We use Viasat and have the modem plugged directly into a linux based load balancer.
I SSH'ed into the loadbalancer using putty and pinged google
When I pinged google this is the result:
- PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) from x.x.x.x : 64(92) bytes of data.
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=123 time=4.02 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=123 time=8.40 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=3 ttl=123 time=11.1 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=4 ttl=123 time=16.2 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=5 ttl=123 time=7.37 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=6 ttl=123 time=10.0 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=7 ttl=123 time=12.9 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=8 ttl=123 time=7.04 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=9 ttl=123 time=11.4 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=10 ttl=123 time=10.5 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=11 ttl=123 time=7.30 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=12 ttl=123 time=4.42 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=13 ttl=123 time=12.9 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=14 ttl=55 time=573 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=15 ttl=123 time=9.64 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=16 ttl=123 time=12.0 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=17 ttl=123 time=6.09 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=18 ttl=123 time=9.14 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=19 ttl=55 time=567 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=20 ttl=55 time=556 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=21 ttl=55 time=567 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=22 ttl=123 time=7.83 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=23 ttl=55 time=557 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=24 ttl=55 time=555 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=25 ttl=55 time=564 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=26 ttl=55 time=565 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=27 ttl=55 time=562 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=28 ttl=123 time=10.0 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=29 ttl=123 time=13.0 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=30 ttl=123 time=12.5 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=31 ttl=123 time=5.36 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=32 ttl=123 time=8.44 ms
- 72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=33 ttl=123 time=10.8 ms
- ^C
- --- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
- 33 packets transmitted, 33 received, 0% packet loss, time 47026ms
- rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 4.020/160.648/573.236/246.800 ms
These entries:
72 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=19 ttl=55 time=567 ms
with that latency are the only ones resembling satellite latency and the rest well, certainly not sat. latency and the TTL changes from 123 to 55!
Also this ping is performed only out the load balancer's Sat. Modem interface. When you try to ping just the modem(Gateway) from the balancer or from an outside host it doesn't respond, like ICMP is blocked.
Same when we traceroute out the interface, the next hop(the gateway) is just * * *
Anyone with any experience with Viasat connections or any idea of whats going please help.