Traffic management

[#1]

I have noticed that when playing Destiny on PS4 that my traffic stats on the Plusnet usage page shows p2p usage. Seeing as this may mean that traffic is not prioritised as gaming I assume this will potentially mean the traffic will be degraded across Plusnet systems.
Do Plusnet usually update their systems to account for new traffic patterns as games and devices are developed ?  Could it be that maybe they haven't done this one yet?

[#2]

You tried wireshark to see what its classed as?

[#3]

Not able to wireshark the data as its on console but I can see that the p2p stats increased the days I played destiny.  Do Plusnet test these games or do we have to provide captures ourselves?

[#4]

Destiny does use P2P hence the classification is probably correct http://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/26z959/is_destinys_networking_p2p_or_clientserver_ba...

[#5]

Thanks for the link.  Does this mean the data will be a low priority across the Plusnet network?

[#6]

No necessarily
The only effect of traffic shaping under normal conditions is to prioritise data on your connection.
So if somebody else in your house was streaming video and this saturated your connection it would have a higher priority than P2P but a lower priority than regular gaming http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/speed_guide/traffic_management.shtml

[#7]

Thanks again.  So is normal conditions in the evenings and weekends? ! I had assumed that priority for this traffic was low regardless of Plusnet conditions.  Please excuse the ignorance!

[#8]

From the link posted

Quote

What happens when the network is really busy? Sometimes our network is under extreme load (such as when there's a major network outage or a major news event). On these occasions we need to manage traffic more than we would like.

Basically given the present forward planning there isn't any global traffic shaping

[#9]

Hi all, just to let you know we've added a whole raft of new signatures to our traffic management platform this afternoon, one of which is Destiny.  You shouldn't see this being picked up as P2P now and hopefully you'll notice the difference at very busy periods on the network. Or should I say, won't notice any difference due to the network being busy.

[#10]

Hi Peter,  thanks for the update. I'm glad to hear you included Destiny in your recent updates to traffic management. 
As new games get released is there an easy way for us to check if a game's traffic type is included in the Plusnet systems?  No doubt there will be plenty of new releases leading up to christmas- call of duty, fifa, diablo, etc, etc!

[#11]

There used to be a sticky thread about the games that had profiles, but i suppose with the amount of new games that come out its a chore to keep updated.

[#12]

and also many console games are just detected because they use standard xbox/ps connectivity/ports.

[#13]

Well I'm happy it's been updated for Destiny at least.

[#14]

Out of curiosity Kelly, when a new game comes out, is it compulsory for Plusnet to buy you a copy so you can extensively test it on their network .... ?