Improve peering using Rerouting tool

Introduction

In this wiki article you will learn how to improve peering between your devices and your cloudbox. If you are experiencing bad peering or network issues, you can Re-route the traffic from your Cloudbox to your local IP with just a few clicks.

Steps

Step 1 - Visit Rerouting tool

From your cloudbox's dashboard, click the Re-route button to open the Rerouting Tool of your cloudbox. For CP01 it would be http://reroute.cp01.cloudboxes.io.

Step 2 - Run an mtr test

IP is prefilled with your IP address.

From the dropdown, select "mtr (10sec)" and then click the "Run Tests" button.

You should get something like:

HOST: cp01                        Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
   1.|-- gateway                    0.0%    10    0.3   3.3   0.3  30.4   9.5
   2.|-- ntt1.handoff.eqx-am7.nl.a  0.0%    10    2.3   3.0   2.3   6.9   1.4
   3.|-- ae-3.r21.amstnl07.nl.bb.g  0.0%    10    2.8   3.5   2.4  10.7   2.4
   4.|-- ae-1.a01.amstnl09.nl.bb.g  0.0%    10    2.5   3.2   2.5   8.0   1.6
   5.|-- ae-0.cisco-opendns.amstnl  0.0%    10    3.3   3.3   3.2   3.5   0.0
   6.|-- resolver1.opendns.com      0.0%    10    3.2  (3.2)  3.2   3.3   0.0

Note down the average ping time (ms) of the last row and check if you have any packet loss.

Step 3 - Select another peering route

Select another peering option from the available ones, like:

NTT
Cogent
Seabone
Level 3 / Lumen
Liberty Global
Centurylink (Level 3)
Tata
Telia

*options can differ depending on the server your cloudbox is.

Step 4 - Repeat mtr test

From the dropdown, select "mtr (10sec)" and then click the "Run Tests" button.

HOST: cp01                        Loss%   Snt   Last   Avg  Best  Wrst StDev
   1.|-- gateway                    0.0%    10    0.3   3.3   0.3  30.4   9.5
   2.|-- ae-20-4081.a01.amstnl07.n  0.0%    10    2.3   3.0   2.3   6.9   1.4
   3.|-- ae-22.r21.amstnl07.nl.bb.  0.0%    10    2.8   3.5   2.4  18.7   2.4
   4.|-- ae-1.a01.amstnl09.nl.bb.g  0.0%    10    2.5   3.2   2.5   8.0   1.6
   5.|-- ae-0.cisco-opendns.amstnl  0.0%    10    3.2   3.3   3.3   4.2   0.0
   6.|-- resolver1.opendns.com      0.0%    10    3.1  (3.1)  3.4   3.3   0.0

Repeat Step 3 & Step 4, selecting a different routing option each time, until you find the route with the least packet loss and the lowest ms.

Conclusion

You have successfully re-routed your IP to use the best peering route.

Please note that if you are using a Dynamic IP, you will have to re-select the best option every time your ISP changes your IP, which most likely than not will be the same option.