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Singapore to Sydney routing: anyone direct?

VPS Hosting by prague1983 5 replies 213 views
prague1983

Member OP

btw I use Arch

4 #1

Traceroute singapore to sydney. Goes to LOS ANGELES first. Skill issue? No, ISP issue.

Just use a VPS with actual APAC routing 

$ mtr --report RackNerd.sg
HOST: test                        Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
  1.|-- ???                       100.0    10    0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0   0.0
  5.|-- lax-b1-link.ip            0.0%    10  178.4 180.2 176.1 195.3   5.7
 12.|-- syd-b2-link.ip            0.0%    10  245.6 248.1 244.2 260.7   4.9

This is fiber optic going the wrong way around a planet for fun

oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
YuriDavid

Member

9 #2

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- routing reality
- submarine cables exist
- ASC: direct
- AJC: japan loop
- marketing claims
- "optimized path"
- WARNING: may mean "we have a POP in SYD"
- NOTE: POP != cable ownership
---
- actual topology matters more than latency promises

indentation is not optional
Hana5

Member

GPU poor

#3

Please check server routing table. GreenCloudVPS say "optimized" but help route go to US west coast.

I use HostHatch instead, direct path very much.

8-char NTLM found in 4min 32sec
tomchan

Member

1 #4

Fun little project: built my own anycast with NAT VPS nodes, it actually works

# bird config snippet for local pref
protocol bgp {
  local as 64512;
  neighbor 10.0.0.1 as 64513;
  import filter {
    if (net ~ [ 43.250.0.0/16+ ]) then {
      bgp_local_pref = 300;
    }
  };
}

Still cheaper than premium routing claims

works on my bench ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
GeorgeNmp

Member

AS64512

#5

The Asia Submarine-cable Express (ASE) and Australia-Singapore Cable (ASC) both offer direct paths. What matters is whether your provider purchases transit from someone with actual cable access versus reselling Tier 1 routes that default to Pacific routing.

BGP communities worth checking: 2914:420 (NTT domestic preference) or similar from your transit. RPKI validation status of the prefixes involved. Some providers announce more-specifics over suboptimal paths to avoid peering costs.

RackNerd specifically: their "optimized" product page references latency figures that imply direct routing, but their IRR entries show AS-SET membership with networks that lack ASC landing rights. Marketing fiction, as suspected.

iBGP, eBGP, don't care, just peer
SP

Member

#6

Fighting!! I asked CloudCone support they said "best effort routing" kk

BEST EFFORT MEANS LAX LOOP kk

Switched to KnownHost direct path no regrets

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