[Snap] horrid Ping connecting to aus

Forums › 2degrees (including Slingshot, Orcon, Flip, Stuff Fibre, MyRepublic, 2talk and Vocus) › [Snap] horrid Ping connecting to aus

aionwannabe

147 posts

Master Geek

#71432 10-Nov-2010 11:23

So today COD blackops was unlocked on steam and so i immediately got onto playing it, how ever the multiplayer is horrid becasue my ping of more often than not 100+ back on slingshot (iknow rite >.<) we never got such high pings to Aus.
I know that our traffic must go from the north island to Chch and then back up again (or so i think). But surely there can be something to drop that ping.

I never really noticed it on MMOs or on minecraft but COD is really quite effected by this

1 | 2

2566 posts

Uber Geek

#402709 10-Nov-2010 11:37

Where's the server you're playing on located?

Ragnor

8222 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

#403149 10-Nov-2010 22:40

Run a tracert to the server ip address, it will probably be some weird routing most likely at the game hosting companies end.

SCM

459 posts

Ultimate Geek

#403170 10-Nov-2010 23:33

aionwannabe: I know that our traffic must go from the north island to Chch and then back up again (or so i think). But surely there can be something to drop that ping.

Umm.. Dont Snap have a POP in Auckland now?

<edit> A quick speedtest at 11.15 pm to Sydney, Australia result....
Ping: 82ms
D/L: 4.54 Mb/s
U/L: 0.50 Mb/s
</edit>

Benoire

2798 posts

Uber Geek

#403456 11-Nov-2010 15:39

SCM:
aionwannabe: I know that our traffic must go from the north island to Chch and then back up again (or so i think). But surely there can be something to drop that ping.

Umm.. Dont Snap have a POP in Auckland now?

A quick speedtest at 11.15 pm to Sydney, Australia result....
Ping: 82ms
D/L: 4.54 Mb/s
U/L: 0.50 Mb/s

As far as I am aware, no not yet. I emailed Snap a few weeks back asking the question about peering in Auckland and they said that the process was well advanced but not ready. I am waiting for the time when I peer in Auckland, should save me some milliseconds!

SCM

459 posts

Ultimate Geek

#403463 11-Nov-2010 15:50

I was talking on the phone yesterday with Troy from Snap..
They now have a transperent POP here in Dunedin, from what I've herd the Auclkand one has now been active for quite some weeks. Most likely its transperent too

Benoire

2798 posts

Uber Geek

#403467 11-Nov-2010 15:55

SCM: I was talking on the phone yesterday with Troy from Snap..
They now have a transperent POP here in Dunedin, from what I've herd the Auclkand one has now been active for quite some weeks. Most likely its transparent too

If that is the case then it is very strange, they where quite clear in the emails that it wasn't ready for consumption yet. I've just done a few more trace routes and speed test and I'm still routed via Christchurch rather than Auckland (Where I am based) as the ping has not altered, and the trace routes dump me out in Christchurch and then onwards.

Perhaps the system is running but they haven't moved everyone on to it yet?

SCM

459 posts

Ultimate Geek

#403514 11-Nov-2010 17:10

Benoire: Perhaps the system is running but they haven't moved everyone on to it yet?

Could well be, would have thought they would have sent the Auckland one live before the Dunedin one but hohum. Ill pop an email off to Troy later n see if we can shed more light on this.

Quic Broadband

Move to New Zealand's best fibre broadband service (affiliate link). Free setup code: R587125ERQ6VE. Note that to use Quic Broadband you must be comfortable with configuring your own router.

SCM

459 posts

Ultimate Geek

#403870 12-Nov-2010 13:08

An Update on the POP's

First up I must appoligize, In my eagerness to help I got carryed away. While Snap do have several POP's around the country, Troy is not sure yet which of the POP's are live or not, so please disregard my comments above. Hopefully he will sign up with GZ and let us know when he has had the chance to find out.
I guess if they arent live yet, dont stress too much, I'm sure they wont be far off, good things take time.
Troy, I do appoligize if I got you in trouble!

aionwannabe

147 posts

Master Geek

#403921 12-Nov-2010 15:41

:33 thx for all the info im sorry i didnt get back on sooner apparently windows lieks to not work some times and my Pc is old so i had to do some HDD juggling but im back.

SO its a Sydney server because thats the only place this side of the Tasman that treyarc is letting dedicated servers be hosted

http://www.pingtest.net/result/27923954.png nuff said?

Benoire

2798 posts

Uber Geek

#403925 12-Nov-2010 15:56

Strange, I've just pinged to Sydney and got this from speed test

aionwannabe

147 posts

Master Geek

#403931 12-Nov-2010 16:05

as a reference i got this chart showing all the tests i ran
#mce_temp_url# its kinda just aus

aionwannabe

147 posts

Master Geek

#404899 15-Nov-2010 15:05

just a quick update apparently they (being snap i assume) upgraded the local cabnet and so reset all our profiles so interleaving may have been turned on pretty murkey on specifics though. We are currently running 103 ping to Sydney which in my mind is still 20 ping too high but usable i guess

SCM

459 posts

Ultimate Geek

#404913 15-Nov-2010 15:36

aionwannabe: just a quick update apparently they (being snap i assume) upgraded the local cabnet and so reset all our profiles so interleaving may have been turned on pretty murkey on specifics though. We are currently running 103 ping to Sydney which in my mind is still 20 ping too high but usable i guess

More likely that Chorus did the cabnet upgrade

Ragnor

8222 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

#404939 15-Nov-2010 16:25

Yeah get interleaving off then find out the ip address of the game server and do a tracert

start menu > run > cmd > tracert xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

* replace xxx with the ip address or hostname.

booyah

82 posts

Master Geek

#405060 15-Nov-2010 20:33

hey guys here is my traceroute

Tracing route to gpforums.co.nz [202.89.36.226]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1     1 ms     1 ms     1 ms RTA1025W.home [192.168.1.1]
2    34 ms    35 ms    34 ms 68.16.69.111.dynamic.snap.net.nz [111.69.16.68]

3    34 ms    33 ms    34 ms 60.16.69.111.dynamic.snap.net.nz [111.69.16.60]

4    34 ms    34 ms    33 ms 111-69-3-197.core.snap.net.nz [111.69.3.197]
5    51 ms    50 ms    50 ms snap.ape.net.nz [192.203.154.120]
6    51 ms    50 ms    50 ms maxnet1.ape.net.nz [192.203.154.86]
7    52 ms    52 ms    52 ms gi4-21.cr2.alb.maxnet.net.nz [123.100.64.245]
8    51 ms    50 ms    50 ms gi4-18.hsa1.alb.maxnet.net.nz [123.100.64.135]
9    50 ms    51 ms    50 ms www.gpforums.co.nz [202.89.36.226]

it doesnt seem to be going to christchurch, but ping still not good?
this is with interleaving off.

1 | 2