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9 years ago

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Server lag increased?

For some reason, yesterday my ping on Jedi Covenant (and subsequent east coast servers) increased from my usual 35-40 and now hovers around 50-55. Monday it was fine, was playing with around 37 ping,...

proxos666
9 years ago
@StarWarsFreak212

Doesn't appear to be anything on your end, it is more just how the packets are routed across the internet.

I was with one provider here in Australia and ping to west coast was 170ms , changed providers and now get 300ms ......

This is all due to different routing .... VPN like i mentioned below is the only way for me to get it back to 170ms from Australia.

Spoiler

Tracing route to 159.153.68.252 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms dsldevice.gateway [10.0.0.138]
2 3 ms 4 ms 3 ms 58.162.26.65
3 4 ms 3 ms 4 ms 144.130.208.209
4 7 ms 4 ms 5 ms bundle-ether13.ken-core10.sydney.telstra.net [203.50.11.94]
5 7 ms 4 ms 5 ms bundle-ether1.pad-gw11.sydney.telstra.net [203.50.6.61]
6 5 ms 5 ms 5 ms bundle-ether1.sydp-core04.sydney.reach.com [203.50.13.90]
7 152 ms 154 ms 155 ms i-0-1-0-2.tlot-core01.bx.telstraglobal.net [202.84.140.50]
8 151 ms 151 ms 151 ms i-0-0-0-7.eqla01.bi.telstraglobal.net [202.40.149.230]
9 152 ms 151 ms 152 ms zayo-peer.eqla01.pr.telstraglobal.net [134.159.63.18]
10 152 ms 151 ms 152 ms ae10.cr1.lax112.us.zip.zayo.com [64.125.26.6]
11 256 ms 271 ms 257 ms ae27.cs1.lax112.us.eth.zayo.com [64.125.30.184]
12 255 ms 255 ms 302 ms ae2.cs1.sjc2.us.eth.zayo.com [64.125.28.144]
13 254 ms 256 ms 255 ms ae27.cr1.sjc2.us.zip.zayo.com [64.125.30.231]
14 256 ms 255 ms 255 ms ae12.er1.sjc2.us.zip.zayo.com [64.125.25.22]
15 255 ms 256 ms 256 ms 209.66.92.106.t00673-04.above.net [209.66.92.106]
16 311 ms 299 ms 303 ms 159.153.68.53
17 326 ms 337 ms 341 ms 159.153.68.252

Trace complete.

StarWarsFreak21

9 years ago

Anyone give insight if it's an issue on my end or something else judging by the info I posted? Thanks.

proxos666

Hero+

9 years ago

@StarWarsFreak212

Looks like normal internet routing, things can change if say a fibre is cut and they redirect traffic (just an example)

Doesnt appear to be a Bioware issue , just a internet thing, can be on the reverse path as that isnt displayed.

Try the free trial of www.wtfast.com and see if it affects the timing, its about all you can do.

StarWarsFreak21
9 years ago
Alright, so it's nothing on my end then correct?
Im with Time Warner and this week apparently they require all TVs to use Digital TV Adapters, so maybe something changed on their end to accommodate this? It went into effect Tuesday, the day my ping went to 50.
But again, it's nothing on my end? If not, I'll just deal with it, again, nothing game breaking, just bugged me.
- proxos666
  Hero+
  9 years ago
  @StarWarsFreak212
  
  Doesn't appear to be anything on your end, it is more just how the packets are routed across the internet.
  
  I was with one provider here in Australia and ping to west coast was 170ms , changed providers and now get 300ms ......
  
  This is all due to different routing .... VPN like i mentioned below is the only way for me to get it back to 170ms from Australia.
  
  Spoiler
  
  Tracing route to 159.153.68.252 over a maximum of 30 hops
  
  1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms dsldevice.gateway [10.0.0.138]
  2 3 ms 4 ms 3 ms 58.162.26.65
  3 4 ms 3 ms 4 ms 144.130.208.209
  4 7 ms 4 ms 5 ms bundle-ether13.ken-core10.sydney.telstra.net [203.50.11.94]
  5 7 ms 4 ms 5 ms bundle-ether1.pad-gw11.sydney.telstra.net [203.50.6.61]
  6 5 ms 5 ms 5 ms bundle-ether1.sydp-core04.sydney.reach.com [203.50.13.90]
  7 152 ms 154 ms 155 ms i-0-1-0-2.tlot-core01.bx.telstraglobal.net [202.84.140.50]
  8 151 ms 151 ms 151 ms i-0-0-0-7.eqla01.bi.telstraglobal.net [202.40.149.230]
  9 152 ms 151 ms 152 ms zayo-peer.eqla01.pr.telstraglobal.net [134.159.63.18]
  10 152 ms 151 ms 152 ms ae10.cr1.lax112.us.zip.zayo.com [64.125.26.6]
  11 256 ms 271 ms 257 ms ae27.cs1.lax112.us.eth.zayo.com [64.125.30.184]
  12 255 ms 255 ms 302 ms ae2.cs1.sjc2.us.eth.zayo.com [64.125.28.144]
  13 254 ms 256 ms 255 ms ae27.cr1.sjc2.us.zip.zayo.com [64.125.30.231]
  14 256 ms 255 ms 255 ms ae12.er1.sjc2.us.zip.zayo.com [64.125.25.22]
  15 255 ms 256 ms 256 ms 209.66.92.106.t00673-04.above.net [209.66.92.106]
  16 311 ms 299 ms 303 ms 159.153.68.53
  17 326 ms 337 ms 341 ms 159.153.68.252
  
  Trace complete.
  - proxos666
    Hero+
    9 years ago
    @StarWarsFreak212
    
    To show what a VPN does for me
    
    see picture , Internet normal routing is 300 - 400 ms , with the VPN I get 145ms ingame ping instead, and from Australia that is damn good.