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pd91
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7 years ago

Severe packet loss (Upload) to amazon web services (Fortnite) - UPDATE 1/9

UPDATE - I suspect this packet loss issue may be fixed very soon. Maybe within the next week. That's all I'll say for now - I'll update again soon Yep, another AWS packet loss post. Have none of...
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jrdn
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Do you mind giving us destinations to traceroute to for testing?

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BooPacketLoss
New Contributor III
7 years ago

52.42.109.244 is the Fortnite AWS server based in Oregon that I use for testing. When I ping Google's DNS of 8.8.8.8 I get no packet loss, but whenever I play Fortnite, Rocket League or any game that uses AWS servers, I get 50%+ upstream packet loss. I'm also pretty sure that it affects Twitch live streaming by causing dropped frames because Twitch is owned by Amazon.