IDNet and latency

[Rik]

The real problem, Ben, seems to lay in the bit from the exchange to IDNet, inclusive. All of that is under BT's control and IDNet can do nothing about it. Once we reach their network, they can route us in several ways, to get the best possible results.

[Technical Ben]

...Once we reach their network, they can route us in several ways, to get the best possible results.

Best for them.

[Technical Ben]

Don't care about latency any more. I've officially had it with online games. A bit how people can get fed up with "match fixing" or "stupid sponsors/managers" in football or Cricket. I like games, I just hate the competitive and commercialised mess they have become. 

[fozy994]

Hey guys, firstly, apologies for the major bump haha!

Cut to the chase, after this thread my net was spot on, 18-20ms, loved it. Last week it has just suddenly jumped to 30-35ms and peak times 40ms+

Tracert:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Sam>tracert www.bbc.co.uk

Tracing route to www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.246.91]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  . [192.168.2.1]
  2    28 ms    30 ms    29 ms  telehouse-gw4-lo2.idnet.net [212.69.63.99]
  3    29 ms    30 ms    31 ms  telehouse-gw5-e4-400.idnet.net [212.69.63.245]
  4    30 ms    29 ms    32 ms  rt-lonap-a.thdo.bbc.co.uk [193.203.5.90]
  5    29 ms    29 ms    29 ms  212.58.238.153
  6    30 ms    30 ms    30 ms  te12-1.hsw1.cwwtf.bbc.co.uk [212.58.239.234]
  7    30 ms    36 ms    32 ms  212.58.255.12
  8    30 ms    30 ms    30 ms  bbc-vip012.cwwtf.bbc.co.uk [212.58.246.91]

Trace complete.

C:\Documents and Settings\Sam>

Just wondering if anyone could have a look see if anything has been altered on my line as I would like it back the way it was.

Thanks

Sam

[.Griff.]

At a guess you've been switched from Fastpath to Interleaved.

[Steve]

As .Griff. has said , support will know.

[esh]

This fast-mode/interleaved change is very subtle. Isn't there anywhere I can log onto like BT Speedtester that will tell me one way or another?

[Steve]

The only way I know apart from asking support is router statistics i.e Fastpath or interleave and also looking for evidence of forward error correction.

[Technical Ben]

This fast-mode/interleaved change is very subtle. Isn't there anywhere I can log onto like BT Speedtester that will tell me one way or another?

Router stats will give you this information. You need to "telenet" into your router if supported. It will then show it under one of the very last tabs.

[esh]

The setup here is a bit complex. The router is connected to an ADSL "modem" via PPPoE, and since that ethernet link is used for PPPoE I can't get a TCP connection to the modem's interface to see it's status. Sigh. It would be nice if there were a more convenient way of doing this kind of thing.

[Steve]

I've something similar with an adsl modem(Draytek Vigor 120) / router (AEBS) PPPOE connection. I can telnet in to the modem once I've reconfigured the router into bridge mode with a static IP address. The modem has a limited DHCP server and then gives an address to my wifi laptop