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rmd ([personal profile] rmd) wrote2010-08-11 10:29 pm
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HOLY MOTHERFUCKING ZOMBIE JESUS

HEY, RCN, IS IT SO GODDAMNED DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO KEEP A GODDAMNED TCP SESSION OPEN FOR EVEN JUST FIVE WHOLE FUCKING MINUTES WITHOUT A RESET? HUH? DO YOU *WANT* ME TO DRIVE OVER THERE AND START FEEDING PEOPLE FEET-FIRST INTO A FUCKING WOODCHIPPER? HUH? IT'S *NOT* *THAT* *DIFFICULT*, PEOPLE. PACKETS GO IN. PACKETS GO OUT. DO NOT DROP THEM ON THE FUCKING FLOOR.

HERE'S A PICTURE OF WHY I HATE RCN
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[identity profile] kathrynt.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
. . . wow. That was INSPIRED.

I think I'm a little turned on.

[identity profile] also-huey.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
Don't sugarcoat it; tell us how you REALLY feel.

[identity profile] r-ness.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
I see you haven't lost any of your "ripping network providers a new one" fu.

Best of luck.

[identity profile] bikergeek.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
They're probably throwing bogus TCP RESETs in hopes of thwarting P2P file sharing. For which they deserve to be ripped a new one. And damn, you are so very good at it.

[identity profile] rmd.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 12:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe, but I don't think that's the issue. I'm seeing packet loss for straight-up ICMP. When the packets go thru, it's good performance and low latency. It's just the packets keep not going thru.
muffyjo: ! (!)

[personal profile] muffyjo 2010-08-12 11:18 am (UTC)(link)
Go get em!

[identity profile] dfjdejulio.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
What's an RCN?

[identity profile] rmd.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
My cable internet provider.
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Hunh

[personal profile] drwex 2010-08-12 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I've had some problems with net dropping on our home RCN connection but so far as traceroute can tell it wasn't local - it was their switching center in NYC that was horked.

What were you trying to do that they kept dropping the ball on/

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[identity profile] rmd.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
at various points, ssh, http, and team fortress 2.
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[personal profile] drwex 2010-08-12 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
what tool did you use to generate that visualization?

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[identity profile] rmd.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 06:43 pm (UTC)(link)
pingplotter. it's a windows program i like.

[identity profile] achinhibitor.livejournal.com 2010-08-18 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure it's cheaper to provision the network for 70% of the peak load than for 100% of the peak load. (30% packet loss, ugh!)

[identity profile] rmd.livejournal.com 2010-08-18 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
if that's what's going on, i'd be fine. this is not the behavior of a correctly-functioning network that is engineered for 70% nominal load.
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