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Title: Garbled net status
Post by: Bizman on December 10, 2016, 08:45:45 AM

Hi, lately I've been having issues with the Net Status showing severe -ish sawtooth unlike the mostly flat line it used to be. So after rebooting the router a couple of times and resetting both the IP stacks and Winsock, it was time for a Ping Plot. Hops 8 and 9 seem to behave badly. Apparently fixing them is beyond my skills and powers, but it would be nice to know whom to blame:

(http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=383734.0;attach=26237)

Title: Re: Garbled net status
Post by: Bizman on December 10, 2016, 12:53:57 PM

Oh well, after doing some research, hop #8 seems to be Level3 which has been told to be problematic. Guess I'd have to talk to my ISP but then again they're a nationwide company who won't care about the online gaming problems of a single customer.

Title: Re: Garbled net status
Post by: The Fugitive on December 10, 2016, 01:12:34 PM

give it a few weeks. After Christmas it will most likely settle down.

Title: Re: Garbled net status
Post by: Bizman on December 10, 2016, 01:20:23 PM

So, is this a pre-Christmas thing or has it something to do with the new president?

Title: Re: Garbled net status
Post by: The Fugitive on December 10, 2016, 01:44:56 PM

my guess is both, but the Christmas rush will cause issues.

Title: Re: Garbled net status
Post by: Randy1 on December 10, 2016, 03:04:35 PM

Cyper Monday mine did the same thing.

Title: Re: Garbled net status
Post by: Bruv119 on December 11, 2016, 01:33:40 AM

trump probably has a deal with the Russians to give all Finnish customers exceptional packet loss!     :old:  :D   :noid

Title: Re: Garbled net status
Post by: Bizman on December 11, 2016, 03:26:56 AM

Bruv, when I started to find out who's behind hop #8, it said Level3, Great Britain. Another whois source said it would be somewhere in Stockholm, Sweden, yet providing their GB address. A few active names in both countries pop into my mind but I'm not pointing my finger at anyone.

An Anglo-saxon conspiracy can't be opted out either, hop #9 appeared to be Level3, Dallas, Texas.