Packet loss over the past ~month
I've been getting around 5% packet loss over the past month. It's been infuriating. Tier 1 support at Cox has been... unhelpful - they keep blaming my equipment as my modem signal quality is right do...
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It is unfortunately sparatic. I'm losing packets now, and I was losing them this morning when I posted this, but during some of the intervening time I was not.
Hi Aaronjt, I am not detecting any packet loss on your modem at this time. The traceroute you've provided to Google does not appear to show any latency. The time the packets take to reach different hops is extremely low. As Brian stated, hop 7 does not show packet loss, as this does not carry over to hop 8. This appears to be normal IMCP de-prioritization. For the most accurate traceroute results, we suggest performing one on a hard-wired connection, directly to the server you're experiencing issues with. -Kevin M. Cox Support Forum Moderator
"For the most accurate traceroute results, we suggest performing one on a hard-wired connection"
If you mean as opposed to wifi, I'm doing my tests on a wired connection. I can even show the packet losses directly off of the router, but that's harder to catch as it only sends 4 packets at a time, and with "only" ~5% loss, most times a set of 4 will not show a loss.
"directly to the server you're experiencing issues with."
You mean what server outside of my network on the internet? It matters not. Packets drop to any destination (when going over my Cox connection, but not over my other ISP.)
