Re: Star Forge Lag spikes
Looking at the primary thread here while many are having the issue not everyone is. Since the issue is cleared it would not be possible to diagnose and it may not be a server issue as mentioned in the thread not everyone was affected.
Without more details from multiple players such as ISP and where the player is located it may be difficult to determine.
It can also be both outside of your ISP and Bioware control if the issue is a network issue after your ISP and before it gets to the server.
For future the best way to see where the issue is by running a traffic plot while the issue is occuring. As per one of the posts in the thread:
Please download and run ping plotter and when you get these spikes, tab to windows and take a screen shot of ping plotter. Then link the image so Bioware can see what’s happening.
Download Pingplotter at www.pingplotter.com
Install it so you can look at the hops to the server
To find out the server IP (it changes everytime you log in now) you need start swtor and then go back to your Windows desktop.
Now run command prompt in Administrator mode
(Depending on which Windows you have, there are different ways to run it in Administrator mode, so do a quick Google search on how too for your windows version)
Type this command into the command shell after you have opened it.
Netstat -n -p tcp -b | more
(I usually have the netstat command saved in a txt file for notepad and just copy and paste it into the command prompt)
It will show you the 2 swtor connections to the server IP
It usually has an ip like this - 159.153.65.233 or 159.153.65.232
But because it changes each time you login it will be different.. Ie it could be - 159.153.65.220
This is why you have to run this each time if you want to get an accurate read on the server ping.
Once you have that ip, open pingplotter. You can then enter the swtor server ip you are connected to and it will run a live trace route, showing all the connection hops along the way.
You'll be able to see live statistics and information on what is happening.
Doing the above will provide more insight where the issue is at and what is causing it.
