No, Dont really want to either, with my current noise margin I'll be syncing way lower and I need the speed at the mo to download/upload stuff to FTP.

Something is wrong somewhere as its up and down. One moment its fine at 16 - 20 ms and the next its really high for a period of time.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 06, 2010, 16:35:15
Well, give support a call, but they'll be fairly limited in what they can suggest today.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 06, 2010, 16:43:03
Gave support a call, They say I shouldn't be seeing ping issues with speed results coming back fine. Doesn't really help me but oh well..

Will send an email with the requested pings.


I'm getting 10% packet lose now aswell!
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 06, 2010, 16:46:07
Congested VP?
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 06, 2010, 16:49:58
Dunno, Was fine yesterday, but been cr*p all day today.

Plus that would cause speed to drop aswell wouldnt it?
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 06, 2010, 16:52:17
You would think, but I found that pings were improved by moving to a SuperMax product while speeds did not change, so it's not an absolute correlation.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 06, 2010, 17:05:19
Anyways, its in supports hands now.

I've done normal pings and pings in safe mode with networking enabled and emailed them the results.

I'm off to bed now to get rid of this migraine!  :(
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 06, 2010, 17:05:56
My sympathies, I know what they are like. :(
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 06, 2010, 18:16:19
Quote from: Rik on Apr 06, 2010, 17:05:56
My sympathies, I know what they are like. :(

Can't sleep with neighbours dogs barking all the time  :(

But pings seems to be getting better now.

C:\Users\Paul>tracert www.idnet.net

Tracing route to www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

 1     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.0.1
 2    19 ms    18 ms    19 ms  telehouse-gw2-lo1.idnet.net [212.69.63.51]
 3   103 ms   258 ms    67 ms  telehouse-gw3-g0-1-400.idnet.net [212.69.63.243]

 4    25 ms    19 ms    19 ms  redbus-gw2-g0-1-331.idnet.net [212.69.63.5]
 5    23 ms    29 ms    26 ms  redbus-gw1-fa2-0-300.idnet.net [212.69.63.225]
 6    20 ms    21 ms    20 ms  www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]

Trace complete.

Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 06, 2010, 18:19:11
Odd...
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 06, 2010, 18:20:09
Quote from: Rik on Apr 06, 2010, 18:19:11
Odd...

What me? Yeah I know I am  ;D
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 06, 2010, 18:20:32
 ;D :pat:
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 06, 2010, 18:21:47
Perhaps support gave something a kick?  :dunno:
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 06, 2010, 18:25:45
From what they say, they can't atm...
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 06, 2010, 18:35:27
Ok, Just my line having a mood swing today then!
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 06, 2010, 18:36:19
PMS?  :evil:
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 06, 2010, 18:39:24
Makes me wonder!

Might have to start buying it flowers and chocs so it plays nice  :eek4:
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 06, 2010, 18:40:08
 ;D

Whisper sweet nothings into the network card...
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 06, 2010, 18:43:05
Aslongs I dont have to do anything else!!  :evil:  :eek4:


:lol:
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 06, 2010, 18:46:04
 ;D

Not tonight...
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Technical Ben on Apr 06, 2010, 19:02:32
I use to have problems with the PC or modem overheating. In this weather that's defiantly not the problem!  :laugh:
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: sobranie on Apr 06, 2010, 21:01:03
Pings fine here on exchange (01326).  But, d/l speed testers show as sub 3000 instead of my normal 14 to 18000. wth is going on??
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Steve on Apr 06, 2010, 21:24:56
Nothing showing on status pages AAISP,Plusnet or IDNet but the wholesale and Openreach systems were down earlier today.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: wecpcs on Apr 06, 2010, 22:24:55
Quote from: sobranie on Apr 06, 2010, 21:01:03
Pings fine here on exchange (01326).  But, d/l speed testers show as sub 3000 instead of my normal 14 to 18000. wth is going on??

My line is also been having problems all day. This morning browsing seemed very slow and when I was accessing my on-line banking it kept stating my session had been disconnected. When I did a speed test with speedtest.net on the Maidenhead server my pings where normal but the needle refused to move at all on the download. After a router reboot no change so I did a complete router restart and I was getting about 3Mb instead of my normal 6-7Mb and my upload speed was 33% slower that usual. Tonight after yet another router restart my speeds are varying from 3Mb to my normal 6+, pings are fine but my upload speed is still a lot slower. As my exchange (01795) was on BT's list of affected sites recently, I can only assume the problem is still ongoing.

Colin

Edit
Even posting this message it took over 30secs to upload.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Simon on Apr 06, 2010, 22:28:27
Not that it's any help, but no delays here this evening.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: wecpcs on Apr 06, 2010, 22:50:06
Quote from: Simon on Apr 06, 2010, 22:28:27
Not that it's any help, but no delays here this evening.

After the previous router restart, I decided to restart the PC as well and now everything seems normal regarding download/upload speeds and ping, but browsing still seems a lot slower than usual.

Colin
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: sobranie on Apr 07, 2010, 01:31:05
Back to normal now and a little improved too.

Download speedachieved during the test was - 18400 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speedsis 1000-99999 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :19535 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 1183 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 17000 Kbps
The throughput of Best Efforts (BE) classes achieved during the test is - 16.82:22.88:60.3 (SBE:NBE:PBE)
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: wecpcs on Apr 07, 2010, 10:05:28
Quote from: sobranie on Apr 07, 2010, 01:31:05
Back to normal now and a little improved too.

Download speedachieved during the test was - 18400 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speedsis 1000-99999 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :19535 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 1183 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 17000 Kbps
The throughput of Best Efforts (BE) classes achieved during the test is - 16.82:22.88:60.3 (SBE:NBE:PBE)

Mine is back to normal as well, but I wonder exactly what the problem was, BT I expect.

Colin
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 07, 2010, 10:37:31
My pings are lower today, Its not a moan but pings are still higher, I normally get 15ms but since whatever happened yesterday they have stayed around 21ms.

Something must have changed on my line. I wonder if interleaving has been enabled, support did put a block on it being enabled when I was on adsl1.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 07, 2010, 10:40:47
Typical. Spoke to soon.

Ping test from the routers diagnostics page (to bypas windows)

PING 212.69.36.10 (212.69.36.10): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=0 ttl=60 time=45.0 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=60 time=55.0 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=2 ttl=60 time=45.0 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=3 ttl=60 time=20.0 ms

--- 212.69.36.10 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 20.0/41.2/55.0 ms


Pings are creaping up again.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 07, 2010, 10:50:52
Over the last 10 mins.

C:\Users\Paul>tracert www.idnet.net

Tracing route to www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.0.1
  2    20 ms    19 ms    19 ms  telehouse-gw2-lo1.idnet.net [212.69.63.51]
  3    19 ms    19 ms    19 ms  telehouse-gw3-g0-1-400.idnet.net [212.69.63.243]
  4    19 ms    18 ms    19 ms  redbus-gw2-g0-1-331.idnet.net [212.69.63.5]
  5    20 ms    20 ms    21 ms  redbus-gw1-fa2-0-300.idnet.net [212.69.63.225]
  6    20 ms    20 ms    19 ms  www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]

Trace complete.


C:\Users\Paul>tracert www.idnet.net

Tracing route to www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.0.1
  2    25 ms    25 ms    26 ms  telehouse-gw2-lo1.idnet.net [212.69.63.51]
  3    28 ms    29 ms    28 ms  telehouse-gw3-g0-1-400.idnet.net [212.69.63.243]
  4    43 ms    51 ms    58 ms  redbus-gw2-g0-1-331.idnet.net [212.69.63.5]
  5    41 ms    45 ms    45 ms  redbus-gw1-fa2-0-300.idnet.net [212.69.63.225]
  6    36 ms    35 ms    35 ms  www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]

Trace complete.


C:\Users\Paul>tracert www.idnet.net

Tracing route to www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.0.1
  2    19 ms    19 ms    19 ms  telehouse-gw2-lo1.idnet.net [212.69.63.51]
  3    25 ms    25 ms    26 ms  telehouse-gw3-g0-1-400.idnet.net [212.69.63.243]
  4    49 ms    49 ms    46 ms  redbus-gw2-g0-1-331.idnet.net [212.69.63.5]
  5    44 ms    47 ms    46 ms  redbus-gw1-fa2-0-300.idnet.net [212.69.63.225]
  6    57 ms    54 ms    53 ms  www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]

Trace complete.


C:\Users\Paul>tracert www.psp83.co.uk

Tracing route to psp83.co.uk [77.92.89.1]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.0.1
  2    60 ms    64 ms    80 ms  telehouse-gw2-lo1.idnet.net [212.69.63.51]
  3    50 ms    41 ms    40 ms  telehouse-gw3-g0-1-400.idnet.net [212.69.63.243]
  4    54 ms    53 ms    51 ms  linx.uk2net.com [195.66.224.19]
  5    43 ms    42 ms    50 ms  dc5-1.uk2.net [83.170.70.134]
  6    51 ms    54 ms    62 ms  atlas.safeukdns.net [77.92.89.1]

Trace complete.


C:\Users\Paul>tracert www.psp83.co.uk

Tracing route to psp83.co.uk [77.92.89.1]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.0.1
  2    19 ms    18 ms    18 ms  telehouse-gw2-lo1.idnet.net [212.69.63.51]
  3    19 ms    18 ms    19 ms  telehouse-gw3-g0-1-400.idnet.net [212.69.63.243]
  4    19 ms    18 ms    19 ms  linx.uk2net.com [195.66.224.19]
  5    21 ms    18 ms    20 ms  dc5-1.uk2.net [83.170.70.134]
  6    21 ms    19 ms    18 ms  atlas.safeukdns.net [77.92.89.1]

Trace complete.


C:\Users\Paul>tracert www.idnet.net

Tracing route to www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms    <1 ms     1 ms  192.168.0.1
  2    79 ms    81 ms    74 ms  telehouse-gw2-lo1.idnet.net [212.69.63.51]
  3    88 ms    90 ms    95 ms  telehouse-gw3-g0-1-400.idnet.net [212.69.63.243]

  4    84 ms    76 ms    75 ms  redbus-gw2-g0-1-331.idnet.net [212.69.63.5]
  5    46 ms    50 ms    56 ms  redbus-gw1-fa2-0-300.idnet.net [212.69.63.225]
  6    80 ms    80 ms    73 ms  www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]

Trace complete.


As you can see, one moment its fine the next its not.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 07, 2010, 11:32:17
Check with support, I know what I think, Paul, but they'll be able to tell you for sure.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 07, 2010, 11:33:59
Congestion? Surely that would show in the evening and not day ?
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 07, 2010, 11:34:24
Not always, Paul, it's the school holidays...
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 07, 2010, 11:37:29
Do you know if the BT computer problems has been fixed yet? No point phoning support until it is.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 07, 2010, 11:38:12
I haven't heard, Paul.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: esh on Apr 07, 2010, 12:34:22
"For the last 2 days all 21CN-BS BRASs have been showing increased peak and minimum latency between the hours of 9am - 5pm."

So say the broadband gods of AAISP.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Lance on Apr 07, 2010, 12:36:29
I put it down to the school holiday effect :(
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 07, 2010, 12:38:54
So did I, Lance, we see this so often.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: esh on Apr 07, 2010, 12:50:02
I hereby move to ban school holidays.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 07, 2010, 12:51:53
I'll second the motion. :)
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 07, 2010, 13:02:25
Quote from: esh on Apr 07, 2010, 12:34:22
"For the last 2 days all 21CN-BS BRASs have been showing increased peak and minimum latency between the hours of 9am - 5pm."

So say the broadband gods of AAISP.

Thats what I'm seeing. Last night it cleared in the evening but back again today. I bet it clears up tonight again.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 07, 2010, 14:30:20
Well thats weird.

I've noticed that since being on ADSL2, When support check your line / run diagnostics it now disconnects me. Never happened on ADSL1.

Can't wait for the holidays to be over, Pings getting higher and higher!
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 07, 2010, 14:47:38
I've never had that happen, Paul, except on one occasion when they warned me it would.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 07, 2010, 14:57:40
Happened both times support has checked my line now, Doesn't worry me thou, everytime they do it I sync higher!  ;D
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 07, 2010, 14:58:11
I must get them to test my line more often. ;D
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 07, 2010, 15:18:21
lol..


Just a little frustrated with support at the mo  :(
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 07, 2010, 15:20:30
Why?
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 07, 2010, 15:27:25
Quote from: Rik on Apr 07, 2010, 15:20:30
Why?

It just seems like they don't want to look into it or care. Thats twice now it feels like they've just pushed it to the side.

QuoteThe ping results carried out using the Windows command prompt with the PC booted into safe mode are perfectly fine and show no problems although are an improvement over the initial pings when not booted into safe mode. The connection is currently on fast path so has not been interleaved. it may be worth testing the connection using a different router and PC on the connection to determine if any improvement is seen.

As I replied to the email, I dont think those pings are acceptable, esp for voice comms and online games and with todays pings being over 120ms.

Also said I've tried with Vista, Win 7, XP and Linux, Plus this is my 4th router in 3yrs since being with IDnet and since I've joined I've always had a ping around 15ms (except when BT delayed the pipe upgrade for IDnet)

And that it can't be the router if my pings went back to normal last night after 6pm.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 07, 2010, 15:34:03
It's difficult for them too look into. Ping times are no part of the BT spec for the service, so it's virtually impossible to raise a fault on it. They seem to be suggesting the possibilities for any local issues, so that you can try them if you want to. The fact that pings improved after 6pm tallies with my theory that it's exchange congestion during the school holidays, we see it at Christmas as well. The fact that safe mode improved things, as I read it, says that there's some background process affecting the machine.

I'll see if I can find out anything more for you.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 07, 2010, 15:38:30
Today I've been doing all my ping tests directly from the router so windows is not there to causes any problems, everytime I've done it, pings have been into the hundred+ range, I also do it from XP on my netbook over wireless and from this main pc (ethernet) from command prompt so I get an average, I know operating systems always adds a few ms ontop, I allow for 10ms to be added.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 07, 2010, 15:41:47
I think its congestion aswell, as its getting later my pings are dropping slowly. Its just frustrating. I was meant to have a voice chat with a firm in india today about some work but can't because of it breaking up / not connecting.

From this earlier :

C:\Users\Paul>tracert www.idnet.net

Tracing route to www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.0.1
  2   124 ms   117 ms   119 ms  telehouse-gw2-lo1.idnet.net [212.69.63.51]
  3   113 ms   113 ms   121 ms  telehouse-gw3-g0-1-400.idnet.net [212.69.63.243]
  4   136 ms   132 ms   124 ms  redbus-gw2-g0-1-331.idnet.net [212.69.63.5]
  5   131 ms   125 ms   117 ms  redbus-gw1-fa2-0-300.idnet.net [212.69.63.225]
  6   121 ms   122 ms   130 ms  www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]

Trace complete.



To now :

C:\Users\Paul>tracert www.idnet.net

Tracing route to www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.0.1
  2    35 ms    35 ms    36 ms  telehouse-gw2-lo1.idnet.net [212.69.63.51]
  3    37 ms    37 ms    40 ms  telehouse-gw3-g0-1-400.idnet.net [212.69.63.243]
  4    27 ms    22 ms    21 ms  redbus-gw2-g0-1-331.idnet.net [212.69.63.5]
  5    21 ms    21 ms    22 ms  redbus-gw1-fa2-0-300.idnet.net [212.69.63.225]
  6    22 ms    18 ms    20 ms  www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]

Trace complete.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 07, 2010, 15:48:44
Have you tried doing a speedtest when the pings are high?
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 07, 2010, 15:51:01
Yeh, speed test always come back fine, between 4.5mb - 5.3mb on a 5500 profile.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 07, 2010, 15:59:09
Which would argue against congestion. As there are no widespread reports of ping issues, that leaves is with a local problem, your pings are consistently around the same level at every hop of the tracert.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 07, 2010, 16:06:33
And its weird AAISP has posted something on there status page saying about increased ping times between 9am - 5pm for the past 2 days, exactly when my problems started.

My mate is on ADSL1 on the same exchange and he has no problems which makes me believe the AAISP post is correct or something along them lines.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 07, 2010, 16:08:15
I'll ask...
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 07, 2010, 16:12:18
And to prove my point even more..

Directly from the router :

PING 212.69.36.10 (212.69.36.10): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=0 ttl=60 time=15.0 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=60 time=15.0 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=2 ttl=60 time=15.0 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=3 ttl=60 time=15.0 ms

--- 212.69.36.10 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 15.0/15.0/15.0 ms



From this pc :

C:\Users\Paul>tracert www.idnet.net

Tracing route to www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     2 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.0.1
  2    26 ms    19 ms    19 ms  telehouse-gw2-lo1.idnet.net [212.69.63.51]
  3    19 ms    19 ms    19 ms  telehouse-gw3-g0-1-400.idnet.net [212.69.63.243]
  4    20 ms    19 ms    18 ms  redbus-gw2-g0-1-331.idnet.net [212.69.63.5]
  5    20 ms    19 ms    19 ms  redbus-gw1-fa2-0-300.idnet.net [212.69.63.225]
  6    19 ms    20 ms    20 ms  www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]

Trace complete.


Its getting towards the evening and pings starting to get low again.

Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 07, 2010, 16:16:34
Quote from: psp83 on Apr 07, 2010, 16:06:33
And its weird AAISP has posted something on there status page saying about increased ping times between 9am - 5pm for the past 2 days, exactly when my problems started.

It goes on too say it's only affecting 1.88% of users, Paul, which seems contradictory. My pings remain at 13-15ms, so clearly it's not as simple as AAISP report. BT have not advised IDNet of any issues, so IDNet are checking and will let me know.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 07, 2010, 16:20:44
Cheers. I put in the email to support about the AAISP post anyways. Its weird that my problems started the same time they noticed an issue with 21cn lines and was fine before.

And as my pings show above.. they get better as the evening gets here.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 07, 2010, 16:30:02
BT deny all knowledge of the AAISP claim. There are, however, a series of emergency planned engineering works, starting tonight in north and east London, to increase capacity on 21CN. This should not be affecting you however, particularly given the speeds you are seeing. Typically, if affacted (and I have been in the past), speeds will drop to 5-600k.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 07, 2010, 16:45:33
Typical BT though, Deny everything!

Just got an email from Simon, Looks like I will have to dig through the loft to find my other netgear out.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 07, 2010, 16:58:43
It does...
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Technical Ben on Apr 07, 2010, 20:56:22
Quote from: Rik on Apr 07, 2010, 15:59:09
Which would argue against congestion. As there are no widespread reports of ping issues, that leaves is with a local problem, your pings are consistently around the same level at every hop of the tracert.
I got some days with high bandwidth, but low pings (latency) when I was on O2. That was down to congestion on the virtual path (if that's the correct name). My exchange gets no congestion, but O2 did not have the bandwidth.
Other than that, have you done traces throughout the day? Could it be possible the connection is going over more "hops" when the ping is high?
[edit] Oh, could it be maintenance in the day? Like someone digging the road up?
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 08, 2010, 00:23:02
Well whatever BT is doing tonight my connection is really cr*p at the mo.

Websites taking ages to load.

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/775103004.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)

Just hope its better when I get up.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 08, 2010, 00:33:52
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/775111539.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)

:eek4:

Time for bed I think.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 08:40:10
Your results don't quite make sense, Paul, slower speeds and lower pings are the opposite of what I'd expect to see with congestion.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: esh on Apr 08, 2010, 10:30:58
Nice and steady 12ms +/- 0.5ms from where I am at, not that that's any surprise or consolation.

The only relation I can think of Rik, is that ping times obviously decrease with packet size. Though it would be far too strange to see *that* changing. It just sounds like a terrible misconfiguration somewhere along the line I'd guess...
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 10:32:36
It still 'feels' like a congested VP to me, esh...
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: esh on Apr 08, 2010, 10:58:44
Perhaps the load balancing is wonky. That would be indirectly related to congestion.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 11:08:52
There's no load balancing as such, now that everyone is on the hostlink.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: esh on Apr 08, 2010, 11:12:01
Ah, yes... well I guess we're just back to congestion now :( I've only had it really bad once and luckily a router reset made it all go away.

You see, people should run fancy plotting software like mine and make a gigantic graph with ludicrously arbitrary numerical schemes and then try and make sense of it all. It's the way forward!  :angel:
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 11:12:45
 ;D

I struggle to make sense of life. ;)
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 08, 2010, 13:24:42
Quote from: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 08:40:10
Your results don't quite make sense, Paul, slower speeds and lower pings are the opposite of what I'd expect to see with congestion.

Welcome to the world of my line!  ;D

I've just put my old router in, My trusted Netgear DG834G.

Pings are up and down but gunna give it 30 mins to settle in and warm up since its been in the cold loft for months.

One thing I have noticed, I get better stats from this one.

ADSL Link     Downstream     Upstream
Connection Speed    7048 kbps    1024 kbps
Line Attenuation    39 db    11.5 db
Noise Margin    15 db    5 db

500k increase on downstream,
200k increase on upstream,
downstream line attenuation has dropped from 42 to 39.

So maybe the new router started to dislike my line?
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 08, 2010, 13:37:59
Well pings have seem to settle..

C:\Users\Paul>tracert www.idnet.net

Tracing route to www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  www.routerlogin.com [192.168.0.1]
  2    80 ms    75 ms    72 ms  telehouse-gw2-lo1.idnet.net [212.69.63.51]
  3    83 ms    84 ms    81 ms  telehouse-gw3-g0-1-400.idnet.net [212.69.63.243]
  4    76 ms    77 ms    80 ms  redbus-gw2-g0-1-331.idnet.net [212.69.63.5]
  5    78 ms    83 ms    82 ms  redbus-gw1-fa2-0-300.idnet.net [212.69.63.225]
  6    63 ms    66 ms    64 ms  www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]

Trace complete.


(http://www.speedtest.net/result/775621515.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)

:(
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 08, 2010, 13:44:37
 :grrr:
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 14:41:25
So are things better or not, Paul?
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 08, 2010, 15:03:03
No, Still high pings with this 2nd router.

C:\Users\Paul>tracert www.idnet.net

Tracing route to www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  www.routerlogin.com [192.168.0.1]
  2    96 ms    94 ms    97 ms  telehouse-gw2-lo1.idnet.net [212.69.63.51]
  3    84 ms    86 ms    89 ms  telehouse-gw3-g0-1-400.idnet.net [212.69.63.243]
  4   111 ms   110 ms   118 ms  redbus-gw2-g0-1-331.idnet.net [212.69.63.5]
  5   110 ms   109 ms   100 ms  redbus-gw1-fa2-0-300.idnet.net [212.69.63.225]
  6   101 ms   105 ms   106 ms  www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]

Trace complete.


PING 212.69.36.10 (212.69.36.10): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=0 ttl=60 time=130.0 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=60 time=100.0 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=2 ttl=60 time=120.0 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=3 ttl=60 time=100.0 ms

--- 212.69.36.10 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 100.0/112.5/130.0 ms

Getting the same thing from support each time I phone, Just at the stage of giving up.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 15:09:19
The same thing being? How are you pinging, manually or via software like ping plotter?
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 08, 2010, 15:12:38
Pings are not guaranteed, nothing they can do etc.

I do ping tests from command prompt and from the diagnostic page on the router.

This one is done by command prompt ran as admin.

C:\Users\Paul>tracert www.idnet.net

Tracing route to www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  www.routerlogin.com [192.168.0.1]
  2    96 ms    94 ms    97 ms  telehouse-gw2-lo1.idnet.net [212.69.63.51]
  3    84 ms    86 ms    89 ms  telehouse-gw3-g0-1-400.idnet.net [212.69.63.243]
  4   111 ms   110 ms   118 ms  redbus-gw2-g0-1-331.idnet.net [212.69.63.5]
  5   110 ms   109 ms   100 ms  redbus-gw1-fa2-0-300.idnet.net [212.69.63.225]
  6   101 ms   105 ms   106 ms  www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]

Trace complete.



This one is done from the diagnostics page on the router

PING 212.69.36.10 (212.69.36.10): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=0 ttl=60 time=130.0 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=60 time=100.0 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=2 ttl=60 time=120.0 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=3 ttl=60 time=100.0 ms

--- 212.69.36.10 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 100.0/112.5/130.0 ms
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 15:14:12
Well, they are right, I said before that pings are not considered in BT's service spec. About the only thing I can suggest is to move to a business package if you're not already on one...
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 08, 2010, 15:14:39
And my arguement with support is, how can I have great low pings of 15ms for 3yrs then suddenly one night everything changes without a reason. Something must be wrong somewhere. I've done all the test support has asked me to do.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 08, 2010, 15:16:47
Quote from: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 15:14:12
Well, they are right, I said before that pings are not considered in BT's service spec. About the only thing I can suggest is to move to a business package if you're not already on one...

Sorry but I'm not paying more money for less of a service. If I do move, it'll be to another ISP that charges less if I cant get the low pings.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 15:19:57
I can understand that. If you have LLU available, that should escape the issues of BT's inadequacies.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 08, 2010, 15:30:55
I'm gunna wait until AAISP stop reporting a problem and see if it clears my problem up aswell.

QuoteDetails
Yesterday 11:58:18    

For the last 2 days all 21CN-BS BRASs have been showing increased peak and minimum latency between the hours of 9am - 5pm.

BT have been advised and are investigating

Update
Yesterday 14:55:10    

BT have raised an incident, and BTO are investigating.

Update
Yesterday 16:50:06    

Upgrade is required to fix the problem.
BT are working on it.

Update
Today 10:29:13    

Still awaiting update on the required upgrade.

Update
Today 15:00:08    

Upgrade is still under planning.

If it doesn't show no improvement on the 20th, when the kids are back at school then I will be looking for a new ISP.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 08, 2010, 16:16:36
C:\Users\Paul>tracert www.idnet.net

Tracing route to www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  www.routerlogin.com [192.168.0.1]
  2    25 ms    17 ms    18 ms  telehouse-gw2-lo1.idnet.net [212.69.63.51]
  3    17 ms    17 ms    16 ms  telehouse-gw3-g0-1-400.idnet.net [212.69.63.243]
  4    20 ms    20 ms    17 ms  redbus-gw2-g0-1-331.idnet.net [212.69.63.5]
  5    17 ms    18 ms    17 ms  redbus-gw1-fa2-0-300.idnet.net [212.69.63.225]
  6    18 ms    17 ms    17 ms  www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]

Trace complete.

First set of pings to come back under 20ms in the afternoon for a few days :eek4:
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 16:17:51
It's sunny, the kids are outside?
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Glenn on Apr 08, 2010, 16:19:39
This big kid was just now  ;D
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 08, 2010, 16:21:26
Quote from: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 16:17:51
It's sunny, the kids are outside?

Its been sunny with blue skys all week here. Perhaps thats the cause  ;)
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 16:31:58
Quote from: Glenn on Apr 08, 2010, 16:19:39
This big kid was just now  ;D

Bike?
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 16:32:15
Quote from: psp83 on Apr 08, 2010, 16:21:26
Its been sunny with blue skys all week here. Perhaps thats the cause  ;)

I must move. :)
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Glenn on Apr 08, 2010, 16:32:47
Quote from: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 16:31:58
Bike?

Cycling home.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 16:33:58
Sounds good, if too much like hard work for me. ;)
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 08, 2010, 16:44:22
Rik, you don't want to move here. If you want to die with boredom then do so, if not, stay well away ;D

Hoping to get away from this town soon once I get my business backup and running 100% again.

And on a good note, Simon just replied to my rather frustrated email I sent today (I've apologised for it now)

QuoteIt would appear that your Exchange has reached its current capacity. We'll see if we can find out from BT when they expect to have upgraded the capacity in your exchange.

I guess BT never put in enough capacity when they enabled our exchange.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 16:47:02
They never do, Paul, they put in enough for today, then accept 100 orders tomorrow.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 08, 2010, 16:56:10
QuoteYour Exchange is reported as under-capacity and yet your symptoms are classic of congestion there.

So guess its going to be a waiting game, Hope it is congestion and BT upgrade soon.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Baz on Apr 08, 2010, 16:57:35
i'm starting to be put off switching over now  :( 
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 08, 2010, 16:58:50
If you are happy with your speeds, service and allowed bandwidth now Baz, I wouldn't.

I only really did it for the extra upload.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 17:01:53
Quote from: psp83 on Apr 08, 2010, 16:56:10
So guess its going to be a waiting game, Hope it is congestion and BT upgrade soon.

This is the problem ISPs face. All the signs of congestion are there, but BT deny any issue. Then, miraculously, one day the problem disappears... :shake:
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 08, 2010, 17:03:31
A case of BT not wanting to admit (when have they?) or they still dont know there own stuff yet!
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Steve on Apr 08, 2010, 17:07:43
If we recall before the hostlink appeared the classic sign of congestion was high and varied pings combined with variable throughput. I think we have evidence that BT21CN is over subscribed and if your own VP is at capacity,then when the exchange is busy you are going to struggle. You can alleviate the exchange congestion by paying for exchange priority but is it worth the extra cost. I don't think there is a lot of logic why suddenly the exchange VP becomes congested, mine appeared overnight and has got a lot better recently since BT increased the exchange capacity.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 17:09:11
I feel it's an unwillingness to admit, Paul. We've seen it so often, the problem appears, ISPs start to raise it, BT deny the issue, suddenly the problem goes away. From what I've heard, they have still been juggling the capacity on WBC recently, moving it from one place to another as complaints rise. I've certainly seen that on my own line, with speeds of <600k on a 3.5M profile.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Baz on Apr 08, 2010, 17:10:07
Quote from: psp83 on Apr 08, 2010, 16:58:50
If you are happy with your speeds, service and allowed bandwidth now Baz, I wouldn't.

I only really did it for the extra upload.

i am seriously thinking about NOT switching,applied two weeks ago and was told a date,as you may remember,and BT said there was not enough capacity in the exchange.could this be a sign i'm starting to think
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 17:12:14
It's an indication of the problem we are talking about, Baz. BT will happily accept orders for capacity they simply don't have.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Technical Ben on Apr 08, 2010, 17:48:24
Quote from: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 17:01:53
This is the problem ISPs face. All the signs of congestion are there, but BT deny any issue. Then, miraculously, one day the problem disappears... :shake:
Sorry I ever doubted you Rik! But after BT denying Exchange congestion, Virtual path congestion was the only other thing I could think of that would do this. (Other than the local pigeons sleeping on the line from 4pm onwards.  :laugh:)
Oh, it seems to be the rule of thumb when it comes down to capacity. O2 and Sky should be forced to sell their home access [bt reselling] services
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 17:52:30
VP and backhaul are the two issues that seem to occur most commonly, Ben. Luckily, BT haven't found a way to connect two lines to the same MSAN port or we'd see issues there too. :sigh:
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Glenn on Apr 08, 2010, 17:56:36
Give them time  ;)
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 17:58:38
 ;D

I thought that as I posted...
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Technical Ben on Apr 08, 2010, 23:23:11
Quote from: Rik on Apr 08, 2010, 17:52:30
VP and backhaul are the two issues that seem to occur most commonly, Ben. Luckily, BT haven't found a way to connect two lines to the same MSAN port or we'd see issues there too. :sigh:
Except for the times the engineer sees a free hole in the board and just plugs in the cable and hopes for the best?
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 09, 2010, 08:37:11
 ;D

I think I know of an occasion where that actually happened.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 09, 2010, 15:31:43
Pings have been more stable today.

C:\Users\Paul>ping www.idnet.net

Pinging www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=59
Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=59
Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=59
Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=59

Ping statistics for 212.69.36.10:
   Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
   Minimum = 19ms, Maximum = 23ms, Average = 20ms

Theres been a few times its been high but came down quick.
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 09, 2010, 15:51:40
It's Friday. ;)
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: psp83 on Apr 15, 2010, 12:22:23
Just thought I would update this post.

Pings have been fine since my last post.

C:\Users\Paul>tracert www.idnet.net

Tracing route to www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  www.routerlogin.com [192.168.0.1]
  2    14 ms    13 ms    13 ms  telehouse-gw4-lo2.idnet.net [212.69.63.99]
  3    13 ms    13 ms    14 ms  telehouse-gw3-g0-1-400.idnet.net [212.69.63.243]
  4    14 ms    14 ms    14 ms  redbus-gw2-g0-1-331.idnet.net [212.69.63.5]
  5    14 ms    14 ms    14 ms  redbus-gw1-fa2-0-300.idnet.net [212.69.63.225]
  6    14 ms    14 ms    13 ms  www.idnet.net [212.69.36.10]

Trace complete.


PING 212.69.36.10 (212.69.36.10): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=0 ttl=60 time=10.0 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=1 ttl=60 time=10.0 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=2 ttl=60 time=10.0 ms
64 bytes from 212.69.36.10: icmp_seq=3 ttl=60 time=10.0 ms

--- 212.69.36.10 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 10.0/10.0/10.0 ms
Title: Re: Have any problems been reported?
Post by: Rik on Apr 15, 2010, 12:25:50
That's good, Paul, thanks. :thumb: