Testing out new isp -- sR office ping?

Fish111 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-12-2007, 09:07 PM

So, my new isp is def alot faster than the crap taht comes hooked up in my college apptmt... but im having some wierd ping/choke spikes in sR office.

Im really not sure if this is due to sharing on wifi, or whether i need to experiment a little with rates......

Uhh i did a tracert im not sure if that helps, but if u guys could give me some advice or help, lemme know what u guys need to know.

Does this look right

"
Tracing route to 209.40.101.116 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 3 ms 16 ms 18 ms 192.168.1.1
2 23 ms 7 ms 9 ms 10.212.192.1
3 16 ms 10 ms 32 ms 113.230.95.24.cfl.res.rr.com [24.95.230.113]
4 39 ms 17 ms 16 ms 145.228.95.24.cfl.res.rr.com [24.95.228.145]
5 17 ms 17 ms 16 ms 198.228.95.24.cfl.res.rr.com [24.95.228.198]
6 225 ms 204 ms 435 ms te-3-3.car1.Orlando1.Level3.net [4.79.116.145]
7 27 ms 37 ms 34 ms ae-6-6.ebr1.Atlanta2.Level3.net [4.69.133.78]
8 33 ms 27 ms 41 ms ae-68.ebr3.Atlanta2.Level3.net [4.69.134.50]
9 44 ms 56 ms 62 ms ae-2.ebr1.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.132.86]
10 51 ms 43 ms 32 ms ae-61-61.csw1.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.134.1
30]
11 49 ms 43 ms 41 ms ae-12-69.car2.Washington1.Level3.net [4.68.17.4]

12 47 ms 55 ms 46 ms ge6-2.core1.dca2.hopone.net [66.36.224.190]
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 44 ms 36 ms 38 ms 209.40.101.116

Trace complete.
"

VincentVega · #2 (**permalink**) 09-12-2007, 09:09 PM

a timeout is never good, and points to a problem with your ISP or one of the carriers between endpoints

Fish111 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-12-2007, 09:11 PM

I C

what about between hops 5 and 6 where the ping goes from 17 to 200, then back to the 20's at hop 7. Is that okay or bad?

CoffeeShark · #4 (**permalink**) 09-12-2007, 09:34 PM

run at least 3 or 4 tracerts and get an average, see if your hop 5 and 6 are always jumpy.

Craig · #5 (**permalink**) 09-12-2007, 10:00 PM

wifi will always be less stellar than wired...and sharing is worse.

yes a 20 to 200 ms hop is not good news.

VincentVega · #6 (**permalink**) 09-12-2007, 10:54 PM

if you're going through college networks, then there's no telling how many routers it has to go through, not to mention filtering and/or monitoring firewalls. college networks are about as efficient as roads in lower manhattan. if one piece of equipment is at a focal point, then random load will max it out and force it to hold packets in memory or even drop them. that'll cause loss and backward traffic. then after a while it would be able to sh!t them all out and response would taper back down again

Fish111 · #7 (**permalink**) 09-12-2007, 11:00 PM

No its not college, its off campus.

okay so i always get a speed test on speakeasy of at least 3000kbit/400kbit even when the freshmen downstairs seem to be dling porn.

And ive noticed my choke and loss are a ton lower in game.... still get wierd lag occasionally.

Dex is havin me reset some ip config stuff, h/o

VincentVega · #8 (**permalink**) 09-12-2007, 11:01 PM

ew, fvck the wireless man. it's probably some cheap ass free router. and those things are powered by old calculators

Fish111 · #9 (**permalink**) 09-12-2007, 11:01 PM

New trace rt

C:\Documents and Settings\Chris>Tracert 209.40.101.116

Tracing route to 209.40.101.116 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 2 ms 15 ms 17 ms 192.168.1.1
2 17 ms 17 ms 17 ms 10.212.192.1
3 10 ms 11 ms 13 ms 113.230.95.24.cfl.res.rr.com [24.95.230.113]
4 17 ms 14 ms 17 ms 145.228.95.24.cfl.res.rr.com [24.95.228.145]
5 17 ms 17 ms 17 ms 198.228.95.24.cfl.res.rr.com [24.95.228.198]
6 10 ms 18 ms 17 ms te-3-1.car1.Orlando1.Level3.net [4.79.116.137]
7 44 ms 44 ms 39 ms ae-6-6.ebr1.Atlanta2.Level3.net [4.69.133.78]
8 32 ms 35 ms 25 ms ae-68.ebr3.Atlanta2.Level3.net [4.69.134.50]
9 59 ms 37 ms 37 ms ae-2.ebr1.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.132.86]
10 42 ms 59 ms 42 ms ae-61-61.csw1.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.134.1
30]
11 66 ms 36 ms 60 ms ae-12-69.car2.Washington1.Level3.net [4.68.17.4]

12 56 ms 33 ms 50 ms ge6-2.core1.dca2.hopone.net [66.36.224.190]
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 46 ms 52 ms 49 ms 209.40.101.116

Trace complete.

YankeeDeuce · #10 (**permalink**) 09-13-2007, 12:07 AM

The hop that is timing out is just discarding/not responding to ICMP packets. It doesn't mean there is a problem.

Speakeasy means nothing. I hate when people call in saying they aren't getting all their bandwidth, and they are using speakeasy as their source. If you do a speakeasy test with a brand new 4core 4gb ram etc and a PII with 128mb on the same connection, the new PC will always have a better speed.