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Internet issues...
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 2:49 pm
by RonCraighead
Sorry about all the aborted attempts in the I3 rating.
My ISP (Cox communications) seems to be losing the route to the PE servers. I can ping other sites, but can' seem to ping PE half the time today, and get disconnected.
There are usually 13 internet hops from my PC and the PE server, but when it's down it only gets as far as my isp (3 hops). Could be a BGP issue...
Anybody else having issues this Memorial day?
Cheers,
Ron
Re: Internet issues...
Posted: Mon May 25, 2015 3:13 pm
by tngarner
Change your primary DNS server to point to Google at 8.8.8.8.8. I have found this more reliable than using most isp's DNS servers. Not completely sure this will solve your issue but would be the first thing I would try.
Re: Internet issues...
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 5:17 am
by stevekirks
tngarner wrote:Change your primary DNS server to point to Google at 8.8.8.8.8. I have found this more reliable than using most isp's DNS servers. Not completely sure this will solve your issue but would be the first thing I would try.
It's 8.8.8.8 only...too many eights in there...
Also:
Google DNS
OpenDNS
Many ISPs will give you DNS servers to use, but those are highly optimized for their network. For example, the company I work for has several Netflix content servers on the network, so when you're asking for Netflix content, it will direct you to something native to our network instead of out to Netflix and back again. Using one of the choices above can insulate you from a variety of problems.
Most network problems at the ISP level come down to two things--code error or human error. Human changes a route on an interface in a config file, jams up the interwebs for a bit, you get slowed down. Code error is during a maintenance window overnight, the code on the router was changed and it looked fine, but in the light of day and full traffic load, the router crashes and jams up the interwebs.
Steve
Re: Internet issues...
Posted: Tue May 26, 2015 8:22 am
by tngarner
stevekirks wrote:
It's 8.8.8.8 only...too many eights in there...
Steve
Correct, got excited I suppose LOL!!
Re: Internet issues...
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 7:08 am
by RonCraighead
Thanks guys!
It was resolving the name just fine... When I got disconnected I did a traceroute (tracert command in Windows) and only got 3 hops. Couldn't get to the website or forums either. COULD get to google and some others.
My ISP might have had some issues with partial routing tables or something. No big deal. It was NOT a PE issue. But hey, it's the internet.
Fly safe,
Ron