On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 08:25 -0700, Kevin wrote:
> > I just ran ifconfig and it showed zero errors, zero packet loss, so the 
> > problem is not valley-wide.
> 
> ifconfig would only show problems between the NIC and cable modem.  I
> have no problem getting packets all the way inside the Cox network, so I
> wouldn't expect my ifconfig to show any errors or packet loss either
> (indeed it doesn't).  
> 
> Still seeing +40% packet loss to non-Cox IP addresses.  I also made sure
> it's not just an ICMP problem.  My sniffer shows about the same level
> TCP packets being dropped (to yahoo.com for example) resulting in heavy
> retransmissions and painfully slow web browsing.  I think I mentioned
> that rsync (873/tcp) was timing out also.
----
about 6 months ago, I started experiencing intermittent packet drop on
Cox. Problem seemed to worsen - replaced my cable modem - fixed the
problem. YMMV

Craig

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