[ale] network issue?

[Jim Lynch]

Paul Cartwright wrote:
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> I am thinking I have an issue with the network, but I'm nt sure what, or
> what to look at. Web pages sometimes take a few seconds, where my router
> doesn't blink, then kicks in. then I did a traceroute and found this:
> # traceroute atnex.net
> traceroute to atnex.net (208.65.89.2), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
>  1  192.168.10.1 (192.168.10.1)  1.364 ms  1.652 ms  1.915 ms
>  2  208.65.88.129 (208.65.88.129)  12.245 ms  15.585 ms *
>  3  * * *
>  4  * * *
>  5  * * *
>  6  * 208.65.88.21 (208.65.88.21)  11.651 ms !X *
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> then this:
>  traceroute microsoft.com
> traceroute to microsoft.com (207.46.197.32), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
>  1  192.168.10.1 (192.168.10.1)  1.270 ms  1.553 ms  1.819 ms
>  2  208.65.88.129 (208.65.88.129)  13.575 ms  16.686 ms *
>  3  * * *
>  4  * * *
>  5  * * *
>  6  * * te3-4.ccr02.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.7.210)  28.492 ms
>  7  te2-2.ccr02.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.7.141)  30.814 ms
> vl3498.mpd01.dca02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.7.6)  25.882 ms
> te2-2.ccr02.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.7.141)  28.586 ms
>  8  vl3493.mpd01.dca02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.7.230)  32.446 ms
> te1-2.ccr02.iad01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.7.158)  35.574 ms  38.992 ms
>  9  * * *
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> 12  * ge-7-1-0-0.blu-64c-1b.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.33.10)  39.432 ms *
> 13  ge-7-1-0-0.cpk-64c-1a.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.35.37)  99.083 ms * *
> 14  * * ge-7-1-0-0.cpk-64c-1a.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.35.37)  95.032 ms
> 15  ten3-4.cpk-76c-1b.ntwk.msn.net (207.46.34.118)  95.073 ms  94.551 ms
> 10.22.0.30 (10.22.0.30)  95.334 ms
> 16  * * 10.22.0.30 (10.22.0.30)  99.252 ms
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> so... whats wrong and what do I do?
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Can't answer that exactly, but I've always had better success with 
traceroute -I

Have you power cycled the router and modem?  Are there significant 
errors reported by ifconfig?

Jim.