Folks,
I have moved from SW WA to Oklahoma City. Miss the area up there but got to
go where the $$ is.
I have run into a problem, it is with the ISP. Seems that they no longer
allow you
to plug in your prefered DNS. I was having issues with their DNS I have
called
them on it, and they poke at it but no joy. Yesterday I could get to about
half
to the URL's that I either tried to reach from a browser or ping. After much
phone calls, to no avail I did a MTR on the two DNS which are HARDWIRED
in the router. I found that the primary DNS was good but 4 hops out there
is a router with a high packet loss. To wit:
kp4djt64 (0.0.0.0)
Wed Aug 2 16:36:05 2017
Keys: Help Display mode Restart statistics Order of fields quit
Packets Pings
Host Loss%
Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1. 192.168.7.1 0.0%
147 0.5 0.6 0.5 1.5 0.0
2. 108-76-202-1.lightspeed.okcbok.sbcglobal.net (108.76.202.1) 0.0%
147 19.8 37.7 19.2 165.2 29.7
3. 71.147.108.44 0.0%
147 20.7 21.0 19.9 26.4 0.7
4. 71.147.64.52 90.3%
146 21.1 20.6 19.8 21.4 0.0
5. 12.83.71.77 0.0%
146 23.8 22.4 19.5 24.9 1.1
6. gar3.auttx.ip.att.net (12.122.100.125) 0.0%
146 27.2 63.0 26.0 4997. 411.2
7. 12.120.51.106 0.0%
146 26.2 27.2 26.2 35.7 1.1
8. dns156r9.sbcglobal.net (68.94.156.9) 0.0%
146 27.9 29.9 26.3 126.7 13.5
That one has gone as high as 95%+.
Now here is the secondary DNS, Lord help you if the query gets sent to it:
My traceroute [v0.86]
kp4djt64 (0.0.0.0)
Wed Aug 2 16:41:53 2017
Keys: Help Display mode Restart statistics Order of fields quit
Packets Pings
Host Loss%
Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1. homeportal (192.168.7.1) 0.0%
138 0.9 2.9 0.5 20.9 4.8
2. 108-76-202-1.lightspeed.okcbok.sbcglobal.net (108.76.202.1) 0.0%
138 33.2 41.5 19.4 139.6 33.4
3. 71.147.108.44 0.0%
138 20.8 21.0 20.0 23.4 0.3
4. 71.147.64.52 90.5%
138 20.6 20.4 19.9 21.2 0.0
5. 12.83.71.77 0.0%
138 21.3 22.4 19.7 27.2 1.2
6. gar27.la2ca.ip.att.net (12.122.129.221) 0.0%
138 65.0 66.2 63.9 69.3 1.1
7. ???
8. iraca00001cce9-irb-2.infra.cdn.att.net (204.127.179.5) 0.0%
137 65.2 64.3 62.9 90.0 2.8
9. dns157r9.sbcglobal.net (68.94.157.9) 44.5%
137 63.9 66.4 63.5 82.1 4.4
As you can see not only is router #4 dropping packets but the DNS server is
also
in trouble. I have tried to contact them Customer service wants to dump me
to
a billed repair service, for something that is their issue.
Since the router has the DNS hard wired I cannot change it, and the quick
fix is
just to fix the router in the path.
For the time I guess I am going to put the DNS in my main computer and let
it
do it's own queries, but all of the rest of them either I will have to do
the same
or live with it. I looked at putting another router in behind the AT&T
router, but
that drops me into double NAT ground and I do not want that.
I am trying to figure out how to get around this customer service mess to
get this
info to a real network person who can get it fixed. My other option is to
go with
the cable co (Cox) but I was trying to avoid them too.
--
Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT --
Glass, five thousand years of history and getting better.
The only container material that the USDA gives blanket approval on.
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