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bcrocker74

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Ongoing Packet Loss

(firstly apologies for English, if we where talking this would be easy in Dutch but written is harder)

 

I have been suffering intermittent packet loss on my link for some time now mostly noticeable during zoom calls as that seems to be most affected by packet loss but the kids complain about netflix and gaming drops as well. 

 

I have just move home (Dec 2020)  so at first I thought it was my setup and cabling and I have been through several changes including changing all my own cabling and even replacing my firewall (ubiquiti dream machine pro) which is connected direct to the modem which is in bridge mode.  I have already had a call to the helpdesk who sent me a new cable and splitter of which I don't use the splitter anyway but I did replace the cable (even though it's the same model and length of cable as the 2 month old one I had plugged in before, you never know).

 

I looked at the logs from the modem (Connectbox Giga) (I will attach captures) and errors don't appear to be a problem, the only log messages that I can see appear to be around issues I can explain either from me power off the box or there being a known issue. But the packet loss is a lot more frequent than this and effects all of my destinations, which can only lead me to think that it comes from something very close to my location, either my own network (which is why I replaced the devices and the cabling (all new equipment and cables)) or the very first hops on the provider network (as it impacts every location I monitor).

 

So I wanted to provide you guys with the data and see if somebody can suggest something other than there being a problem in the Ziggo network that I can look to solve

 

I will attach some of the capture here and then some more afterwards, I have my smokeping results which I will add

 

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Attached are my smokeping results for the last 30+ days, and there was some recovery but it's never been reliably great (which probably means I should have brought it up some time ago)

 

I monitor my first and 2nd direct hops (you can probably find out roughly where I live from the IPs I guess) and then the ziggo website, to see if there was something related to size I do the 1st and 2nd hops with larger packets (to force fragmentation and see if MTU causes problems) and while the results are not great it doesn't seem to be that size is always a problem)   

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I also monitor some websites just to see if there was a difference related to specific destinations or some crazy thing with peering. As you can see from the results the times of bad packet loss are roughly the same for all of the graphs. This really makes me think this is coming down to something very local to me, either my own house or the very first hop to the provider

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The last thing I checked was my own FW, and I initially did see some issues so I upgraded the HW. I monitor both the internal and external side of the FW (not even sure if it really helps but I do see difference in RTT so I figure I am seeing some processing delay between internal and external (even if it's just the time taken to process the firewall rules) what I do not see there is any packet loss at all (I guess that is to be hoped or I have bigger problems)

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Could you post one or more pictures of your AOP (main wall outlet located in utility closet or living room), splitter(s), signal amplifier (if applicable) and cables?

Additionally, could you post your modem’s log data (Networklog tab)?

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Doh, I meant to include the log last night, here it is, and the picture of the wall box, thankyou for looking Tobias

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The log is reporting noise-related issues in both the downstream (sync timing errors) and upstream (T4 errors). Could you swap the current modem cable (which is outdated) to the one included with the modem (red/green connectors)?

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Done, I tried before and had no difference/improvement so I went for the shortest one 😄 Will post again when I have findings

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Could you re-post the downstream (including DOCSIS 3.1) and upstream data after a couple of hours?

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Capture of the logs, there's nothing in the network log since 10/02  so I didn't include

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This is my ping results to the 1st hop in the provider network from thismorning. I am on the 2nd of the 3 cables I have now and none of them have seemed to make a difference.

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Since the modem log contains both downstream and upstream errors (sync/T4) while the modem is connected directly to the AOP (and AOP and modem cable are both up-to-date), a moderator (Ziggo employee) should diagnose the signal from their perspective. Perhaps other modems in your neighborhood are exhibiting similar issues.

 

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Thankyou Tobias, much appreciated

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You're welcome! Do let me know if you have any further questions.

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Ik heb de moderators een seintje gegeven.

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You definitely need a Moderator to look into this matter. I will inform my colleague who can translate the data into an advice or action. This will be next Monday. 

Kind regards

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Hi @bcrocker74, I'd like to confirm that the issue is on our side of the modem. But since your modem is in bridge mode I would be pinging your router (which is currently blocked by the firewall).

 

Could you switch your modem back to router mode and allow pingrequests on it (I'm not sure if this is an option in the Connectbox Giga)? I can then start a pingtest from our server to your modem to see if that shows the same amount of loss.

 

If so, I'd advise a mechanic to visit your address to investigate.

If not, then I'm afraid the loss is caused in your internal network behind the modem.

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Hi Mark,

 

Change has been made, I am in router mode again. Regards

 

Ben

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Thanks for looking at this Mark, just to make sure, I have the stats from the same period inside my network as outside, never a single entry for packet loss or even close to delay on both sides of my FW so it would be a surprise if you guys come back with that as the solution.

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Hi Ben, have you had any issues today? The pingtest from our server to your modem seems fine so far, no signal issues to be seen either.

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Your issues could be caused by a lack of upstream capacity, at times the upstream traffic peaks causing traffic to be delayed. Streaming services like Zoom, Netflix and online games are likely impacted by this. Did you experience any issues between 13:10 and 13:20 today for example?