Latency Issues.

Raven Gold

Raven Gold

Local Boy Hunter
Since the begining of April about, I've been getting spiking ping rates in games. Normaly in games like call of duty 4/5 the ping should be around 60 to 100. Recently it's been jumping up to anything to 500.

What can I do to resolve this? Is anyone elce having the same issue?

Line is a 384kbs uncapped connection.
 
Raven Gold said:
Since the begining of April about, I've been getting spiking ping rates in games. Normaly in games like call of duty 4/5 the ping should be around 60 to 100. Recently it's been jumping up to anything to 500.

What can I do to resolve this? Is anyone elce having the same issue?

Line is a 384kbs uncapped connection.
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non-seacom isps. getting best result with webafrica shaped + tunnelling service to wow-eu (yes i know it's int, but just for interest sake) compared to my seacom uncapped.

try some standard "old" package to compare with like local only or shaped see if it's the same.
 
If it goes up that high it only means something is downloading using your bandwidth simple as that. so get something to monitor your network, and see whats up.
 
I am getting bad lag. During a game of bad company it lags abit never did before may.
I have checked. It comes and goes.
 
Tsar said:
I am getting bad lag. During a game of bad company it lags abit never did before may.
I have checked. It comes and goes.
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you must be downloading according to our "don't be daft" squad :rolleyes:, because it surely as hell can't be the network. you must be downloading... offs what a lol.

this must be same reason why i also have magical latency :eek:
 
To be honest my latency is better than ever, however, I would suggest you guys get netlimiter, then block everything except your game
 
The problem is your uncapped line. It is throttled hectically, and quite frankly I am not surprised. People assume that its "uncapped" but its not and hogs the network. Hence all the throttling, your best bet is to get rid of uncapped.
 
XeroS1x said:
The problem is your uncapped line. It is throttled hectically, and quite frankly I am not surprised. People assume that its "uncapped" but its not and hogs the network. Hence all the throttling, your best bet is to get rid of uncapped.
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no shit. that's why i said try some "old" standard capped local or int accounts from webafrica to test it with :)

/daft squad : "eish, it must be downloads"
 
Thanks, thats only constructive stuff here. But it doesn't seem like throtling since regluar download rates are stable. It seems like something causining a delay in the connection.

And getting another connection isn't an option right now.
 
Well as the official ISP Whipping boy on the forums let me explain this in simple terms to everyone experiencing this issue.
It does not necessrily have anything to do with you network, nor does it entirely depend on what you are doing on your PC

There are various factors that can influence gaming latency negatively:

Client Side Activity
This is the download or update issue some people were referring to

Throttling
This includes line speeds being throttled under uncapped terms and conditions of usage, check your bandwidth limit and confirm with your ISP if you think this may be the cause of increased latency

Exchange Activity
This is the physical exchange your line conencts to, it may be under strain due to larger amounts of lines being connected to it, or more traffic than usual being routed through it, if you think this might be the issue phone up your line provider and ask them to do a throughput test on your exchange.

Network Issues
This includes but is not limited to , large scale WAN issues, lines going down across the country over the past few weeks, Seacom's break, Fiber lines getting severed in random blasting incidents surrounding the Gautrain etc.

Network Activity
This includes issues that your ISP may or may not have with routing, seeing as the Webafrica boys decided to chime in here let me add this to the list, Webafrica specifically have issues at certain times , these have been documented in the past with connections to local gaming servers not ON their network, routing is a major contributing factor here, and is your ISP does not route correctly this may severely impact connectivity and overall latency.

So to conclude, no your router in fact does not contain the entire Internet, you are part of a dynamic, fluctuating system that interconnects on numerous levels with other dynamic systems.
And btw, Necuno, you keep on focusing on one point, let me clarify it for you though
90% of users issues regarding latency during gaming can be attributed to the client machine downloading something in the background, this includes Windows updates, Steam Updates, Xfire updates etc.
Next time you feel like posting in a help topic, why not actually try and help ?
 
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Xerowing said it all. Spot on. Plus, the latest broadband offering from ISP's probably has a negative effect on the network. Due to the extra load, pushing more bandwidth through must put it under some sort of strain.

Xerowing said:
And btw, Necuno, you keep on focusing on one point, let me clarify it for you though
90% of users issues regarding latency during gaming can be attributed to the client machine downloading something in the background, this includes Windows updates, Steam Updates, Xfire updates etc.
Next time you feel like posting in a help topic, why not actually try and help ?
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Thanks, I was going to say that, but didn't really have the energy. Lets not be cocky now
 
Xerowing said:
And btw, Necuno, you keep on focusing on one point, let me clarify it for you though
90% of users issues regarding latency during gaming can be attributed to the client machine downloading something in the background, this includes Windows updates, Steam Updates, Xfire updates etc.
Next time you feel like posting in a help topic, why not actually try and help ?
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sun out out of your arse must be blinding ;)

i did try to help though i was echoing the click's replies.

Crzwaco said:
If it goes up that high it only means something is downloading using your bandwidth simple as that. so get something to monitor your network, and see whats up.
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Azimuth said:
Try switching off all your torrents first.
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Necuno said:
non-seacom isps. getting best result with webafrica shaped + tunnelling service to wow-eu (yes i know it's int, but just for interest sake) compared to my seacom uncapped.

try some standard "old" package to compare with like local only or shaped see if it's the same.
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Necuno said:
no shit. that's why i said try some "old" standard capped local or int accounts from webafrica to test it with :)

/daft squad : "eish, it must be downloads"
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quite known fact that the new offering is but fucked on the latency side and that those isp's still selling the "old" are preforming better. i'm sorry but seriously who downloads and except good gaming at the same time? btw updates can be done before you game. they would work just as well ;)

XeroS1x said:
Lets not be cocky now
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you might find the cocky realm over populated :D
 
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Necuno said:
quite known fact that the new offering is but fucked on the latency side and that those isp's still selling the "old" are preforming better.
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Well he did not state that's its the new offerings all he said from April... meaning he most likely was still on the "old" your revering to.
 
Crzwaco said:
Well he did not state that's its the new offerings all he said from April... meaning he most likely was still on the "old" your revering to.
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he did not state either he was downloading, now was he :)

anyways. i assumed because of the new uncapped launching around april. suppose we could have just asked him what connection he is using and if he has torrenting though raven is like pirate master if i remember correctly.
 
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