Blueyonder issue ?

[BATOR]

our clan has just got its second Multiplay server and i'm having problems with my ping . It starts off fine at around 12 - 15 but then wildly jumps up and down to 400 then bak to normal , this is making gameplay impossible and i get bounced . This has only ever happened on our 2 multiplay servers running BF2 , i play plenty of other online games with no effects at all . My isp is Blueyonder and the speed is 4 mb/s , ive shut down all non essential background programs , basic setup is AMD64 3200 , X800XT PE , 1GB Ram , 160GB Sata .

any help would be appreciated

[Baz]

ive had this, Blueyonder have just upgraded your conn to 10mb i suspect, and now the servers at your local blueyonder house are falling on thier arse with all the new bandwidth usage - happened to my flat for about a month before blueyonder pulled out thier fingers and (sort of) sorted it.

[K]

<LimiBot> FAQ #11: I'm getting lag/packetloss to my server, what do I do?
<LimiBot> Download WinMTR - http://winmtr.sourceforge.net/winmtr_bin.zip
<LimiBot> Set the host as your server's IP address, continue to play with this running the in background for at least 20minutes.
<LimiBot> Then e-mail us at clanservers@multiplay.co.uk with the results. We will aim to have your request processed on the next working day.

[rick_2k]

so its not just me!!!


im having the exact same problem... playing bf2... about 20 ping then all of sudden spikes to 400-500 for about 10 seconds... and it does this quite often...

looks like i need to call blueyonder then.. ever since the 10mbit upgrade i have noticed the performace dropping... :(

btw it only does this with multiplay servers.. whats that mean?

[TimmyNoShoes]

Originally posted by rick_2k
so its not just me!!!

btw it only does this with multiplay servers.. whats that mean?

That its a problem somewhere along the line between you and multiplay, Blueyonder and a whole load of other crap being in the middle.

Hence the WinMTR.

[BATOR]

ok , ive downloaded the program , do i include the port with the i.p ? and is it best to leave it running while playing or just while i idle on the server ? cheers in advance

idle score :-


|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| WinMTR statistics |
| Host - % | Sent | Recv | Best | Avrg | Wrst | Last |
|------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
| 10.54.64.1 - 0 | 1454 | 1454 | 0 | 5 | 47 | 0 |
| pc-62-30-243-129-bn.blueyonder.co.uk - 1 | 1454 | 1453 | 0 | 11 | 297 | 0 |
| pc-62-30-243-53-bn.blueyonder.co.uk - 1 | 1454 | 1453 | 0 | 15 | 250 | 125 |
| pc-62-30-243-6-bn.blueyonder.co.uk - 1 | 1454 | 1452 | 0 | 10 | 203 | 15 |
| 194.117.136.118 - 0 | 1454 | 1454 | 0 | 11 | 63 | 0 |
| fa4-13.xpe-999.as35028.net - 0 | 1454 | 1454 | 0 | 16 | 234 | 15 |
| opt72.multiplay.co.uk - 1 | 1453 | 1451 | 0 | 10 | 47 | 15 |
|________________________________________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|

WinMTR - 0.8. Copyleft @2000-2002 Vasile Laurentiu Stanimir ( stanimir@cr.nivis.com )

[K]

No problems there. N.B. Edited to add code tags to make it line up properly :)

Try running the test while playing.

[Freelancer]

samething happened to myself when i was uppded to 10meg. get on the bell to blueyonder and complain and they will fix it pronto, or they did with me lol

[BATOR]

been on the phone to blueyonder seems there is a small problem which is barely noticable to most people , except gamers , which is causing a spike in the connection in my area . they are looking into fixing it

[K]

Good news :)

[BATOR]

well it will be if they have actually found anything and if so if they actually do anything about it , lets wait and see