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Huge ping spikes
13-07-2019 6:19 PM
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Hi I've been having issues with packet loss and high ping spikes when I'm playing Overwatch, for about the last 3 weeks I’ve been getting very high ping spikes (>4000ms). I have reset router, modem, PC, changed DNS, flushed DNS and I’m pulling my hair out. Plusnet support are blaming Blizzard's servers and Blizzard are blaming my ISP.
Iv'e attached a couple of WinMTR results below, you can see the packet loss and ping spikes are on Blizzard servers. I just want to someone from Plusnet to check their side to confirm it's not on our side. As I have also made a post on the Blizzard forums.
https://eu.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/eu-uk-servers-high-ping-spikes/17637
I've also made created a ticket with Plusnet support. Is is just me or are the others having issues.
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| WinMTR statistics |
Host - % Sent Recv Best Avrg Wrst Last
192.168.1.1 - 0 3627 3627 0 0 6 1
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
133.hiper04.sheff.dial.plus net uk - 100 728 2 0 17 18 17
132.hiper04.sheff.dial.plus net uk - 0 3627 3627 18 19 81 19
195.99.125.144 - 0 3627 3627 18 19 46 18
peer1-et-7-0-4.interxion.ukcore bt net - 0 3627 3627 17 18 80 28
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
ae1-br01-eqld5.as57976 net - 0 3627 3627 24 27 138 25
et-0-0-2-br02-eqam1.as57976 net - 1 3491 3463 25 53 4615 27
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 726 0 0 0 0 0
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| WinMTR statistics |
Host - % Sent Recv Best Avrg Wrst Last
192.168.1.1 - 0 904 904 0 0 6 0
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
133.hiper04.sheff.dial.plus net uk - 98 184 4 18 18 21 18
132.hiper04.sheff.dial.plus net uk - 0 904 904 18 19 35 20
195.99.125.140 - 0 904 904 17 18 29 18
peer2-et-7-0-1.slough.ukcore bt net - 0 903 903 19 20 64 19
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
ae1-br01-eqld5.as57976 net - 17 545 455 24 26 112 24
et-0-0-2-br02-eqam1.as57976 net - 16 561 475 25 33 132 30
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
No response from host - 100 181 0 0 0 0 0
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Re: Huge ping spikes
13-07-2019 7:41 PM
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Hi there.
I'm sorry to see you're experiencing latency issues while playing Overwatch.
I can see you've got a support ticket 191487154 open with one/two of my colleagues from our complaints team, I've just been reading through that as well as your thread on the Blizzard forums.
I kind of disagree with the response you've received regarding packet loss at the hops within our network. Intermediate hops may show complete packet loss, high latency or some packet loss which isn't always indicative of a problem. It's that those hops/routers aren't responding back to the ICMP/ping request or they're assigning them a much lower priority.
It doesn't look good that the traceroutes don't complete though. From an Openreach infrastructure perspective I've tested your line and there aren't any issues detected with your connection stable.
Do you play any other games to see if you get the same or similar issues? And is your PC connecting over a wired or wireless connection?
Also when you've said that the issues have started around 3 weeks ago can you remember if it was as far back as the 24th May? Looking at the IP addresses you've had it changed then and you've been on the same one since. If that's a possibility I'm thinking of adding a static IP onto your connection temporarily to try to narrow down where the issue may lie.
Re: Huge ping spikes
13-07-2019 8:13 PM
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Hi Gandalf,
First of all thanks for the quick reply. I'm running wired from my PC direct to my router, I don't really play any other games at this time, but pinging the BBC website and others for an extended amount of time seem to be fine.
Around the end of May does seem to be the time that I started experiencing these issues. Come to think of it, that's when Openreach had major issues in my area I think (Northern Ireland).
Re: Huge ping spikes
13-07-2019 8:34 PM - edited 13-07-2019 8:35 PM
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Cheers for getting back to us,
I've added a static IP to your account now dropping your connection for a very brief moment to apply it. Could you let me know how it goes once you've had a chance to play?
If you're still seeing issues it may be worth arranging an engineer to investigate the Openreach network although I'd like to be sure we've covered all bases first as they'll charge if there's no fault found.
[edit]
For visibility I've also added a reply to your support ticket 191487154 making your case handler(s) aware of what I've done.
Re: Huge ping spikes
15-07-2019 7:02 PM
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Hey @crazyfool92, just wondering how it's going? Assuming you've had a chance to play
Re: Huge ping spikes
15-07-2019 10:26 PM
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I tried it on Saturday night thought it felt better to play although the numbers didn't back it up. I then played a few games on Sunday and it felt as nothing had changed.
Please see below a few WinMTR results after I rebooted router and the static IP change.
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| WinMTR statistics |
| Host - % | Sent | Recv | Best | Avrg | Wrst | Last |
|------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
| 192.168.1.1 - 0 | 36311 | 36311 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| gi12-0-0-441.ptn-ag04.plus.net - 0 | 36294 | 36294 | 17 | 17 | 86 | 21 |
| gi2-1-444.ptn-gw01.plus.net - 0 | 36295 | 36295 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 18 |
| 195.99.125.144 - 0 | 36295 | 36295 | 17 | 18 | 48 | 18 |
| 194.72.16.112 - 0 | 36290 | 36290 | 18 | 19 | 98 | 20 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ae1-br02-eqld5.as57976.net - 1 | 36248 | 36246 | 24 | 28 | 4619 | 25 |
| et-0-0-2-br02-eqpa4.as57976.net - 1 | 35305 | 35098 | 26 | 45 | 4976 | 35 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 7269 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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WinMTR v0.92 GPL V2 by Appnor MSP - Fully Managed Hosting & Cloud Provider
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| WinMTR statistics |
| Host - % | Sent | Recv | Best | Avrg | Wrst | Last |
|------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
| 192.168.1.1 - 0 | 6650 | 6650 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| gi12-0-0-441.ptn-ag04.plus.net - 0 | 6649 | 6649 | 17 | 17 | 103 | 17 |
| gi2-23-442.ptn-gw02.plus.net - 0 | 6649 | 6649 | 18 | 18 | 117 | 19 |
| core1-BE1.colindale.ukcore.bt.net - 0 | 6649 | 6649 | 17 | 18 | 105 | 18 |
| 194.72.16.114 - 0 | 6649 | 6649 | 18 | 19 | 123 | 18 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ae1-br01-eqld5.as57976.net - 1 | 6632 | 6631 | 24 | 31 | 4597 | 25 |
| et-0-0-2-br02-eqam1.as57976.net - 1 | 6404 | 6357 | 24 | 54 | 4234 | 27 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 1332 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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WinMTR v0.92 GPL V2 by Appnor MSP - Fully Managed Hosting & Cloud Provider
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| WinMTR statistics |
| Host - % | Sent | Recv | Best | Avrg | Wrst | Last |
|------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
| 192.168.1.1 - 0 | 16459 | 16459 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| gi12-0-0-441.ptn-ag04.plus.net - 0 | 16450 | 16450 | 17 | 17 | 67 | 18 |
| gi2-1-444.ptn-gw01.plus.net - 0 | 16451 | 16451 | 17 | 18 | 44 | 18 |
| 195.99.125.140 - 0 | 16451 | 16451 | 17 | 18 | 40 | 18 |
| peer1-et-0-0-1.interxion.ukcore.bt.net - 0 | 16450 | 16450 | 18 | 19 | 51 | 24 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ae1-br01-eqld5.as57976.net - 1 | 16397 | 16390 | 24 | 31 | 4265 | 24 |
| et-0-0-2-br02-eqam1.as57976.net - 1 | 16135 | 16073 | 24 | 43 | 4757 | 27 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No response from host - 100 | 3295 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|________________________________________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|
WinMTR v0.92 GPL V2 by Appnor MSP - Fully Managed Hosting & Cloud Provider
Re: Huge ping spikes
16-07-2019 12:00 PM
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Hi @crazyfool92,
Thanks for sending that information in. Sorry to hear the static IPA hasn't made a difference. I've placed the information on the ticket and the agent that's been dealing with the query will come back to you as soon as he can.
Any further questions, do come back to us.
Thanks - LF
Re: Huge ping spikes
17-07-2019 12:07 PM
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@crazyfool92 it's disappointing to see you're still having issues, I've removed the static IP from your account now. Not sure if you've tried this yet, but can you try raising a support ticket with Blizzard?
Also I've downloaded Overwatch a while ago and I've been meaning to play it for some time now but never got round to it. Now is a good a time as any to try to replicate the issues you're experiencing and see if there's anything we can suggest.
I'll report back next week, in the meantime are there any particular servers you can choose from? I know from experience when playing World of Warcraft, there are a whole range of servers.
Re: Huge ping spikes
19-07-2019 6:22 AM
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Maybe someone else could try running WinMTR on Overwatch servers. I have listed a view of the IP address's below.
5.42.173.169
5.42.169.108
5.42.184.218
5.42.188.119
Re: Huge ping spikes
19-07-2019 12:23 PM
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Re: Huge ping spikes
26-07-2019 12:32 AM
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Re: Huge ping spikes
26-07-2019 10:02 PM
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Let me know, still having a terrible time here.
Did any one try running WinMTR against the above IP address's to see what results they get?
Re: Huge ping spikes
27-07-2019 9:54 PM
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Re: Huge ping spikes
28-07-2019 12:20 AM
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Took me a while to find but I've just opened a support ticket with Blizzard. I don't hold out much hope lol
Re: Huge ping spikes
28-07-2019 5:42 PM - edited 28-07-2019 5:42 PM
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I’m still working on playing Overwatch, since I tried on Friday it’s decided to download an update before going into a playable phase and it’s taking it’s time.
Will hopefully update again shortly.
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