Geekzone: technology news, blogs, forums
Guest
Welcome Guest.
You haven't logged in yet. If you don't have an account you can register now.

Forums › Orcon and iServe › Orcon's Packet Loss - Ping Plotter


228 posts

Master Geek
Topic # 29901 22-Jan-2009 22:05 Send private message

Hi Guys,
I ran some tests with Ping Plotter to find some answers to my latency and packet loss while online gaming. While I don't fully understand all this...looking at my results on the graphs it seems I get alot of packet loss PL% resulting in high pings and errors particularly HOP no. 7. Can you guys help me interpret my results...something isn't right with my MAX/MAX Orcon plan while gaming...terrible.

Create new topic
708 posts

Ultimate Geek

Trusted
Orcon
Subscriber
  Reply # 192664 29-Jan-2009 09:17 Send private message

Hi BaZ

These traceroutes look quite normal actually. Hop 7 is the jump from NZ to USA, which goes over the southerncross cable. This generally introduces around 120-140ms of latency (Round trip time).

The packet loss you are seeing, are the routers not responding to the ICMP packets your traceroute program is sending out. THis is because if the router is busy it will drop ICMP packets that is being sent directly at the router,  so it can make sure it can process the more important traffic flowing though the router.

If there was real packet loss, the PL coloum would have values in all of the rows.

Hope that helps.

6894 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted
Subscriber
  Reply # 192739 29-Jan-2009 15:50 Send private message

What games are you playing?



228 posts

Master Geek
  Reply # 192847 30-Jan-2009 07:01 Send private message


Thanks guys,
Ragnor...I play the WW2 combat flight simulator IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 Forgotten Battles/Pacific Fighters Series

Create new topic



Twitter »
Follow us to receive Twitter updates when new discussions are posted in our forums:



Follow us to receive Twitter updates when news items and blogs are posted in our frontpage:



Follow us to receive Twitter updates when new jobs are posted to our jobs board:



Follow us to receive Twitter updates when tech item prices are listed in our price comparison site:




News »
FaceToFace Communications and StarLeaf bring unique cloud-based videoconferencing to Australia and New Zealand
Posted 22-May-2013 09:12

IBM Watson finds a new job: customer services
Posted 22-May-2013 08:37

Microsoft unveils Xbox One
Posted 22-May-2013 08:11

InternetNZ and AUT University form strategic partnership
Posted 21-May-2013 09:29

Microsoft expands Windows Azure with Australian region
Posted 21-May-2013 09:11

Yahoo! to Acquire Tumblr
Posted 21-May-2013 08:18


Trending now »
Hot discussions in our forums right now:

Xbox One
Created by DjShadow, last reply by merve0o0 on 22-May-2013 18:27 (37 replies)
Pages... 2 3

Cannabis is illegal yet we have really strong 'legal highs' ?
Created by qwerty7, last reply by P1n3apqlExpr3ss on 22-May-2013 21:44 (59 replies)
Pages... 2 3 4

"FaceTrade" - My Trademe competitor
Created by bnolan, last reply by gnfb on 22-May-2013 22:21 (17 replies)
Pages... 2

A new project coming to Geekzone
Created by freitasm, last reply by clinty on 22-May-2013 18:16 (243 replies)
Pages... 15 16 17

Changeover issue: dial up
Created by Zigg, last reply by robjg63 on 21-May-2013 22:02 (17 replies)
Pages... 2

HTC One (2013) owners' discussion
Created by Dingbatt, last reply by NZtechfreak on 22-May-2013 21:57 (1531 replies)
Pages... 101 102 103

"igov" online passport renewals
Created by Linuxluver, last reply by profrink on 22-May-2013 22:22 (29 replies)
Pages... 2

Orcon, Is this for real or a scam??
Created by old3eyes, last reply by DarthKermit on 22-May-2013 19:12 (29 replies)
Pages... 2


Geekzone Jobs »
Most recent NZ jobs in technology:

Intermediate Project Manager
Posted 22-May-2013 22:27

Project Manager - Data Centre
Posted 22-May-2013 22:27

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
Posted 22-May-2013 22:27

Senior Business Analyst
Posted 22-May-2013 22:27

Systems Support Administrator
Posted 22-May-2013 19:27

Senior Technical Business Analyst
Posted 22-May-2013 19:27

Network Reporting Engineer
Posted 22-May-2013 19:27


Geekzone Live »
Try automatic live updates from Geekzone directly in your browser, without refreshing the page, with Geekzone Live now.

Updates »
Are you subscribed to our RSS feed? You can download the latest headlines and summaries from our stories directly to your computer or smartphone by using a feed reader.

Alternatively, you can receive a daily email with Geekzone updates.