I've noticed another change to routing this past week that's had a negative effect on games in the EU.
Game is Eve online, server is 87.237.34.200. Server blocks regular trace and ping attempts, so I've stopped the traces at the first 'Request timed out' lines as that's as far as it will get.
This first one is using TIME. For some reason it goes via the entire US to get to europe, which is an awfully long way, and many, many packets get lost on the way.
CODE
Tracing route to srv200-c.ccp.cc [87.237.34.200]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms ag-01-glsfb.ni.time.net.my [223.28.0.216]
2 2 ms 2 ms 1 ms ae2-er-01-glsfb.ni.time.net.my [223.28.26.41]
3 12 ms 15 ms 15 ms 223.28.2.1
4 8 ms 7 ms 8 ms Bundle-Ether1-br-01-mciwg.ni.time.net.my [223.28.26.82]
5 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms 124.158.226.149
6 8 ms 7 ms 7 ms xe-0-1-0-1.cr-gw-2-sin-pip.sg.globaltransit.net [124.158.224.241]
7 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms ae-1.br-gw-2-sin-pip.sg.globaltransit.net [124.158.224.210]
8 8 ms 7 ms 8 ms 203.208.174.81
9 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms 203.208.182.46
10 185 ms 185 ms 199 ms 203.208.173.74
11 189 ms 202 ms 210 ms 203.208.183.38
12 344 ms * * if-ae-2-2.tcore2.LVW-Los-Angeles.as6453.net [66.110.59.2]
13 316 ms 317 ms 323 ms if-ae-36-2.tcore2.AEQ-Ashburn.as6453.net [216.6.87.110]
14 328 ms 336 ms 349 ms if-ae-11-3.thar2.NJY-Newark.as6453.net [216.6.87.242]
15 * 333 ms * if-ae-1-3.thar1.NJY-Newark.as6453.net [216.6.57.1]
16 340 ms 322 ms 330 ms if-ae-8-2.tcore1.LDN-London.as6453.net [66.198.70.174]
17 327 ms 342 ms 343 ms if-ge-1-0-0.core4.LDN-London.as6453.net [80.231.76.85]
18 349 ms 338 ms 352 ms 195.219.67.242
19 * * * Request timed out.
This next one is using a VPN to Singapore, which is a fair equivalency as the TIME route goes via singapore as well.
CODE
Tracing route to srv200-c.ccp.cc [87.237.34.200]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms 10.1.10.1
2 8 ms * * 81.67.b9d8.static.theplanet.com [216.185.103.129]
3 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms ae11.dar01.sr03.sng01.networklayer.com [174.133.118.130]
4 8 ms 8 ms 9 ms ae8.bbr02.eq01.sng02.networklayer.com [50.97.18.200]
5 42 ms 41 ms 41 ms ae0.bbr01.sr01.che01.networklayer.com [50.97.19.248]
6 41 ms 41 ms 41 ms ae7.bbr02.sr01.che01.networklayer.com [50.97.19.247]
7 170 ms 170 ms 170 ms ae2.bbr01.eq01.par02.networklayer.com [50.97.19.251]
8 182 ms 182 ms 182 ms ae1.bbr02.eq01.ams02.networklayer.com [50.97.19.99]
9 182 ms 185 ms 183 ms kpn-international.nikhef.nl-ix.net [193.239.116.126]
10 194 ms 194 ms 194 ms asd2-rou-1043.NL.eurorings.net [134.222.48.240]
11 185 ms 185 ms 185 ms rt2-rou-1022.NL.eurorings.net [134.222.48.211]
12 198 ms 198 ms 198 ms ldn-s2-rou-1101.UK.eurorings.net [134.222.48.200]
13 190 ms 190 ms 190 ms 134.222.109.115
14 * * * Request timed out.
You'll notice that while this one
appears to go via the US,
it's not. The .ce01.networklayer.com network isn't in the US, as it's impossible with that ping (literally, scientifically impossible). I don't know where it's going, but it's taking a superior and more direct route to europe than TIME does, to such a degree that it's 46% faster than TIME.
I don't know who's in charge of the routing, but someone's been screwing around and cutting corners, and it's showing.
Here's the same thing via DIGI. As mentioned in a previous post, digi's internet is trash and I wouldn't use it for anything other than mobile surfing, but at least their routing is pretty spot on.
CODE
Traceroute
Host: 87.237.34.200
#1
120.29.215.5
ix-ae-5-0.tcore1.SVQ-Singapore.as6453.net
Ping: 55.8 ms
#2
180.87.96.22
if-ae-20-2.tcore2.SVW-Singapore.as6453.net
Ping: * ms
#3
180.87.37.13
if-ae-6-2.tcore2.CXR-Chennai.as6453.net
Ping: 121 ms
#4
180.87.37.10
if-ae-9-2.tcore2.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net
Ping: 113 ms
#5
180.87.39.21
if-ae-12-2.tcore1.L78-London.as6453.net
Ping: 213 ms
#6
80.231.130.130
if-ae-17-2.tcore1.LDN-London.as6453.net
Ping: 231 ms
#7
80.231.76.121
if-ge-14-0-0.core4.LDN-London.as6453.net
Ping: 211 ms
#8
195.219.67.242
Ping: 313 ms
You'll notice it goes via Mumbai, which is probably how the VPN above also gets to Europe. Why can't TIME do this? It's a more direct route with many, many less hops.
This post has been edited by Aelzen: Nov 19 2016, 05:57 PM