Mobile network latency spike - network aspiring to become a storage medium (up to 107 *seconds* of round trip time, 83s average).

This was a 3rd run after the issue started.
At first I got 40% packet loss, then 2%, and finally, 0% somehow.

Where even are the packets for that long?

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yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de · 16 pts · 21d

0% packet loss is really impressive.

How can the caches of intermediate systems even be large enough to presumably store 100 seconds of incoming traffic?

CameronDev@programming.dev · 9 pts · 21d

Morse code link?

jet@hackertalks.com · 5 pts · 20d (1 reply)

Satellite link?

Whatever your network topology is, the buffers are keeping all of the packets for reconnection, that's why you have 0% packet loss. So either you have very constrained links, and huge packet buffers, or you have very long links (moon and back a few times)

Try the same test with iperf3, see if you can characterize the buffer depth of your critical path

user224@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 20d

This was just a random slow down for around 5 minutes. Can't reproduce :(

starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 20d

Using a network connection as a storage medium? What a fascinating idea

olafurp@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 20d

Is that github? /s

Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 20d

we found the people using IPoAC