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Erratic pings and packet loss
25-09-2012 11:29 PM
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Any idea what could be wrong? This has only been an issue recently, the only difference I've noticed around here is the large amounts of rain we've had recently, but I live on a relatively new estate so would hope that's not an issue.
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26-09-2012 2:02 PM
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26-09-2012 2:20 PM
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26-09-2012 2:22 PM
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Quote from: Snarf Running ping tests to www.plus.net results in (on average) 5-10% packet loss, standard ping times are around 40-50ms, but they spike to well over 100ms.
This definitely sounds like problems with your connection, rather than traffic management.
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Re: Erratic pings and packet loss
26-09-2012 2:31 PM
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Quote from: Gus If you downloaded Lotro recently unless via Steam, it uses Pando media booster, which is a custom p2p utility which stays active unless you manually disable it or better yet uninstall it. So if you used it recently, make sure it's uninstalled as it will still be Sharing the downloaded files which will cripple the ingame pings.
Interesting, I hadn't heard of that before and could certainly cause problems depending on how much of the upload bandwidth it takes.
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26-09-2012 5:47 PM
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http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share/949b5a5480d538e7024f5d5749a2aafd.html
I'll try a speed check via BT later and post the results.
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26-09-2012 6:00 PM
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startbar / run type taskmgr
click the Performance tab and then Resource Monitor
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26-09-2012 6:08 PM
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26-09-2012 7:35 PM
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BT speedtest reports everything ok at the moment.
Logging into Lotro now, I'm going to monitor the performance and see how it goes, but something doesn't quite seem right!
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26-09-2012 7:51 PM
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26-09-2012 8:49 PM
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Edit: I should add that they don't actually affect the BB connection, just show up as an odd BQM graph, so you can basically ignore them.
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26-09-2012 8:53 PM
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26-09-2012 9:05 PM
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26-09-2012 9:16 PM
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Quote from: houlton23 Those constant ping spikes are a normal symptom of using a TG585v7/8. Is this the router you have?
Yup a TG585v7
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26-09-2012 9:22 PM
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btw been farming hides for my tailors for last 4 hours on and off and had no issues in game, ping pre peek time 120ms and currently 140ms with no loss
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