>> Maybe run a ping to a destination which you are having problems with, >> then reproduce the problem (with the network idle otherwise). You should >> see ping packets dropped only then. >> >> You can also ping with increasing packet sizes (see ping --help) and >> see when the packet becomes too big for path MTU. But instead lowering >> your MTU then, you should allow icmp-fragmentation-needed come through >> reliably. Lowering MTU only makes sense to stop overly fragmentation in >> the first place and optimize for a specific packet path (like traffic >> through one or multiple VPN tunnels) where fragmentation would >> otherwise increase latency a lot, or where icmp-frag-needed does not >> correctly work. > > > I'll try pinging today once the issue pops up.
I'm seeing the issue again as usual but ping response times come back normal at about 50ms. I'll keep trying. - Grant
