MCI/MAE-East/PSI losses unacceptable

Mon Mar 18 23:05:38 UTC 1996

What is going on out at MAE-East?  From Michigan, I'm seeing a
tremendous loss there, all day (since 10 am) between
mae-east-plusplus.Washington.mci.net. and mae-east.psi.net.  It is
completely impossible to POP3 my email.  SUNOS just times out the TCP
connection after about 10KB in 1/2 hour.

Pinging every 2 seconds for over 20 minutes:

Recording Mon Mar 18 22:27:16 GMT
192.41.177.245
      sent      rcvd    %     rtt     avg    mdev     max     min
       390       199   51     532     480      73    1185     291
       391       200   51     317     460      96    1185     291
       392       201   51     411     454      84    1185     291
       396       202   51     453     454      63    1185     291

Recording Mon Mar 18 22:26:54 GMT
204.70.74.102
      sent      rcvd    %     rtt     avg    mdev     max     min
       328       261   80     253     265      25     520     219
       330       262   79     238     262      26     520     219
       332       263   79     251     261      22     520     219
       333       264   79     249     260      20     520     219

Of course, there is a 20% loss on MCI net alone.  Seems to be after West
Orange.

  8: 204.70.2.81     core-fddi-0.Chicago.mci.net. (271 ms) (203 ms) (452 ms)
  9: 204.70.1.94     core1-hssi-2.NorthRoyalton.mci.net. (216 ms) (209 ms) (232 ms)
 10: 204.70.1.102    core1-hssi-3.WestOrange.mci.net. (226 ms) (273 ms) (214 ms)
 11: 204.70.1.106    core2-hssi-2.Washington.mci.net. (243 ms) (379 ms) (240 ms)
 12: 204.70.74.52    borderx1-fddi-1.Washington.mci.net. (325 ms) (281 ms) (250 ms)
 13: 204.70.74.102   mae-east-plusplus.Washington.mci.net. (251 ms) *** (284 ms)
 14: *** *** 192.41.177.245  mae-east.psi.net. (363 ms)

Whatever happened to the Chicago NAP?

What can we do to fix this problem?

WSimpson at UMich.edu
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