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Where is packet loss occuring? (Interpreting MTR)
If MTR is showing something like:
1. 192.168.0.1 0.0%
2. 1.2.3.4 50.0%
3. etc
That clearly shows that the packet loss is my ISP's fault, correct?
But if I'm seeing:
1. 192.168.0.1 ...
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TCP Throughput versus Packet Loss
How does the packet loss rate affect the TCP throughput rate: throughput rate reduce exponentially with respect to loss increase or throughput rate reduces by the same amount as loss increase?
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optimise PuTTY on Windows 7 for huge & steady packet loss
There's a 25% packet loss between my connection and that of my server, and my server company doesn't want to do anything about it, since it's at one of their peers, not directly on their ...
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Troubleshooting “bursty” network traffic
I've been having a problem with my Internet connection ever since moving to San Francisco, and it's driving me absolutely up the wall. After using my network connection for anywhere between five and ...
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GNU/Linux: Make bad connections usable
I have recently been traveling. On my way I experienced 3 different
bad connections:
Long latency (1000-10000 ms with around 10% loss)
High packet loss (50% loss)
Connection flapping two hops from ...
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Is there any way to use my integrated laptop antenna together with an external USB antenna redundantly to reduce packet loss?
I am forced to get my internet from a slightly far access point, and as a consequence wifi quality is poor due to packet loss. Is there any way I can use both my laptop's inner wifi card and my ...
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How can I find the source of packet loss in a traceroute?
Whenever I ping my website, I get 5% packet loss consistently. However, pinging other sites such as google produce no packet loss. I'm really not fond of my webserver dropping packets, but I'm not ...
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IP checksum offload
I recently updated to Windows 8 and get alot of invalid packet transfers. It says "Ip checksum offload?" (Wireshark) and most of my packets get lost. The checksum is 0x00. I also updated my NIC ...
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What would cause different rates of packet loss between client and server in UDP?
If I've implemented a reliable UDP file transfer protocol and I have a file that deliberately drops a percentage of packets when I transmit, why would it be more evident that transmission time ...
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How to interpret skype packet loss numbers?
I'm using a fairly bad internet connection at the minute, and have turned on the "Display technical call info" option. This shows a window with lots of numbers including both send and receive packet ...
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Mac App Store: 'Limiting closed port RST response'
I am having issues downloading large items using the Mac App Store. As the file is downloading it will get to say for example 20MB then jump back to 11MB, get to 20MB and jump back to 11MB again until ...
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Unusable network, packet losses between router and NIC
I have this setup:
Gigabyte P35-DS3P motherboard
Asus NX1101 PCI network card
(the one on the motherboard got fried a few years ago by a power surge)
Asus RT-N16 router
Windows 7 x64
I think ...
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Wireless traffic stops when downloading large files at high speed: packets lost (Linksys WRT120N router)
The problem
Note: First I'd like to understand WHY this is happening. Ofcourse, a solution would be nice too. :)
When downloading a large file over HTTP at high-speeds, my wireless traffic basically ...
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Does a bad Internet connection increase bandwidth usage?
My (Rogers) cable connection has been pretty bad recently (channels 3 and 10 are particularly fuzzy—it’s analog, not digital cable). Not surprisingly, this has caused my cable modem to drop out and ...
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On ping first packet fails
I am trying to ping a virtual machine.The first packet always fails and rest all packets are recieved.The DNS of the virtual machine is configured manually.Can someone help on what can be the issue
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How do I troubleshoot distant Internet routing problems?
(This may be better answered on serverfault, but it's not technically about a server, so suggestions welcome...)
We just moved offices at work. We're in Cambridge, MA, and have a Comcast ...
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A particular networking problem
I know this is a long shot, but I figured I'd try...
I have periodic network connectivity glitches. I'm not sure what's causing them. Every minute or so the internet is inaccessible for 2-3 seconds. ...
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High packet loss - all hops show red
I've run Ping Plotter and here are the results with high packet loss on all hops (around 12%). I find hard to believe Google's routers are faulty, is it my network card to blame?
Click the ...
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How to test Bit Error Rates on Ethernet Networks?
I need a tool software or otherwise (preferably software) that will allow me to test Bit Error Rates on an Ethernet Network.
I am using a software tool that I did not write and do not have access to ...
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Internet issues despite fast speed test results
I recently switched to Verizon FiOS and am experiencing some issues with my internet. I tested my connection speed at dslreports and received the report stating that I had 25mbps for both upload and ...
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Mysterious packet loss
Sender station:
Receiver station:
The two computers are directly connected one to another without any switch or router. Netstat gives no clue what is happening. Amount of received packets is ...
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Specific Linux application loses Synergy connection
I have a Synergy setup with Win 7 as the host and CentOS 5.5 Linux as a client. Everything works great in general...I can smoothly move between the two environments with my single mouse and keyboard.
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Network corruption - corrupt downloads, corrupt streams, etc
I've been having some problems with my home LAN. Downloaded executables won't run, my remote desktop sessions keep getting interrupted due to encryption errors, flash video streams show visible ...
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Simulate packet losses over a network switch
We have a network switch here and we can easily ask it to limit the bandwidth it allows, which is nice. It would be great if we could also ask it to generate packet losses for us - doing this with ...
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Which stats are important when looking at DSL line quality, and what do they mean?
I've started getting periodic packet loss on my DSL connection lately, and am trying to understand what conditions are causing this.
My DSL modem has a stats page with values for "SN margin (dB)" and ...
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Packet drop measured by ethtool, tcpdump and ifconfig
I have a question regarding packet drops.
I am running a test to determine when packet drops occur. I'm using a Spirent TestCenter through a switch (necessary to aggregate Ethernet traffic from 5 ...
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iPod touch has extremely slow wifi, drops packets - only on my router
I just purchased an iPod Touch. I am having a lot of trouble with its speeds on my Tenda W311R, but it has no speed problems on my neighbor's Netgear router.
It will connect and authenticate to my ...
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How to diagnose local NIC (wired) losing packets?
My onboard Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family Gigabit Ethernet is losing packets (about 8% when pinging any other device on the LAN).
There are no events in the Windows event logs relating to TCPIP/ICMP ...
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Wireless network connection loses signal strength when connected [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
5 Bars ‘till connected then 1 bar
I am hooking up a wireless router for my granddaughter who lives next door. Her computer works when it is in my house. When I moved ...
