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Anonymous
13 years ago
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Lag so bad I can't fly or move on any servers

Hi, up until two weeks ago BF3 ran like a dream. Then lag set in and since then I haven't had one day where I can play without giving up from frustration. I can't fly without the jet crashing before the jet leaves the run way. I can't run, as I only get to move on the spot. It doesn't matter which region I select, I am located in Melbourne, Australia and the Australian servers are just as bad.

My internet is ADSL 2+ and I've constantly checked the speeds, which average at 20ms ping and 17mbps download. I don't experience lag on any other online games, including Medal of Honor Warfighter. I have two PS3's and have rebuilt both, deleting all BF3 data and re-downloading. No effect, still lagging. I've reset the ADSL router more times than I can remember and have no issues with any other internet services, including streaming video and voip.

I'm at a complete loss as to what to do or try. I keep hoping I will wake up and the lag is gone, but two weeks is running very thin.

Did a trace route on a BF3 server I was having major lag on with the following results:

traceroute to 175.45.89.18 (175.45.89.18), 64 hops max, 72 byte packets

 1  bigpond.bigpond (10.0.0.138)  76.751 ms  92.415 ms  98.937 ms

 2  172.18.211.1 (172.18.211.1)  10.406 ms  9.650 ms  9.783 ms

 3  172.18.67.214 (172.18.67.214)  10.495 ms

    172.18.67.90 (172.18.67.90)  9.727 ms

    172.18.67.214 (172.18.67.214)  9.597 ms

 4  172.18.240.233 (172.18.240.233)  13.003 ms  12.083 ms  11.476 ms

 5  bundle-ether10.win24.melbourne.telstra.net (110.142.226.41)  10.853 ms  11.209 ms  12.158 ms

 6  bundle-ether6.win-core1.melbourne.telstra.net (203.50.11.58)  12.658 ms  11.572 ms  11.753 ms

 7  bundle-ether12.ken-core4.sydney.telstra.net (203.50.11.12)  31.469 ms  23.703 ms  24.274 ms

 8  tengigabitethernet7-1.ult2.sydney.telstra.net (203.50.20.51)  22.035 ms  21.998 ms  21.621 ms

 9  vocusf.lnk.telstra.net (139.130.73.106)  22.958 ms  22.485 ms  23.265 ms

10  ip-142.73.45.175.vocus.net.au (175.45.73.142)  23.073 ms  24.083 ms  22.560 ms

11  175.45.89.18 (175.45.89.18)  23.064 ms  45.542 ms  39.937 ms

 

Same IP with Ping.

 

PING 175.45.89.18 (175.45.89.18): 56 data bytes

64 bytes from 175.45.89.18: icmp_seq=0 ttl=118 time=22.327 ms

64 bytes from 175.45.89.18: icmp_seq=1 ttl=118 time=40.352 ms

64 bytes from 175.45.89.18: icmp_seq=2 ttl=118 time=38.062 ms

64 bytes from 175.45.89.18: icmp_seq=3 ttl=118 time=47.549 ms

64 bytes from 175.45.89.18: icmp_seq=4 ttl=118 time=43.275 ms

64 bytes from 175.45.89.18: icmp_seq=5 ttl=118 time=40.624 ms

64 bytes from 175.45.89.18: icmp_seq=6 ttl=118 time=26.002 ms

64 bytes from 175.45.89.18: icmp_seq=7 ttl=118 time=24.084 ms

64 bytes from 175.45.89.18: icmp_seq=8 ttl=118 time=24.703 ms

64 bytes from 175.45.89.18: icmp_seq=9 ttl=118 time=23.862 ms

 

--- 175.45.89.18 ping statistics ---

10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0.0% packet loss

round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 22.327/33.084/47.549/9.218 ms

 

Doesn't look like internet to me, but I can't move on the server.

Appreciate any and all help.

Thanks

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Hi, after 5 hours on the phone to the ISP and their 3rd level engineers, it turns out the modem had packed it in. The modem was still passing data and not sure why it had prioritised gaming out, but replaced the modem and all good now. Thanks for providing me something to go on.

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Hi cry0n1cs!

    Please try following workaround and keep us updated if one of these steps helped you:

    The Media Server Connection allows other devices to connect to your PLAYSTATION 3. Often, the Media Server Connection is known to cause issues when players try to connect to the Internet for online game play.

    1. Access your Xross Media Bar menu
    2. Navigate to Settings
    3. Select Network Settings
    4. Select Media Server Connection and choose the Disable option.

    Turn off the Media Service connection can slower your PS3 internet connection (especially for downloading).

    Please enable the following online ports on your connection:
    TCP: 80, 443, 9988, 10000-10100, 17502, 42127
    UDP: 3659, 14000-14016
    For specific instructions on how to open your ports, please visit http://www.portforward.com/ or contact your router manufacturer. If that doesn’t work, you can try to use the Google DNS service.

    Some people reported that changing their DNS to the Google DNS (Primary: 8.8.8.8, Alternative: 8.8.4.4) solved the issue. These can slower your connection as well.

    Keep us updated!

    Basti

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Hi, after 5 hours on the phone to the ISP and their 3rd level engineers, it turns out the modem had packed it in. The modem was still passing data and not sure why it had prioritised gaming out, but replaced the modem and all good now. Thanks for providing me something to go on.

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