[AusNOG] Google DNS

Joseph Goldman joe at apcs.com.au
Tue Oct 14 09:02:16 EST 2014


Just turned back to 12ms for me, seems APAC is back online.

On 14/10/14 08:48, Damien Gardner Jnr wrote:
> Ahhh, that'd explain why the internet at home was sluggish this 
> morning :-p
>
> Using google DNS there, as it's more reliable than TID's supplied DNS 
> servers :(  There've been four day-long outages of uneeda in the 10 
> months since our TID DSL was finally turned on)
>
> On the upside, this pointed out to me that I need to test more than 
> just connectivity to 8.8.8.8 through each upstream, to decide whether 
> their BGP feed should be enabled or disabled.. ;)
>
> On 14 October 2014 07:45, Mark ZZZ Smith <markzzzsmith at yahoo.com.au 
> <mailto:markzzzsmith at yahoo.com.au>> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     > From: Mark ZZZ Smith <markzzzsmith at yahoo.com.au
>     <mailto:markzzzsmith at yahoo.com.au>>
>     > To: Joshua D'Alton <joshua at railgun.com.au
>     <mailto:joshua at railgun.com.au>>; Brad Peczka <brad at bradpeczka.com
>     <mailto:brad at bradpeczka.com>>
>     > Cc: "ausnog at ausnog.net <mailto:ausnog at ausnog.net>"
>     <ausnog at ausnog.net <mailto:ausnog at ausnog.net>>
>     > Sent: Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 7:39
>     > Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Google DNS
>     >
>     >
>     >> ________________________________
>     >>  From: Joshua D'Alton <joshua at railgun.com.au
>     <mailto:joshua at railgun.com.au>>
>     >> To: Brad Peczka <brad at bradpeczka.com <mailto:brad at bradpeczka.com>>
>     >> Cc: "ausnog at ausnog.net <mailto:ausnog at ausnog.net>"
>     <ausnog at ausnog.net <mailto:ausnog at ausnog.net>>
>     >> Sent: Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 1:26
>     >> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Google DNS
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> I noticed that too. Looks like they are trunking the traffic
>     back to US
>     > nodes, Asia nodes probably got out of sync or crashed.
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> OpenDNS appears to be weathering the increased load, people
>     that want local
>     > DNS can try switch their 8.8.8.8 to 208.67.222.222 (might be
>     smart long term
>     > anyway, to have 2 different upstream DNSs, and with ODNS being
>     on Equinix syd no
>     > reason why not).
>     >>
>     >
>     <snip>
>     >
>     > If you want to measure your DNS query time, the 'dig' utility
>     prints it
>     > at the bottom.
>     >
>
>     And based on all of that, people using google's DNS servers today
>     are going to feel like the Internet is a bit sluggish today, as
>     the 100ms budget is already exceed before the TCP 3 way handshake
>     has even started.
>
>     [mark at opy ~]$ dig ausnog.net <http://ausnog.net> @8.8.8.8
>     <http://8.8.8.8>
>
>     ; <<>> DiG 9.9.4-P2-RedHat-9.9.4-15.P2.fc20 <<>> ausnog.net
>     <http://ausnog.net> @8.8.8.8 <http://8.8.8.8>
>     ;; global options: +cmd
>     ;; Got answer:
>     ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 47601
>     ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
>
>     ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
>     ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
>     ;; QUESTION SECTION:
>     ;ausnog.net <http://ausnog.net>.                    IN A
>
>     ;; ANSWER SECTION:
>     ausnog.net <http://ausnog.net>.             3467    IN   A     
>      54.252.97.250
>
>     **** ;; Query time: 158 msec ****
>     ;; SERVER: 8.8.8.8#53(8.8.8.8)
>     ;; WHEN: Tue Oct 14 07:41:48 AEDT 2014
>     ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 55
>
>     [mark at opy ~]$
>
>
>     Google are well aware of how much latency matters, they're working
>     on (and implementing) TCP "Fast Open" to allow payload data to be
>     carried in the TCP segments of the 3 way handshake to lower
>     latency of content delivery so that the browser etc., can start
>     displaying data faster:
>
>     http://lwn.net/Articles/508865/
>
>
>
>
>     >
>     >
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 10:30 PM, Brad Peczka
>     <brad at bradpeczka.com <mailto:brad at bradpeczka.com>>
>     > wrote:
>     >>
>     >> Up here as well.
>     >>>
>     >>> Though - did anyone else see a bunch of hops just disappear?
>     >>>
>     >>> Regards,
>     >>> -Brad.
>     >>> ________________________________________
>     >>> From: AusNOG [ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
>     <mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>] On Behalf Of Rhys Cuff
>     > (Latrobe I.T) [rhys at latrobeit.com.au <mailto:rhys at latrobeit.com.au>]
>     >>> Sent: Monday, 13 October 2014 7:29 PM
>     >>> To: ausnog at ausnog.net <mailto:ausnog at ausnog.net>
>     >>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Google DNS
>     >>>
>     >>> Back for me...
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>> Sent from my iPad
>     >>>
>     >>> On 13 Oct 2014, at 10:26 pm, "Rhys Cuff (Latrobe I.T)"
>     > <rhys at latrobeit.com.au
>     <mailto:rhys at latrobeit.com.au><mailto:rhys at latrobeit.com.au
>     <mailto:rhys at latrobeit.com.au>>> wrote:
>     >>>
>     >>> I didn't get out the door, both routers were still fanging it so I
>     > figured it wasn't that bad,,,
>     >>> Normally my phone would ring before I got anywhere near a terminal
>     > too... ;-(
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>> Sent from my iPad
>     >>>
>     >>> On 13 Oct 2014, at 10:20 pm, "Tim Raphael"
>     > <raphael.timothy at gmail.com
>     <mailto:raphael.timothy at gmail.com><mailto:raphael.timothy at gmail.com <mailto:raphael.timothy at gmail.com>>>
>     wrote:
>     >>>
>     >>> I did the same thing - turned right back around having just
>     left home!
>     >>>
>     >>> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 7:18 PM, Rhys Cuff (Latrobe I.T)
>     > <rhys at latrobeit.com.au
>     <mailto:rhys at latrobeit.com.au><mailto:rhys at latrobeit.com.au
>     <mailto:rhys at latrobeit.com.au>>> wrote:
>     >>> That's something I thought is never see!
>     >>> I ping that every 30 seconds to check for connectivity outside my
>     > network.
>     >>> I did the mad dash scramble for nothing this time ;-)
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>>
>     >>> Sent from my iPad
>     >>>
>     >>> On 13 Oct 2014, at 10:12 pm, "ANSA SERVERS"
>     > <info at ausnetservers.net.au
>     <mailto:info at ausnetservers.net.au><mailto:info at ausnetservers.net.au <mailto:info at ausnetservers.net.au>>>
>     wrote:
>     >>>
>     >>> Yeah, 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 is down here in Victoria & Sydney
>     >>>
>     >>> Regards,
>     >>>
>     >>> Matthew Matters  Managing Director / CEO of Aus Net Servers
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>     >>> From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
>     <mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net>] On Behalf Of Rhys
>     > Cuff (Latrobe I.T)
>     >>> Sent: Monday, 13 October 2014 10:12 PM
>     >>> To: ausnog at ausnog.net
>     <mailto:ausnog at ausnog.net><mailto:ausnog at ausnog.net
>     <mailto:ausnog at ausnog.net>>
>     >>> Subject: [AusNOG] Google DNS
>     >>>
>     >>> Hey Guys
>     >>>
>     >>> Has anyone notice Google DNS (8.8.8.8) has stoped working and
>     replying
>     > to pings?
>     >>> Seems to be the same with the two providers I use.
>     >>>
>     >>> Thanks
>     >>>
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