Lag spikes on eircom broadband

ageary2003

Hi, i got eircom broadband a few days ago, it seems to work fine, but while playing online games or using voice comms i seem to get lag spikes, i think im on the quaker road exchange in cork, anybody else got the same problems ? im using a netopia 3347NWG router

Drapper

ageary2003 wrote:

Hi, i got eircom broadband a few days ago, it seems to work fine, but while playing online games or using voice comms i seem to get lag spikes, i think im on the quaker road exchange in cork, anybody else got the same problems ? im using a netopia 3347NWG router

post some pings mate!

ageary2003

Pinging www.l.google.com [216.239.59.104] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 216.239.59.104: bytes=32 time=53ms TTL=244
Reply from 216.239.59.104: bytes=32 time=53ms TTL=244
Reply from 216.239.59.104: bytes=32 time=54ms TTL=244
Reply from 216.239.59.104: bytes=32 time=57ms TTL=244

Ping statistics for 216.239.59.104:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 53ms, Maximum = 57ms, Average = 54ms

Which is fine, but then every so often it all backs up for a few seconds and games die ect.

KdjaCL

type "tracert www.google.ie"
And post results, should see where you spiking.

kdjac

Drapper

ageary2003 wrote:

Pinging www.l.google.com [216.239.59.104] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 216.239.59.104: bytes=32 time=53ms TTL=244
Reply from 216.239.59.104: bytes=32 time=53ms TTL=244
Reply from 216.239.59.104: bytes=32 time=54ms TTL=244
Reply from 216.239.59.104: bytes=32 time=57ms TTL=244

Ping statistics for 216.239.59.104:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 53ms, Maximum = 57ms, Average = 54ms

Which is fine, but then every so often it all backs up for a few seconds and games die ect.

only a simple question:- you got a firewall virus scanner and spyware programme?

Pings look pretty good

ageary2003

Tracing route to www.l.google.com [216.239.59.99]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.254
2 15 ms 17 ms 18 ms b-ras1.chf.cork.eircom.net [159.134.155.21]
3 15 ms 16 ms 16 ms ge15-2.corea.chf.cork.eircom.net [83.71.114.65]

4 35 ms * * pos0-0.corea.the.london.eircom.net [159.134.191.
238]
5 35 ms 36 ms 36 ms 195.66.226.125
6 35 ms 74 ms 34 ms 72.14.238.246
7 56 ms 55 ms 57 ms 216.239.49.254
8 54 ms * 45 ms 216.239.48.158
9 46 ms 59 ms 43 ms 216.239.59.99

Trace complete.

Once again seems fine, the full story is that i got the broadband on wednesday to replace my isdn, every thing ran fine on that, now since i have been getting some nasty spikes in wow (my addiction) i get them on ventrillo too so it doesnt seem to be related to the game, i also tested it on my laptop connected directly to the router, i have windows firewall on and i think there is one enabled on the router too

KdjaCL

ehhh its been a while but theres a command tracert /+ www.google.ie i think that continually runs the test, obviously doing it once wont show you anything but doing it a few times will show you were you spike.

That 74ms one would be the prime suspect.




kdjac

ageary2003

hmm that command doesnt work, and the help list for tracert does seem to show a loop option