[GRLUG] Newbie Network Quality Question

[Ben DeMott]

Run a ping with larger packet sizes.  Ping's usually go fine even when
there are damaged network cables.  One time drove myself nuts and all it
was was a bad 5e cable.  Ping with 4096 byte payload (maximum) would
typically fail - and thats when I knew it was a problem with sustained data
transer.


On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:42 PM, Benjamin Flanders <flanderb at gmail.com>wrote:

> I have Comast at home in Jenison but I am by the GR airport at work right
> now.  I e-mailed my wife and she hasn't noticed anything wrong with the
> internet, but this might be because her use is mostly Pintrest and
> Facebook, with a spattering of Etsy thrown in.  I haven't asked her about
> Netflix which the kids love and have probably watched today, but I think
> she would have mentioned that.
>
>
>
> Share and Enjoy
> Ben
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Joshua Burns <jdburnz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Man, this sounds like a nightmare. If you do find something I'd be very
>> interested in hearing about it-- Might test my internet connectivity using
>> the same method. Also laggy / randomly timing out. I live in Standale and
>> have Comcast, you around that same area with the same service by any chance?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Benjamin Flanders <flanderb at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> How can I diagnose internet quality Issues?  Currently I am having
>>> very weird issues with my internet.  Speed tests show acceptable ping and
>>> full download and upload speed, but connecting to a long running(
>>> relatively) service like ssh into my server at home, updating gems, playing
>>> an online game, gmail spell-check, time out, most of the time.
>>>
>>> I can e-mail, even emailing 500kb files, no problem.  Googling works a
>>> treat, but some sites time out as well.
>>>
>>> ssh is spotty if it doesn't time out.  Netstat is still pumping out
>>> lines every 5-10 minutes without timing out.
>>>
>>> Any ideas on what is up?  I am on wireless, I could connect the cat5 and
>>> see if this helps, in fact I'll do that but I'd like to hear some more
>>> thoughts.
>>>
>>> Share and Enjoy
>>> Ben
>>>
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