Nick the results of the suggested ping tests are shown below. My Linux distro. is Suse 7.0. What's up with the 20%/30% packet loss?
Thanks for taking the time to look at this.
Regards.
Mike Flug
michael.flug@snet.net
3/21/01 5:29:20 PM, Nicholas Brenckle
Make the connection with adsl, then post the results of the following:
ifconfig -a route -n ping -c 10 204.60.7.22 ping -c 10 dns.snet.net
Post whatever results or errors you get.
bash-2.04# adsl-start ..... Connected! bash-2.04# ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:03:24:E3:FA inet6 addr: fe80::1:324:e3fa/10 Scope:Link inet6 addr: fe80::201:3ff:fe24:e3fa/10 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:22 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:41 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:4 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:5 Base address:0x8800 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:19 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:19 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol inet addr:64.252.0.52 P-t-P:64.252.0.1 Mask:255.255.255.255 UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1 RX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:19 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:10 sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4 NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 bash-2.04# route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 64.252.0.1 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo 0.0.0.0 64.252.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0 bash-2.04# ping -c 10 204.60.7.22 PING 204.60.7.22 (204.60.7.22): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 204.60.7.22: icmp_seq=0 ttl=252 time=19.969 ms 64 bytes from 204.60.7.22: icmp_seq=1 ttl=252 time=20.427 ms 64 bytes from 204.60.7.22: icmp_seq=3 ttl=252 time=21.325 ms 64 bytes from 204.60.7.22: icmp_seq=4 ttl=252 time=22.142 ms 64 bytes from 204.60.7.22: icmp_seq=6 ttl=252 time=22.983 ms 64 bytes from 204.60.7.22: icmp_seq=7 ttl=252 time=23.328 ms 64 bytes from 204.60.7.22: icmp_seq=8 ttl=252 time=24.118 ms 64 bytes from 204.60.7.22: icmp_seq=9 ttl=252 time=23.156 ms --- 204.60.7.22 ping statistics --- 10 packets transmitted, 8 packets received, 20% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 19.969/22.181/24.118 ms bash-2.04# ping -c 10 dns.snet.net PING dns.snet.net (204.60.7.22): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 204.60.7.22: icmp_seq=0 ttl=252 time=22.781 ms 64 bytes from 204.60.7.22: icmp_seq=1 ttl=252 time=23.301 ms 64 bytes from 204.60.7.22: icmp_seq=2 ttl=252 time=20.969 ms 64 bytes from 204.60.7.22: icmp_seq=3 ttl=252 time=21.754 ms 64 bytes from 204.60.7.22: icmp_seq=6 ttl=252 time=22.474 ms 64 bytes from 204.60.7.22: icmp_seq=7 ttl=252 time=23.735 ms 64 bytes from 204.60.7.22: icmp_seq=9 ttl=252 time=20.928 ms --- dns.snet.net ping statistics --- 10 packets transmitted, 7 packets received, 30% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 20.928/22.277/23.735 ms