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#281246 7-Feb-2021 18:09
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Hi

 

This problem has been happening for a few days now. Before this I used a 3rd party router and it worked fine (ping in games of around 60 - 80ms constantly). That modem has stopped working recently and I have swapped back to the Vodafone ultra hub. Ever since I have changed over my ping is always around 200 - 300ms and very frequent spikes in ping to the high thousands. This makes games unplayable. I have tried to use a lan cable to see if the ping would go down and it was still the same.

 

I am on a ADSL network and can't get anything better for where I am. The speeds are fine at 2.4mbps (download) and 0.3mbps (upload). When a speed test (speedtest.net) is run on the Vodafone Auckland server it says the ping is is around 30 - 60ms

 

 

Here is a few screenshots of the ping in Rainbow six seige

 

 

Compared to my ping now

 

 

There is a massive difference from before to now.

 

This happens in other games like fortnite and GTAV. It causes me to get kicked out of the games and is really frustrating. I have called the Vodafone ninjas and they haven't really got the problem fixed. They have said that "the problem was fixed" but it hasn't been fixed. It would be easier to show a video of the gameplay with the ping but the file would be too big. 

 

This has also caused trouble when communicating to others over discord. It causes high ping there as well.

 

 

This was a ping to the server of the call I was in today.

 

 

I don't know how to ping the game servers so I used website in screenshot.

 

 

 

 

According to chorus website I should be able to get this

 

 

I have tried using Ethernet and it still is the same. Would anyone have any ideas of how to fix?

 

Thanks


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  #2649064 7-Feb-2021 18:27
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with a seriously limited bandwidth like you have, anything uploading or downloading on the network will cause high latency, make sure you don't have any phones, tablets, smart TV's connected to your wifi while your gaming.

 

 








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  #2649066 7-Feb-2021 18:44
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The thing is that before Wednesday my ping was normal with 60 - 80ms and was playable and I had devices connected as well before that and it was fine.


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  #2649069 7-Feb-2021 18:47
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With that kind of connection you want to make sure everything in your house is up to scratch Master Filter, twisted pair cable, the works you are pushing the extreme on what xDSL can do





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  #2649070 7-Feb-2021 18:48
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Looks like uplink saturation what are the xDSL line stats showing in the modem?


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  #2649071 7-Feb-2021 18:51
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Only recently it has got really bad. Before I had devices and another person playing on a ps4 at the same time and my ping was the same.


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  #2649073 7-Feb-2021 18:53
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nathanqh:

 

Only recently it has got really bad. Before I had devices and another person playing on a ps4 at the same time and my ping was the same.

 

 

You need to do an isolation test and are you naked or clothed xDSL connection?


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  #2649074 7-Feb-2021 18:54
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This was higher on the top earlier. I wonder if it could be something to do with the line.

 

 


 
 
 

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  #2649075 7-Feb-2021 18:55
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First off you need to rule out the internal wiring in the house


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  #2649076 7-Feb-2021 18:56
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Linux:

 

nathanqh:

 

Only recently it has got really bad. Before I had devices and another person playing on a ps4 at the same time and my ping was the same.

 

 

You need to do an isolation test and are you naked or clothed xDSL connection?

 

 

I did it before with no one on the internet as well and it was still the same nothing new.


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  #2649120 7-Feb-2021 19:02
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nathanqh:

 

Linux:

 

You need to do an isolation test and are you naked or clothed xDSL connection?

 

 

I did it before with no one on the internet as well and it was still the same nothing new.

 

 

What is meant is, is there voice on the line? or just xDSL ?

 

You need to go trough all the trouble shooting of cabling, jackpoints, etc





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  #2649121 7-Feb-2021 19:06
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There is voice and xDSL on the line. Can't really check any other jack points due to it being on the only working one. We have tried calling Vodafone to fix it and did all the troubleshooting steps and didn't do anything.


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  #2649122 7-Feb-2021 19:07
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nathanqh:

 

There is voice and xDSL on the line. Can't really check any other jack points due to it being on the only working one. We have tried calling Vodafone to fix it and did all the troubleshooting steps and didn't do anything.

 

 

When you say voice on the line is it POTS or delivered over the internet?


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  #2649123 7-Feb-2021 19:08
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nathanqh:

 

There is voice and xDSL on the line. Can't really check any other jack points due to it being on the only working one. We have tried calling Vodafone to fix it and did all the troubleshooting steps and didn't do anything.

 

 

@nathanqh Have you got any line filters plugged in?


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  #2649124 7-Feb-2021 19:11
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There is a VOIP due to landline being connected to modem.


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  #2649125 7-Feb-2021 19:11
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Linux:

 

@nathanqh Have you got any line filters plugged in?

 

 

Better yet, master filter





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