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configure smart broadband for gaming?

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  • 15-10-2008 4:41pm
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    pwd
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    I just got smart broadband set up on the advice of people on this forum. I got the 45 euro one. I did two quick tests on speedtest.net and got downloads of 2397kbps and about 4000kbps - it's fast enough. The latency on that site was 79 and 80 ms.

    But when I try to connect to servers in steam it's very slow. I get pings of 50-60 some of the time but they keep fluctuating between that and 200+. Is there any way I can cnigure it to improve this?

    I've tried it with the cable connected as well as with the wireless connection (surprisingly the faster speedtest speed was with the wireless connection).

    Thanks


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    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    Probably a NAT (port forwarding) issue. Check out www.portforward.com and see if your router model is there. There should be instructions for setting up the correct ports for the games. There are Steam tutorials there anyway.


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,288 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    pwd wrote: »
    I just got smart broadband set up on the advice of people on this forum. I got the 45 euro one. I did two quick tests on speedtest.net and got downloads of 2397kbps and about 4000kbps - it's fast enough. The latency on that site was 79 and 80 ms.

    But when I try to connect to servers in steam it's very slow. I get pings of 50-60 some of the time but they keep fluctuating between that and 200+. Is there any way I can cnigure it to improve this?

    I've tried it with the cable connected as well as with the wireless connection (surprisingly the faster speedtest speed was with the wireless connection).

    Thanks

    Post a request for them to deactive interleaving and move you to fast mode instead. This may impact your line stability though.

    http://support.smarttelecom.ie/forums/


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    dub45
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 12,448 Mod ✭✭✭✭dub45


    Post on the Smart forums if you continue to have problems.


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    pwd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,284 ✭✭✭pwd


    I set up the port forwarding as per the instructions on that site, but it doesn't seem to have effected the issue at all.
    I posted on the gamers forum on the smart forums.

    What effects does turning off interleaving have?


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    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,288 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    pwd wrote: »
    I set up the port forwarding as per the instructions on that site, but it doesn't seem to have effected the issue at all.
    I posted on the gamers forum on the smart forums.

    What effects does turning off interleaving have?

    It reduces latency, but at the cost of less resilience to line noise. As to how successful this will be will depend on your line quality.


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    pwd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,284 ✭✭✭pwd


    I've put in a request to have interleaving turned off.
    If that doesn't work the inter mightn't be the only thing that's leaving :)


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    pwd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,284 ✭✭✭pwd


    Wow that was fast :). Apparently my line is excellent and interleaving should be off in the morning.


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    pwd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,284 ✭✭✭pwd


    working fine now. Don't know if the interleaving was removed already then. Got 5380kbps on speedtest.net now


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    MunsterCycling
    Registered Users Posts: 4,864 ✭✭✭MunsterCycling


    All profile changes are sent to the DSLAM overnight so normally you should now have it turned off now. That is the standard response time by Smart Tech support, CS is another can of worms though.

    Posting on their forum is about the best way for getting Tech support as the lads and lasses usualy reply quite swiftly to questions and requests.

    MC


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    pwd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,284 ✭✭✭pwd


    It's just gone down...hopefully just because they're turning off interleaving..?


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    pwd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,284 ✭✭✭pwd


    back again now. 5639kbps on speedtest now and 61ms ping.


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