It is normal for the middle hops to have failed pings on a traceroute due to traffic prioritization. As long as you have no loss on the destination the packets are making it there.
Thank you for the quick reply. When/if I have an issue again I'll try to capture the far end having loss. So far so good right now.
root@server1:/home/rip# mtr -rwc 100 -i .5 -s 512 -rw 1xx.xx.xx.xx
Start: 2020-05-21T19:44:14-0700
HOST: server1 Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1.|-- _gateway 0.0% 100 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.0
2.|-- 10.153.0.1 0.0% 100 7.0 27.0 6.2 438.1 46.5
3.|-- 68.6.14.106 0.0% 100 12.9 27.2 7.3 393.5 41.3
4.|-- 100.120.108.14 0.0% 100 7.5 25.7 6.8 347.1 38.2
5.|-- langbprj01-ae1.rd.la.cox.net 9.0% 100 13.3 32.7 11.0 306.3 41.2
6.|-- ae9.cr4-lax1.ip4.gtt.net 0.0% 100 33.5 31.6 11.5 261.3 34.8
7.|-- et-1-0-7.cr8-lax2.ip4.gtt.net 0.0% 100 20.9 32.6 11.0 217.3 27.6
8.|-- ip4.gtt.net 0.0% 100 17.1 31.8 11.0 205.3 33.6
9.|-- ??? 100.0 100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10.|-- 25.25.1.2 0.0% 100 11.6 28.6 11.6 116.3 21.5
11.|-- unassigned.psychz.net 0.0% 100 11.4 26.4 10.7 112.4 20.2
langbprj01-ae1.rd.la.cox.net Always drops packets, not just pings. Witness as UDP (which game packets generally are.)
root@server1:/home/rip# mtr -rwc 100 -i .5 -s 512 --udp -rw 1xx.xx.xx.xx
Start: 2020-05-21T19:55:19-0700
HOST: server1 Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1.|-- _gateway 0.0% 100 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.0
2.|-- 10.153.0.1 0.0% 100 8.6 15.0 5.9 57.2 9.6
3.|-- 68.6.14.106 0.0% 100 15.8 17.0 7.1 121.5 16.2
4.|-- 100.120.108.14 0.0% 100 8.9 17.3 5.8 112.5 16.1
5.|-- langbprj01-ae1.rd.la.cox.net 4.0% 100 13.4 19.4 10.7 70.8 12.3
6.|-- ae9.cr4-lax1.ip4.gtt.net 0.0% 100 18.3 21.0 10.7 65.7 9.2
7.|-- et-1-0-7.cr8-lax2.ip4.gtt.net 0.0% 100 12.1 22.6 12.1 73.0 11.6
8.|-- ip4.gtt.net 0.0% 100 16.3 18.5 10.9 49.7 7.8
9.|-- ??? 100.0 100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10.|-- ??? 100.0 100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11.|-- unassigned.psychz.net 0.0% 100 15.6 22.7 11.0 107.4 15.4
This is not normal.
