packet loss

by **Jim0322** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 6:25 pm

I have been getting packet loss on ECGN since Tuesday evening. If I ping the ECGN # 1 several times roughly 1/3 of the time I get packet loss. This makes BF42 really frustrating to have all the connection problem pauses. I have called my ISP the past two days but we are playing phone tag.

Is there anything I can do I on my end to improve the situation? What causes packet loss? I have ADSL 1.5/384 with a Siscoe 678 router.

Thanks,
Jim

by **Tommy Boy** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 9:06 pm

How do you measure packet loss? Any good program recommendations?

by **Jim0322** » Thu Jan 29, 2004 10:07 pm

Originally posted by Tommy Boy
How do you measure packet loss? Any good program recommendations?

I would like to know a good program too. I did about 10-15 ping 205.177.13.8 and ping sends 4 packets each test. I am losing 1-2 packets too often. In game it looks like deva vu. I am running along and suddely a warp back two steps or so. I imagine to those around me it looks like I freeze for a second every so often. It gets me killed.

Jim

by **Fat Bastard** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 12:28 am

You can use ping -t 205.177.13.8 in the command line it will run til you stop it. (use ctrl C to stop it)

Pinging 205.177.13.8 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 205.177.13.8: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=116
Reply from 205.177.13.8: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=116
Reply from 205.177.13.8: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=116
Reply from 205.177.13.8: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=116
Reply from 205.177.13.8: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=116
Reply from 205.177.13.8: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=116
Reply from 205.177.13.8: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=116
Reply from 205.177.13.8: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=116
Reply from 205.177.13.8: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=116
Reply from 205.177.13.8: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=116
Reply from 205.177.13.8: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=116
Reply from 205.177.13.8: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=116
Reply from 205.177.13.8: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=116
Reply from 205.177.13.8: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=116
Reply from 205.177.13.8: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=116
Reply from 205.177.13.8: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=116
Reply from 205.177.13.8: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=116
Reply from 205.177.13.8: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=116
Reply from 205.177.13.8: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=116
Reply from 205.177.13.8: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=116

Ping statistics for 205.177.13.8:
Packets: Sent = 20, Received = 20, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 14ms, Maximum = 34ms, Average = 20ms

Once your done that

C:\DOCUME~1\DAD>tracert 205.177.13.8

Tracing route to ecgn20.ecgnetwork.com [205.177.13.8]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 29 ms 16 ms 45 ms ??.???.?.?
3 8 ms 41 ms 10 ms er-1-FE-00.cumb.md.charter.com [24.159.164.1]
4 15 ms 41 ms 17 ms 12.119.69.109
5 19 ms 41 ms 45 ms gbr6-p55.wswdc.ip.att.net [12.123.194.165]
6 68 ms 15 ms 15 ms tbr2-p013701.wswdc.ip.att.net [12.122.11.189]
7 17 ms 64 ms 17 ms ggr2-p390.wswdc.ip.att.net [12.123.9.85]
8 32 ms 13 ms 12 ms att-gw.dc.cw.net [192.205.32.46]
9 13 ms 16 ms 18 ms cpr2-pos-0-0.VirginiaEquinix.cw.net [206.24.238.
218]
10 18 ms 15 ms 52 ms bpr1-so-4-0-0.VirginiaEquinix.cw.net [206.24.227
.62]
11 18 ms 70 ms 33 ms beyond-the-network.VirginiaEquinix.cw.net [208.1
73.50.182]
12 32 ms 53 ms 15 ms ge6-1.colo01.ash01.pccwbtn.net [63.216.0.61]
13 25 ms 15 ms 49 ms ecgn20.ecgnetwork.com [205.177.13.8]

Trace complete.

Do both of those tests and post the results Jim makes it easier to narrow the problem down.

by **RCinator** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 3:55 am

This'll get you 20 counts - plenty enough for a single test.

ping -n 20 http://www.ecgnetwork.com

Alternatively, if you want to email your isp, send it to a file like:

ping -n 20 http://www.ecgnetwork.com > C:\ping_ecgn.txt

Then you can just mail the file to your isp's tech.

by **yaDad** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 6:14 am

or just try this
http://www.ecgnetwork.com/ping.php

by **JimmyTango** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 8:16 am

Or, use ASE, the only game browser to use, that will give you pocket loss % when looking at servers.

by **Bullhead** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 9:27 am

Or, download one of two programs, both great...

1. VisualRoute @ http://www.visualware.com/personal/download/index.html#visualroute . They allow a 14 free trial, should be all you'll need. It'll give VERY good info.

2. simpler version of VR, free for use, called winMTR @ http://winmtr.sourceforge.net/ .

Jim...I sent you a PM.

by **the_slog** » Fri Jan 30, 2004 10:02 am

Originally posted by Jim0322

Is there anything I can do I on my end to improve the situation? What causes packet loss? I have ADSL 1.5/384 with a Siscoe 678 router.

Thanks,
Jim

Packet Loss is usually not something that occurs between you and you ISP (although it can happen.) Much more often its a problem with some random router somewhere in the internet.

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