Hi Cell_C
I have been using Cell-C LTE since September last year. I currently have a Giga 200 package that generally works very well. According to speedtests, I often get 20+ Mbps download and upload.
However, there are times when it becomes unusable; 20% packet loss and ping times increase dramatically. Rebooting the router in this situation often helps.
Over the last two months, I have been monitoring the problem and have tested with a different router with its own built-in LTE modem, its own external antenna which also happens to connect to a different base station, and the problem occurs there too.
When things are good, I often see an IP address starting 41.48 at the third hop:
When things are bad, I often see 41.50 there:
The workaround seems to be to reboot the router until the third hop shows a 41.48 address. Is this a known problem?
I have been using Cell-C LTE since September last year. I currently have a Giga 200 package that generally works very well. According to speedtests, I often get 20+ Mbps download and upload.
However, there are times when it becomes unusable; 20% packet loss and ping times increase dramatically. Rebooting the router in this situation often helps.
Over the last two months, I have been monitoring the problem and have tested with a different router with its own built-in LTE modem, its own external antenna which also happens to connect to a different base station, and the problem occurs there too.
When things are good, I often see an IP address starting 41.48 at the third hop:
Code:
$ traceroute google.com
traceroute to google.com (216.58.223.46), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 mikrotik (192.168.88.1) 0.416 ms 0.548 ms 0.894 ms
2 * * *
3 41.48.22.42 (41.48.22.42) 50.775 ms 50.779 ms 50.806 ms
4 * * *
5 10.228.233.193 (10.228.233.193) 50.565 ms 50.689 ms 50.687 ms
6 41.48.16.1 (41.48.16.1) 50.439 ms 43.385 ms 43.384 ms
7 41.48.0.2 (41.48.0.2) 43.476 ms 58.969 ms 58.963 ms
8 google.ixp.joburg (196.60.8.166) 39.053 ms 49.091 ms 49.029 ms
9 72.14.239.129 (72.14.239.129) 49.151 ms 49.179 ms 49.134 ms
10 jnb01s08-in-f14.1e100.net (216.58.223.46) 49.168 ms 49.121 ms 39.662 msCode:
$ traceroute google.com
traceroute to google.com (216.58.223.46), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 mikrotik (192.168.88.1) 0.427 ms 0.566 ms 0.648 ms
2 * * *
3 41.50.7.234 (41.50.7.234) 60.252 ms 60.255 ms 60.259 ms
4 * * *
5 10.220.232.193 (10.220.232.193) 50.357 ms 50.306 ms 50.333 ms
6 41.50.16.1 (41.50.16.1) 50.136 ms 43.069 ms 42.969 ms
7 41.50.0.2 (41.50.0.2) 42.982 ms 39.570 ms 339.613 ms
8 41.48.253.70 (41.48.253.70) 39.655 ms 39.603 ms 39.639 ms
9 72.14.197.146 (72.14.197.146) 49.303 ms 49.312 ms 39.662 ms
10 72.14.239.129 (72.14.239.129) 39.675 ms 279.750 ms 189.834 ms
11 jnb01s08-in-f14.1e100.net (216.58.223.46) 159.641 ms 249.897 ms 139.829 ms