Serious lag

[2pacalypse1622]

I've been trying to play good old Diablo2 on bnet but I have random, excessive lag spikes during all sorts of times in the day (and at night). I checked my speeds on dslreports...and for some reason my upload speed is like 3-5x my down speed which during times of lag...can be as sad as 33KB/s transfer rate while uploads are steady at around 1405kbps...for some reason...counterstrike doesnt lag up ever....i was suspecting that it had something to do with certain ports diablo uses...but i dont know much about networking....any ideas? suggestions? (i tried calling my provider NTC...btw dont use them ever...but waiting on the phone for 1 hour to talk to a person isnt appealing...esp. since i had to do it about 5 times during my first week at this new apt.)

[glc]

Exactly how are you connected to the Internet? Cable or DSL? Direct Ethernet, direct USB, router? What operating system? What brand and model equipment? Need some details, please.

[2pacalypse1622]

Originally Posted by glc Exactly how are you connected to the Internet? Cable or DSL? Direct Ethernet, direct USB, router? What operating system? What brand and model equipment? Need some details, please.

sry about the lack of info....but i have a tidbit to add...i lagged nasty on cs today...me and my roommate...we both share the same woes....

anyways...i am directly connected to the rj-45 jack in my wall and the whole building is supposed to be wired for ethernet....i dont use a router and i'm on xp pro....i never asked what the reported downspeeds and upspeeds are supposed to be...(maybe i got a bit too happy when i made them throw in the free intenet and cable for a clerical error they made)...

[Gibble]

What are the chances that the whole building is on DSL and not cable? If it's DSL, the bandwidth is shared which could really cause lag if the whole building is on it.

[mbossman2]

Originally Posted by 2pacalypse1622 I checked my speeds on dslreports...and for some reason my upload speed is like 3-5x my down speed which during times of lag...can be as sad as 33KB/s transfer rate while uploads are steady at around 1405kbps

that is the key to your issue. You may be "stuck" behind someone who is really hogging the download side of the pipe (the joys of P2P on a shared network).

If it is a persistent issue, mention it to the management company, they may have equipment that is capable of bandwidth throttling on a port/user basis. this will limit the impact of this issue. (But also might have unexpected repercussions when you want to be the download hog)

[2pacalypse1622]

Originally Posted by Gibble What are the chances that the whole building is on DSL and not cable? If it's DSL, the bandwidth is shared which could really cause lag if the whole building is on it.

The thing is that the building is a small building of about 10 apts at the most...just happends to be a bunch of these small buildings and i'm afraid that your right about the dsl...i thought it'd be cable becase ntc is a cable/network/telephone company and i figured it'd be easier for them to wire cable since they already have to wire cable for tv.....regardless...i am going to the management today to discuss this problem....thnx for the ideas