Comcast residential subscriber; Lancaster/Mountville PA. Advertised speed: 12Mbps/2Mbps;
Speedtest to the fastest provider I know of @ http://support-test.midco.net/ :


Current speedtest between here and Dreamhost.com's servers in Los Angeles:


Ping test set using the Mac OS Network Utility app.:
PING AppleCentral.com (66.209.99.197): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 66.209.99.197: icmp_seq=0 ttl=40 time=98.271 ms
64 bytes from 66.209.99.197: icmp_seq=1 ttl=40 time=94.572 ms
64 bytes from 66.209.99.197: icmp_seq=2 ttl=40 time=95.696 ms
64 bytes from 66.209.99.197: icmp_seq=3 ttl=40 time=94.836 ms
64 bytes from 66.209.99.197: icmp_seq=4 ttl=40 time=95.628 ms
64 bytes from 66.209.99.197: icmp_seq=5 ttl=40 time=96.731 ms
64 bytes from 66.209.99.197: icmp_seq=6 ttl=40 time=95.007 ms
64 bytes from 66.209.99.197: icmp_seq=7 ttl=40 time=98.056 ms
64 bytes from 66.209.99.197: icmp_seq=8 ttl=40 time=95.985 ms
64 bytes from 66.209.99.197: icmp_seq=9 ttl=40 time=94.220 ms
64 bytes from 66.209.99.197: icmp_seq=10 ttl=40 time=94.375 ms
64 bytes from 66.209.99.197: icmp_seq=11 ttl=40 time=94.474 ms
64 bytes from 66.209.99.197: icmp_seq=12 ttl=40 time=97.702 ms
64 bytes from 66.209.99.197: icmp_seq=13 ttl=40 time=98.771 ms
64 bytes from 66.209.99.197: icmp_seq=14 ttl=40 time=95.417 ms
64 bytes from 66.209.99.197: icmp_seq=15 ttl=40 time=96.523 ms
64 bytes from 66.209.99.197: icmp_seq=16 ttl=40 time=95.832 ms
64 bytes from 66.209.99.197: icmp_seq=17 ttl=40 time=94.296 ms
64 bytes from 66.209.99.197: icmp_seq=18 ttl=40 time=95.577 ms
64 bytes from 66.209.99.197: icmp_seq=19 ttl=40 time=96.051 ms

--- AppleCentral.com ping statistics ---
20 packets transmitted, 20 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 94.220/95.901/98.771/1.356 ms

Can you send me a traceroute to both forums.AppleCentral.com and www.mactech.com ?

Thanks!

Neil

Traceroute; forums.AppleCentral.com

traceroute to xserve2.xplain.com (66.209.99.197), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 10.0.1.1 (10.0.1.1) 3.250 ms 0.631 ms 0.572 ms
2 * * *
3 te-1-2-ur01.montville.pa.panjde.comcast.net (68.85.129.193) 12.664 ms 29.911 ms 12.790 ms
4 68.85.41.93 (68.85.41.93) 22.424 ms 10.029 ms 26.776 ms
5 68.85.41.89 (68.85.41.89) 77.042 ms 79.481 ms 11.858 ms
6 68.85.41.205 (68.85.41.205) 14.703 ms 30.606 ms 38.454 ms
7 te-9-4-ar01.lowerpaxton.pa.panjde.comcast.net (68.85.41.158) 37.959 ms 11.022 ms 21.107 ms
8 te-1-3-ar02.ivyland.pa.panjde.comcast.net (68.85.158.182) 49.220 ms 15.137 ms 20.260 ms
9 te-0-5-0-0-ar01.ivyland.pa.panjde.comcast.net (68.85.159.217) 15.087 ms 37.311 ms 19.502 ms
10 pos-0-10-0-0-ar01.401nbroadst.pa.panjde.comcast.net (68.85.192.190) 41.974 ms 14.852 ms 16.579 ms
11 pos-1-4-0-0-cr01.mclean.va.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.91.245) 43.526 ms 33.923 ms 19.108 ms
12 pos-0-4-0-0-pe01.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.86.146) 22.203 ms 45.820 ms 20.881 ms
13 as3549-pe01.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net (75.149.231.174) 18.719 ms 18.465 ms 31.720 ms
14 64.209.102.198 (64.209.102.198) 350.476 ms 328.787 ms 240.371 ms
15 * * *
16 * * *
17 * * *
18 xserve2.xplain.com (66.209.99.197) 95.284 ms 108.027 ms 98.814 ms
================================================================
Traceroute; www.mactech.com

traceroute to www.mactech.com (64.55.119.110), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 10.0.1.1 (10.0.1.1) 14.058 ms 0.612 ms 45.016 ms
2 * * *
3 te-1-2-ur01.montville.pa.panjde.comcast.net (68.85.129.193) 40.455 ms 9.792 ms 28.168 ms
4 68.85.41.93 (68.85.41.93) 55.832 ms 25.140 ms 35.016 ms
5 68.85.41.210 (68.85.41.210) 10.414 ms 22.190 ms 15.214 ms
6 68.85.41.201 (68.85.41.201) 98.385 ms 9.971 ms 37.207 ms
7 te-9-8-ar01.coatesville.pa.panjde.comcast.net (68.86.158.221) 83.461 ms 25.214 ms 32.789 ms
8 te-1-4-ar02.newcastle.de.panjde.comcast.net (68.86.153.145) 79.065 ms 20.611 ms 37.356 ms
9 te-2-1-ar01.lancaster.pa.panjde.comcast.net (68.85.34.201) 85.334 ms 21.654 ms 13.951 ms
10 pos-0-4-0-0-ar01.401nbroadst.pa.panjde.comcast.net (68.86.210.209) 79.389 ms 27.182 ms 36.109 ms
11 pos-1-9-0-0-cr01.mclean.va.ibone.comcast.net (68.86.90.13) 30.579 ms 20.075 ms 27.205 ms
12 ge-5-1-125.ipcolo1.washington1.level3.net (63.210.62.157) 123.053 ms 18.537 ms 16.722 ms
13 vlan79.csw2.washington1.level3.net (4.68.17.126) 38.848 ms vlan89.csw3.washington1.level3.net (4.68.17.190) 34.547 ms vlan79.csw2.washington1.level3.net (4.68.17.126) 26.800 ms
14 ae-64-64.ebr4.washington1.level3.net (4.69.134.177) 24.919 ms ae-74-74.ebr4.washington1.level3.net (4.69.134.181) 28.776 ms ae-94-94.ebr4.washington1.level3.net (4.69.134.189) 36.333 ms
15 ae-3-3.ebr1.newyork1.level3.net (4.69.132.94) 23.241 ms 20.300 ms 34.107 ms
16 ae-81-81.csw3.newyork1.level3.net (4.69.134.74) 26.640 ms 41.212 ms ae-61-61.csw1.newyork1.level3.net (4.69.134.66) 29.771 ms
17 ae-64-64.ebr4.newyork1.level3.net (4.69.134.113) 23.701 ms ae-94-94.ebr4.newyork1.level3.net (4.69.134.125) 20.654 ms 22.410 ms
18 ae-2-2.ebr4.sanjose1.level3.net (4.69.135.185) 104.481 ms 94.018 ms 104.398 ms
19 ae-64-64.csw1.sanjose1.level3.net (4.69.134.242) 94.118 ms 93.725 ms 107.466 ms
20 ae-82-82.ebr2.sanjose1.level3.net (4.69.134.217) 102.356 ms 99.196 ms 103.362 ms
21 ae-4-4.car2.sacramento1.level3.net (4.69.132.157) 100.676 ms 98.585 ms 98.419 ms
22 ae-11-11.car1.sacramento1.level3.net (4.69.132.149) 109.856 ms 99.122 ms 98.763 ms
23 relynet-inc.car1.sacramento1.level3.net (4.53.200.2) 103.610 ms 100.268 ms 98.409 ms
24 8.12.160.10 (8.12.160.10) 109.906 ms 100.885 ms 97.324 ms
25 64.55.112.214 (64.55.112.214) 101.872 ms 109.049 ms 98.660 ms
26 64.55.119.110 (64.55.119.110) 109.827 ms !<10> 97.787 ms !<10> 97.378 ms !<10>

Checking on this hop:

14 64.209.102.198 (64.209.102.198) 350.476 ms 328.787 ms 240.371 ms

with the provider. That's pretty yucky, but not sure that it's within one of my providers. The others look nominal -- not great -- but I think that's the nature of those connections.

Traceroute has started…

traceroute to xserve2.xplain.com (66.209.99.197), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 xserve2.xplain.com (66.209.99.197) 2.791 ms 2.420 ms 1.938 ms
2 74-130-80-1.dhcp.insightbb.com (74.130.80.1) 10.577 ms 8.834 ms 9.521 ms
3 74-128-22-101.dhcp.insightbb.com (74.128.22.101) 10.488 ms 15.597 ms 19.234 ms
4 74.128.9.233 (74.128.9.233) 70.105 ms * 11.390 ms
5 xe-9-3-0.edge4.atlanta2.level3.net (4.59.12.61) 25.286 ms 21.227 ms 22.085 ms
6 ae-73-52.ebr3.atlanta2.level3.net (4.68.103.62) 31.463 ms
ae-63-51.ebr3.atlanta2.level3.net (4.68.103.30) 34.834 ms
ae-73-52.ebr3.atlanta2.level3.net (4.68.103.62) 21.771 ms
7 ae-2-2.ebr1.washington1.level3.net (4.69.132.86) 53.987 ms 44.164 ms 36.243 ms
8 ae-71-71.csw2.washington1.level3.net (4.69.134.134) 40.071 ms 46.198 ms 36.126 ms
9 ae-11-79.car1.washington3.level3.net (4.68.17.71) 36.446 ms 37.246 ms 39.496 ms
10 te3-4-10g.ar2.dca3.gblx.net (64.212.107.61) 41.606 ms 37.846 ms 40.972 ms
11 64.209.102.198 (64.209.102.198) 91.101 ms 87.915 ms 87.242 ms
12 * * *
13 * * *
14 * * *
15 xserve2.xplain.com (66.209.99.197) 97.353 ms 128.300 ms 98.519 ms

Traceroute has started…

traceroute to www.mactech.com (64.55.119.110), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 64.55.119.110 (64.55.119.110) 2.631 ms 2.942 ms 1.859 ms
2 74-130-80-1.dhcp.insightbb.com (74.130.80.1) 19.938 ms 23.467 ms 23.901 ms
3 74-128-22-101.dhcp.insightbb.com (74.128.22.101) 34.000 ms 15.030 ms 15.944 ms
4 74.128.9.233 (74.128.9.233) 13.995 ms 15.920 ms 13.377 ms
5 xe-9-3-0.edge4.atlanta2.level3.net (4.59.12.61) 28.204 ms 22.304 ms 20.983 ms
6 ae-73-52.ebr3.atlanta2.level3.net (4.68.103.62) 30.525 ms 72.414 ms *
7 ae-7.ebr3.dallas1.level3.net (4.69.134.21) 44.873 ms 59.834 ms 43.400 ms
8 ae-3-3.ebr2.losangeles1.level3.net (4.69.132.77) 83.080 ms 82.151 ms 75.599 ms
9 ae-2-2.ebr2.sanjose1.level3.net (4.69.132.13) 123.541 ms 84.455 ms 90.299 ms
10 ae-4-4.car2.sacramento1.level3.net (4.69.132.157) 81.738 ms 80.812 ms *
11 ae-11-11.car1.sacramento1.level3.net (4.69.132.149) 96.146 ms 80.732 ms 80.516 ms
12 relynet-inc.car1.sacramento1.level3.net (4.53.200.2) 189.936 ms 181.774 ms 224.393 ms
13 8.12.160.10 (8.12.160.10) 82.577 ms 82.448 ms *
14 64.55.112.214 (64.55.112.214) 97.373 ms 88.193 ms *
15 64.55.119.110 (64.55.119.110) 83.591 ms !Z 82.226 ms !Z 81.716 ms !Z

For what it's worth: i have a 2Mb/s cable connection.

I'd like to contribute if it's not too complicated to do, or for you (or someone) to explain.

This is from the work office in Foster City- I'll try it again this evening from SF:

traceroute forums.AppleCentral.com
traceroute to xserve2.xplain.com (66.209.99.197), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 192.168.254.1 (192.168.254.1) 0.830 ms 0.180 ms 0.197 ms
2 bras45-l0.pltnca.sbcglobal.net (151.164.184.125) 114.102 ms 46.767 ms 37.700 ms
3 76.246.22.2 (76.246.22.2) 34.634 ms 46.636 ms 20.666 ms
4 bb2-10g2-0.pltnca.sbcglobal.net (151.164.42.102) 63.766 ms 282.821 ms 140.655 ms
5 ppp-151-164-52-215.rcsntx.swbell.net (151.164.52.215) 50.075 ms 75.791 ms 10.244 ms
6 ppp-151-164-46-58.eulstx.swbell.net (151.164.46.58) 10.415 ms 11.706 ms 10.402 ms
7 64.209.102.198 (64.209.102.198) 20.547 ms 20.346 ms 20.226 ms
8 * * *
9 * * *
10 * * *
11 xserve2.xplain.com (66.209.99.197) 505.366 ms 504.200 ms 552.505 ms

traceroute www.mactech.com
traceroute to www.mactech.com (64.55.119.110), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 192.168.254.1 (192.168.254.1) 4.934 ms 0.133 ms 0.131 ms
2 bras45-l0.pltnca.sbcglobal.net (151.164.184.125) 17.617 ms 10.183 ms 9.808 ms
3 64.164.107.1 (64.164.107.1) 8.722 ms 8.965 ms 10.863 ms
4 69.220.8.95 (69.220.8.95) 17.980 ms 8.175 ms 11.407 ms
5 ppp-151-164-52-199.rcsntx.swbell.net (151.164.52.199) 75.094 ms 19.967 ms 10.976 ms
6 asn3356-level3.eqsjca.sbcglobal.net (151.164.251.246) 10.786 ms 43.525 ms 10.855 ms
7 vlan69.csw1.sanjose1.level3.net (4.68.18.62) 17.184 ms
vlan89.csw3.sanjose1.level3.net (4.68.18.190) 19.969 ms
vlan69.csw1.sanjose1.level3.net (4.68.18.62) 13.541 ms
8 ae-92-92.ebr2.sanjose1.level3.net (4.69.134.221) 18.408 ms 60.129 ms 17.602 ms
9 ae-4-4.car2.sacramento1.level3.net (4.69.132.157) 14.634 ms 65.012 ms 26.442 ms
10 ae-11-11.car1.sacramento1.level3.net (4.69.132.149) 16.315 ms 14.841 ms 14.164 ms
11 relynet-inc.car1.sacramento1.level3.net (4.53.200.2) 227.497 ms 230.216 ms 183.434 ms
12 8.12.160.10 (8.12.160.10) 25.394 ms 24.462 ms 24.740 ms
13 64.55.112.214 (64.55.112.214) 24.818 ms 84.559 ms 40.026 ms
14 64.55.119.110 (64.55.119.110) 36.060 ms !Z 32.972 ms !Z 24.215 ms !Z

From Brooklyn on Time Warner:

Traceroute has started…

traceroute to xserve2.xplain.com (66.209.99.197), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1) 1.346 ms 1.105 ms 0.924 ms
2 cpe-24-90-192-1.nyc.res.rr.com (24.90.192.1) 13.927 ms 27.585 ms 13.687 ms
3 gig-2-14-nycmnys-rtr01.nyc.rr.com (24.29.150.69) 11.507 ms 12.400 ms 12.786 ms
4 gig-2-0-0-nycmnya-rtr02.nyc.rr.com (24.29.98.26) 12.567 ms 13.163 ms 12.596 ms
5 tenge-3-0-0-nycsnyoo-rtr1.nyc.rr.com (24.29.119.114) 17.836 ms 16.069 ms 13.203 ms
6 66.109.6.76 (66.109.6.76) 16.580 ms 14.925 ms 14.992 ms
7 ae-0-0.pr0.nyc20.tbone.rr.com (66.109.6.157) 16.619 ms 17.524 ms 14.091 ms
8 66.109.9.210 (66.109.9.210) 15.509 ms 11.483 ms 15.523 ms
9 64.209.102.198 (64.209.102.198) 84.129 ms 84.481 ms 83.561 ms
10 * * *
11 * * *
12 * * *
13 xserve2.xplain.com (66.209.99.197) 313.788 ms 318.706 ms 312.604 ms



Traceroute has started…

traceroute to www.mactech.com (64.55.119.110), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 192.168.2.1 (192.168.2.1) 1.412 ms 1.045 ms 0.819 ms
2 cpe-24-90-192-1.nyc.res.rr.com (24.90.192.1) 11.834 ms 15.663 ms 12.353 ms
3 gig-2-14-nycmnys-rtr01.nyc.rr.com (24.29.150.69) 9.919 ms 11.324 ms 12.788 ms
4 gig-2-0-0-nycmnya-rtr02.nyc.rr.com (24.29.98.26) 9.970 ms 29.560 ms 14.022 ms
5 tenge-6-0-0-nycsnyoo-rtr1.nyc.rr.com (24.29.96.238) 13.657 ms 15.123 ms 12.406 ms
6 66.109.6.76 (66.109.6.76) 17.599 ms 13.152 ms 12.804 ms
7 ae-0-0.pr0.nyc20.tbone.rr.com (66.109.6.157) 14.662 ms 38.436 ms 15.822 ms
8 te1-2-0d0.cir1.nyc-ny.us.xo.net (209.220.16.69) 13.379 ms 14.153 ms 15.164 ms
9 vb2001.rar3.washington-dc.us.xo.net (207.88.13.50) 20.925 ms 20.305 ms 19.752 ms
10 te-11-0-0.rar3.sanjose-ca.us.xo.net (207.88.12.69) 87.463 ms 106.198 ms 87.708 ms
11 ge7-0-0d0.rar1.sanjose-ca.us.xo.net (65.106.1.57) 87.711 ms 93.498 ms 86.685 ms
12 p0-0-0d0.mar1.roseville-ca.us.xo.net (65.106.5.202) 89.951 ms 91.106 ms 92.017 ms
13 207.88.80.74.ptr.us.xo.net (207.88.80.74) 92.572 ms 93.642 ms 89.746 ms
14 ip65-46-236-158.z236-46-65.customer.algx.net (65.46.236.158) 90.115 ms 92.703 ms 92.113 ms
15 64.55.112.6 (64.55.112.6) 118.476 ms 91.257 ms 93.254 ms
16 64.55.112.214 (64.55.112.214) 110.130 ms 91.061 ms 91.293 ms
17 64.55.119.110 (64.55.119.110) 91.959 ms !Z 92.269 ms !Z 93.005 ms !Z



The first one hung for quite a while at hop 10.

Guys,

Right now, these aren't relevant because there's a significant problem. I'll let you know when we're ready for more testing -- but we've got an expensive piece of gear flaking out that's affecting the network where the forums are located.

We're working on it... but it's a non-trivial problem to fix and it's days before we can get the gear replaced (if we go that route).

This does NOT affect the main web sites -- only the forums.

Thanks!

Neil