traceroute showing asterisks but ping works fine

Networking by nangwill 2mo ago 1 replies 119 views

nangwill

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Joined:: Jun 2024
Posts:: 20
From:: Da Nang, Vietnam

2mo ago · edited

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Very strange thing happen to my ser-va I need help

I run traceroute to my website and many line show asterisk star star star but ping is very okay and very fast. My customers can access okay okay okay. But I worry something is broken. Can you help me understand why asterisk appear?

I use very cheap VPS from RackNerd in los angeles. Thank you very much.

ALPHA16

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Joined:: May 2024
Posts:: 6

2mo ago · edited

ICMP rate limiting. Middle routers drop probes, not transit traffic.

Asymmetric return paths. Forward and reverse routes differ.

Use mtr instead of traceroute. Read the docs.

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