packet loss - any network engineers out there?

[Jim0322 Profile]

I have been having problems with packet loss since 1/27/04. It makes it really hard to play at times. I get frequent freezes, lasting 1-5 seconds. It is not my ISP’s fault. My ISP has a deal with the university so I get my DSL for more than 50% off their regular price but I have to connect through the university. The packet loss problem is at the university. I have talked to tech support at the university and they admit there is a problem but have no idea what the cause is. Their current theory is too many people using the resources. I doubt it is over use as I ran some pings at 8:00 a.m. Sunday morning and it was bad, same as in the evening.

The packet loss occurs at vpn.indiana.edu – IP 156.56.245.2
VPN=virtual private network http://kb.indiana.edu/data/ajrq.html?cust=361630.94572.30


Anyone have any ideas what they should be looking for?

Thanks,
Jim

[Ralph Wiggum]

You should have said "I need a greasemonkey."

[Jim0322 Profile]

Originally posted by Ralph Wiggum
You should have said "I need a greasemonkey."

Roger that!


From a university computer, not my home machine.

Ping statistics for 156.56.245.2:
Packets: Sent = 100, Received = 93, Lost = 7 (7% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 4ms, Average = 1ms

[senwolf31]

this might help
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d.h.walker/cmtips/loss.html