[NCLUG] AT&T: 12.244.71 subnet causing lag

[dmiles]

if there's anythign I've learned it's to never tell them *why* you noticed this problem.

Dont' tell them that you noticed it because your ssh is uber slow, tell them that there is a problem.

On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 12:47:42 -0700, Corey Keasling <wcoreyk at ftc.agilent.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I got my connection back Saturday evening and everything seemed just as
> brisk as always.  However, last night I started noticing that routers/switches
> on the 12.244.71/24 (?) subnet were slowing things down (most of my packets
> pass through these on the third hop).  In particular,
> traceroute told me that the system 12.244.71.141 was adding an average of
> 950ms to every packet that passed through it!  Other system on 12.244.71.*
> were adding a minimum of 200ms, depending on which one my packets passed
> through on their way out of ip.att.net.  I miss 50ms ping times.  I can't use
> a remote shell if it takes 1 second to make the round trip.  My traceroute
> logs are at home, so I could be wrong on the IP addressed.  Is anyone else
> seeing this behavior?
> 
> I emailed AT&T customer abuse, but (surprise, surprise), I haven't heard
> anything from them yet.  Of course, I mentioned ssh in the letter so I doubt
> I'll get anything back besides "we don't support ssh".
> 
> Corey
> No, I will not fix your computer.
> 
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