Posted May 23, 200915 yr hey, my brother swapped out dsl from eftel to bigpond and now I appear to have a problem playing PR I get massive ping spikes and drop out (this is not cool ) any insight into what the problem is or previous problems with big pond would be greatly appreciated
May 23, 200915 yr yeah, its telstra, theres your problem. http://i.imgur.com/ebwNl.png The Nomula: nom = 3(nom) or 3nom :. nom = nomnomnom :. nomnomnom + omnnom^2 - nom = omnnomnomnomomn _____________________2nom( 1/2 nom) Oh' date=' and i shottie having gunners mutant epic PR playing children[/quote']
May 23, 200915 yr Check your firewall has allowed bf2. Try turning off your firewall temporarily. If you have a new setup. Is it with a router? Wireless? You could also try just resetting you connection by switching off everything at the wall for 30s. Then switch on modem (be sure to wait 15s for all lights except pc activity to come on), router, computer in that order. When all else fails bp has a pretty good tech support line. You may be getting packet loss. http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/VisOne_Photo/shuffle34.jpg “No point in mentioning these bats, I thought. Poor bastard will see them soon enough.” Raoul Duke.
May 23, 200915 yr Author sweet will check the router i use an ethernet cable ........ willl try reset to
May 24, 200915 yr Author just logged in to PR after resetting the modem and checking the fire wall .... lo and behold i was kicked for having high ping ...... what a peice of crap
May 24, 200915 yr I've been having random drop outs over the last few months as well. The DSL light just goes red and my connection drops out, ranges from 30 seconds to half an hour... Stupid Telstra... http://i.imgur.com/zoL1k.png
May 24, 200915 yr Try again with all your firewalls off. But it does sound like you have a noisy connection. http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/VisOne_Photo/shuffle34.jpg “No point in mentioning these bats, I thought. Poor bastard will see them soon enough.” Raoul Duke.
May 24, 200915 yr Author telstra is a piece of crap theyre charging usage as DL + UL ...... what a freakin joke will try with my firewall off
May 24, 200915 yr Author apparently there is a setting on the bigpong site to switch the latency to a faster setting ,,,, which in turn "may render your connection unusable"
May 24, 200915 yr Another candle on the FAIL CAKE that is bloody Telstra! http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/VisOne_Photo/Signatures%20and%20Banners/VisP.png
May 24, 200915 yr Erm yes, as telstra is the major member of the "Gangof4" that refuse to peer inside Australia (though do so freely internationally) you will always suffer problems gaming on "other" networks. They are pretty much deliberately setup so you will always be best off using GameArena Servers. People with other ISP's such as Iinet,Node,Adam,etc etc will benifit from those ISP's peering, usually via the PIPE. Realistically, if your a gamer, better off just saving a bundle of money and churning to a decent ISP. http://cache.www.gametracker.com/server_info/109.200.214.95:25902/b_350_20_692108_381007_FFFFFF_000000.png
May 24, 200915 yr I haven't had many problems with bigpond, although i get the occasional ping spike it doesn't get high enough to kick me unless its cos someone is trying to upload something etc.
May 24, 200915 yr The only time I'm kicked for high ping with Telstra is when someone else is downloading on another computer in the house. I stay a constant 40 ping and I'm in Darwin.
May 24, 200915 yr Telstra even charged for peering between two bigpond connections. They are hopeless. Even though you point out that it is local traffic to them, and you can prove it, they don't care. It's all money in the pocket for them. Which I can't disagree with in a business sense, but when you solely hold a monopoly over Australian infrastructure and you are then allowed to pick and choose your friends even though there have been numerous legal requirements which says otherwise, even from day dot. It gets a bit much. I just churned works main connection over to node 1Mil times happier connection now too. The actual speed difference you notice after using one then the other is astounding. http://users.on.net/~mperrin/images/les_mis_kindros.png You're all wrong, and I am always right, and the sooner you accept it, the happier you will be. That is all! Va Fan Culo
May 24, 200915 yr What sort of sync speeds do you get ? Your previous connection may have been set less agressively and now with new settings your getting short disconnects ? have a look at the router and its up down signal strength. try setting to different adsl standards like multimode or adsl2 or adsl2+ or G.lite etc. may help may not. Then after all that swap to a different isp . Adam internode iinet netspace are all good stable and have helpdesks that will help. If your connection is unstable and Tel$tra wont fix it then that may be grounds to get out of your contract ?
May 24, 200915 yr Then after all that swap to a different isp . Adam internode iinet netspace are all good stable and have helpdesks that will help. If your connection is unstable and Tel$tra wont fix it then that may be grounds to get out of your contract ? I'm pretty sure the only way to get onto those pricks is with a 12 month minimum contract so yeah, they just love to lock the suckers in... and from my friend's experience they will just give you 'half price' or free months rather than let you out of a contract.... I dunno maybe you've had other experiences. Anyhoo, there's several things that jump to mind: - When you switched you went from ADSL2+ to like a 256 or 512k connection and his/your torrents are now saturating your connection whereas previously they were not. In this case, learn2shedularthxkbai - Telstra in their infinite wisdom have not upgraded capacity on one of the routing hops between you and GSA, and as such during peak hour congestion occurs and wheee isn't it fun, you get dropped for high ping. ------------------------ High pings [specifically 200+ spikes] are generally caused by congestion... the only thing you need to figure out is if it's on your end or on Telstra's network. Routing can play a part, but that will lead to a higher ping overall rather than a spiking to massive numbers (take my iiNet connection that routes Perth -> syd -> adl -> syd -> perth so I get 100ms instead of 50ms to GSA) Edited May 24, 200915 yr by Husker http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee94/psyrus_uraya/awards-1.png QFT: Your computer is smart man. It tells you not to play the second worst PR map [burning Sands] (first is Wanda Shan). QFT: if you dont get pissed off when you lose you dont care enough
May 24, 200915 yr Good point fallen! You could argue that the connection is not fit for purpose. http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/VisOne_Photo/shuffle34.jpg “No point in mentioning these bats, I thought. Poor bastard will see them soon enough.” Raoul Duke.
May 24, 200915 yr Good point fallen! You could argue that the connection is not fit for purpose. The purpose of an internet connection? Or the purpose of playing a game which they have no actual affiliation with? Yeah good luck arguing that point... http://users.on.net/~mperrin/images/les_mis_kindros.png You're all wrong, and I am always right, and the sooner you accept it, the happier you will be. That is all! Va Fan Culo
May 24, 200915 yr Connection quality rendered software unusable... http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/VisOne_Photo/shuffle34.jpg “No point in mentioning these bats, I thought. Poor bastard will see them soon enough.” Raoul Duke.
May 24, 200915 yr Connection quality rendered software unusable... Yes unfortunately they do not supply the software. And when you sign up you agreed to an internet connection. Not a sole connection to play a game. As well as this they will get you to look at the game box or even in the manual where it says "online experiences may vary". Your screwed, it simple, dumb move, now live with it or break contract and pay out. http://users.on.net/~mperrin/images/les_mis_kindros.png You're all wrong, and I am always right, and the sooner you accept it, the happier you will be. That is all! Va Fan Culo
May 24, 200915 yr I swear my brothers, one day I will lead a giant army to destroy Telstra and free us from this tyranny... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
May 24, 200915 yr I swear my brothers, one day I will lead a giant army to destroy Telstra and free us from this tyranny... Can i join you. Ill be the distraction. http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss187/Chanvlan/new_kit.jpg yeah but this is the internet' date=' you have to expect the unexpected or else you'll get caught out by things you should've expected but didn't. Its exactly like knowing about the stuff you dont know about, that way you know theres stuff you dont know so when you know what you dont know you can say "ah i knew that!"[/quote']
May 24, 200915 yr Author well it would appear that after ten hours of screwing around i have sorted my problems ... I tried playing with the settings on the bogpond 2wire modem because apparently they wont support the packet flow or somthing along those lines . read every forum i could find tried every fix ... in the end i went back to my d-link modem which worked just fine before ... now i just have to do some testing make sure it wont drop out on me .
May 24, 200915 yr well tahts good another problem solved http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/ss187/Chanvlan/new_kit.jpg yeah but this is the internet' date=' you have to expect the unexpected or else you'll get caught out by things you should've expected but didn't. Its exactly like knowing about the stuff you dont know about, that way you know theres stuff you dont know so when you know what you dont know you can say "ah i knew that!"[/quote']
May 24, 200915 yr Hopefully one will learn a lesson from this, not just you matt. The supplied modems given to you by your ISPs are usually the product of the cheapest bidder. Take the time out to research ADSL modems and grab a third-party one and 'bring your own' to your contract/connection. Will save you a heap of trouble later on. http://imgur.com/e5y6e.gif You've already ruined these forums for me, I have no desire to read your rhetoric or the pathetic arguments you get yourself in to, or the personal vendetta you have against me, so please, do not talk to me. Ever. About anything.
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