Hi gaming pings between 5pm and 7pm ?

[netn00b]

its not even only peak times Golden.

can be anytime and as with you others on the server i play with are not experiencing the issues.

[ducky22]

Perhaps their ISP peers directly with TeliaSonera? I know 'Plusnet' do and most likely a few others.

If WoW is so important to you then an ISP with direct Telia peering may be better for you.

[Lance]

Or you need to get out more!

[netn00b]

yeah great point Lance. 

i ended up with about 90 mins late yesterday afternoon for WoW after being out all weekend with family.

[MarkE]

I am having the same problems for the past week in total and it is not just limited to peak times either.
I ping terribly to places like multiplay.co.uk when originally i use to be around 14ms and bbc.co.uk 11ms.

Multiplay started to increase until it was eventually at 33ms fair enough that was playable to a degree,but
now its bounced up into the 50/80ms  area which means any gaming ourside of the uk which is laggy enough gets even worse in place like Germany where I normally average 34ms..I now have into the 90s and connection drops and spikes as well as in the UK

Of course if I had not had it so good I would not be here moaning now,but then thats just it,once you
set such high  standards you have to try to keep it Idnet.


I am also experiencing 12am drop outs every night what exactly is causing this? As I have noticed it
regularly coincides with the poor ping times I have encountered lately with Idnet.


I cant knock your download speeds as these remain as ever solid at between 8 to 9megs.


But as a heavy first person shooter player (q3 and quakelive beta) I find the ping times lately to be unacceptably high,I would hope for Idnet unlike other isps to be up front about what is causing the problem,after all the currency is good enough.

[Simon]

Hi Mark, and

Sorry, I can't comment on the technicalities, but I think it's been suggested to others in the thread that they contact IDNet direct.  In case you hadn't realised, we are not the company itself, just the user's forum. 

[Rik]

Hi Mark

Welcome to the forum.

As Simon says, for this kind of issue, you need to talk to IDNet. On the question of regular drops around midnight, that could be cyclical noise, if you can post your router stats, we might be able to offer some suggestions. One issue we have seen of late is a problem with the Telia network, but if the BBC is affected, it probably isn't that. It may well be, though, that your exchange is congested.

[Ann]

Welcome Mark.  I've really given you a karma, Rik just talked about it..   

My last router, the netgear used to drop at midnight every night.  I never did find out why but I changed routers and fixed it that way.

[Rik]

Welcome Mark.  I've really given you a karma, Rik just talked about it..  

[Sebby]

Welcome, Mark.

[MarkE]

Hello everyone and thank you for the warm welcome + Karma 

Rik I will try to sort my router stats out for you as the 12am drop is a bit of a pain in the rump.

[Rik]

What router are you using, Mark?

[MarkE]

What router are you using, Mark?

Netgear DG834PN RangeMax MIMO-G Wireless ADSL Modem Router with 4-port 10/100 switch

main gaming rig is using ethernet cable not wireless for connection

[Rik]

Get hold of a copy of Routerstats:

http://www.vwlowen.co.uk/internet/files.htm

and leave that running during the evening and through midnight - that might give us a pointer as to what's happening.

[MarkE]

Get hold of a copy of Routerstats:

http://www.vwlowen.co.uk/internet/files.htm

and leave that running during the evening and through midnight - that might give us a pointer as to what's happening.

Ok will do Rik,thank you 

[MarkE]

Pinging multiplay.co.uk with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 85.236.96.22: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=124
Reply from 85.236.96.22: bytes=32 time=48ms TTL=124
Reply from 85.236.96.22: bytes=32 time=50ms TTL=124
Reply from 85.236.96.22: bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=124



Pinging bbc.co.uk with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 212.58.224.138: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=122
Reply from 212.58.224.138: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=122
Reply from 212.58.224.138: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=122
Reply from 212.58.224.138: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=122

[Rik]

Whereabouts in the country are you, Mark?

[MarkE]

Im in the South East Rik Berkshire just outside Reading

[Glenn]

Mark,

You wouldn't happen to be connected to the Blackwater exchange would you? It would depend on the definition of just outside though, Blackwater is at Camberley.

[MarkE]

Definitely not Blackwater Glenn.My Exchange is Spencers Wood 

[Rik]

I was just thinking that BT had been having problems in the Ilford area lately, but it's clearly not that.