Can't get RouterStats to play ball with my 2700

[Cookiemonster]

Pinging www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.251.208] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=48ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=42ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=48ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=248
Reply from 212.58.251.208: bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=248

Ping statistics for 212.58.251.208:
    Packets: Sent = 30, Received = 30, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 27ms, Maximum = 48ms, Average = 33ms

Ok got it. I am stupid sometimes. That average is certainly higher than usual.

[Rik]

OTOH, the spike is only 48ms, not the 3000ms that you're getting from Ping Graph. That's pretty normal tbh, at this time of day, for example, pings are likely to increase as the BBC servers get more hits (ping traffic generally is given a low priority, so if the server is busy, the figure goes up). Is your line interleaved?

[Cookiemonster]

No the line is in Fast mode. I have noticed my SNR has risen 1dB to 7dB.

[Rik]

It tends to rise during the day, fall at night.

Whereabouts are you?

[Cookiemonster]

I'm about 5 miles outside Aberdeen.

[Rik]

That would increase you ping times a bit, simply because distance is a factor (try pinging a US site, for example). I suspect also that your are routed through BT's Edinburgh POP, which does seem to have been producing some high pings of late.

Is Ping Graph still hitting 3000?

[Rik]

Here's a full screen of plots from me. You'll see a number have gone  'off the scale'. Some are when I've been doing things with a high priority on the connection, but I suspect that one or two were simply down to the server not responding in time.

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[Cookiemonster]

Yeah, i have also noticed something. On your picture you have at the the bottome...Plot started: then the date..after that you have info on where your pinging. on mine i don't have that info. Have a look
http://stevenraffan.www.idnet.com/pictures/ping.jpg

How on earth do you attach things lol!

[Rik]

What version of Ping Graph are you using, Steven?

You can attach if you use the normal reply box, not the QR box, then hit Additional Options. Each post can have up to 2 512k files, or you can do it my linking with IMG tags, eg [ img]http://stevenraffan.www.idnet.com/pictures/ping.jpg[ /img] becomes once you remove the spaces after the opening [ bracket.

[Cookiemonster]

Ok cheers for that. I'm using version 1.2 it says on the setup/options page

[Rik]

I'm on 1.1, I wonder if John changed anything in 1.2?

[Cookiemonster]

Don't suppose you have the exe. of 1.1 do you so i can try it? Only thing i can see thats is mentioned as changes are the following.

(5 Feb 2008 - Mod to reduce screen flicker)
(7 Feb 2008 - Changed the colour-selection method. Added Average Ping plot. Added Logging facility)
(8 Feb 2008 - Improved prompting for Log filename when changing ping address. Stopped URL Address list saving a blank address.)

[Rik]

PM me an email addy...

[Cookiemonster]

Sent.

[Rik]

Likewise.

[Cookiemonster]

Ok i have tried that and still no joy what so ever. As you can see from the screens i still get the 3000ms ping but in the other box it's showing as pinging fine.

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[Rik]

I wonder whether it's a Vista thing? I don't, for example, have the info panel under the version number in the first screen shot, so something clearly changes between your machine and mine. John appears to have tested on XP, and that's what I'm using (and I was involved in the testing of the program).

Ignore that - I didn't have the box checked. Try unchecking it to see if it has any impact...

[Cookiemonster]

I have XP installed so i can dual boot ,i shall go and test it on there and report back. Also unchecking make no difference.

[Rik]

Puzzling. Try the XP boot and let me know will you.

[Cookiemonster]

Just tried it on Xp and it works fine, Graph was showing correct results. I guess it doesn't like Vista then.

[Rik]

Sounds like it. It would be worth dropping John an email, he's very responsive to issues I've found.

[Cookiemonster]

Yeah i shall. Can't believe it's took the best part of a day to work this out!! Ha Ha. Thanks anyway Rik 

[Rik]

It never occurred to me that Vista would block it, but I suppose if John's software (I think he uses Delphi) is not 'Vista aware', it might not be making the calls the right way.

[Cookiemonster]

Yeah good point. I've dropped him an email explaining what happened so I'll let you know if anything comes from it.

[Rik]

Thanks.