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Packet Loss

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  • 27-07-2011 10:02pm
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    iimpulsive
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭


    Recently ive been unable to play certain games online and the ones i can lag to the point were its unplayable, so i did a ping test at Pingtest.net. My connection received a B, but it failed the packet loss test.

    Taken from the website:
    What is packet loss?
    Much as it sounds, if you have anything less than complete success in transmitting and receiving "packets" of data then you are experiencing this problem with your Internet connection. It can mean much slower download and upload speeds, poor quality VoIP audio, pauses with streaming media and what seems like time warping in games -- your connection may even come to a total standstill! Packet loss is a metric where anything greater than 0% should cause concern.

    So i'm wondering if this has anything to do with it? ...because until a few days ago everything was running perfect, is there anything i can do to improve/fix this? or is it just a problem on eircoms side?


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    gerryk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭gerryk


    Packet loss is often a symptom of network congestion. If an upstream router is experiencing congestion, it will often silently drop packets in order to maintain an overall quality of service.
    Stateless protocols, like UDP, which is used for video/audio streaming and multiplayer gaming, suffer as the protocol doesn't have any way to recognise that packets are being dropped.


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    eircom: Tony
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,226 ✭✭✭eircom: Tony


    iimpulsive wrote: »
    Recently ive been unable to play certain games online and the ones i can lag to the point were its unplayable, so i did a ping test at Pingtest.net. My connection received a B, but it failed the packet loss test.

    Taken from the website:
    What is packet loss?
    Much as it sounds, if you have anything less than complete success in transmitting and receiving "packets" of data then you are experiencing this problem with your Internet connection. It can mean much slower download and upload speeds, poor quality VoIP audio, pauses with streaming media and what seems like time warping in games -- your connection may even come to a total standstill! Packet loss is a metric where anything greater than 0% should cause concern.

    So i'm wondering if this has anything to do with it? ...because until a few days ago everything was running perfect, is there anything i can do to improve/fix this? or is it just a problem on eircoms side?

    Hi iimpulsive
    if you PM me your telephone number I can have this tested for you and should be able to advise and hopefully resolve issue.
    Tony


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