eircom new latency

persian

about 1 year ago i had eircom home starter 512/128 which was then upgraded to 2mb/128.i disconnected from them because theyre latency was poor.i saw theyre home proffesional today which is 3mb/384,would this product have better latecy than my original or is latency just based on theyre network?

Gonzo

it depends if your connection is working right or not.. some people who are upgraded are getting amazing pings on home professional all the time, my mate gets 10ms to eircom and 19ms to jolt all the time but mine are a different story completley.. this is what i get:

ping www.eircom.net

Pinging home.eircom.net [159.134.198.138] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 159.134.198.138: bytes=32 time=194ms TTL=60
Reply from 159.134.198.138: bytes=32 time=300ms TTL=60
Reply from 159.134.198.138: bytes=32 time=243ms TTL=60
Reply from 159.134.198.138: bytes=32 time=386ms TTL=60

Ping statistics for 159.134.198.138:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 194ms, Maximum = 386ms, Average = 280ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Barry>ping www.jolt.co.uk

Pinging www.jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=324ms TTL=59
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=226ms TTL=59
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=385ms TTL=59
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=390ms TTL=59

Ping statistics for 82.133.85.65:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 226ms, Maximum = 390ms, Average = 331ms

I complained to eircom about his and they said they cant file a fault on my line just because i got bad pings.

persian

how is it for xbox live?could you ping this site for me plz
nad-diag.online.scee.com
thx

Gonzo

ping nad-diag.online.scee.com

Pinging nad-diag.online.scee.com [217.18.19.250] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 217.18.19.250: bytes=32 time=114ms TTL=249
Reply from 217.18.19.250: bytes=32 time=132ms TTL=249
Reply from 217.18.19.250: bytes=32 time=242ms TTL=249
Reply from 217.18.19.250: bytes=32 time=202ms TTL=249

Ping statistics for 217.18.19.250:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 114ms, Maximum = 242ms, Average = 172ms

Blaster99

The latency was never poor with Eircom, but it's generally better now for some reason.

This is what it looks like on a working Eircom connection:

Pinging nad-diag.online.scee.com [217.18.19.250] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 217.18.19.250: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=248
Reply from 217.18.19.250: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=248
Reply from 217.18.19.250: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=248
Reply from 217.18.19.250: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=248

Ping statistics for 217.18.19.250:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 29ms, Maximum = 38ms, Average = 32ms

persian

does eircoms dsl depend on where you live for ping quality?what package have you got?

Slippin Jimmy

Sorry, I know this is off topic but what is Latency. I have a psp and when playing it using eircom broadband it cuts off, or will disconnect during a game.

Calibos

Thats probably your wireless connection between the PSP and the Eircom wireless BB router crapping out rather than your actual broadband connection crapping out.

andrew163

DonnybrookGhost wrote:

Sorry, I know this is off topic but what is Latency. I have a psp and when playing it using eircom broadband it cuts off, or will disconnect during a game.

Latency is basically response time. I.e. the time it takes for a bit of data (a "packet") to get from your computer (i.e. your PSP), to a server on the internet, and back again. Measured in milliseconds.

Slippin Jimmy

andrew163 wrote:

Latency is basically response time. I.e. the time it takes for a bit of data (a "packet") to get from your computer (i.e. your PSP), to a server on the internet, and back again. Measured in milliseconds.

Ok thanks. So I presume it is better to have higher latency for gaming than to have lower? The quicker the response time will be.

watty

smaller = lower = better e.g. 20ms

bigger = higher = worse e.g. 670ms

Typical LAN in a home network is less than 1ms. Typical correctly configured wireless = 2ms (to PC on wired LAN)

Gaming wants less than 100ms = 1/10th of a second

Hard to get less than 800ms on Satellite (almost one second), IMPOSSIBLE to get less than 500ms on Satellite (half a second), thus Satellite no good for games.

docmol

hi, i have a 1m/256 eircom home broadband and am living in cabra. it was ok until last week and now my counterstrike pings have all gained about 300ms (from 50 -> 350) ie. unplayable. Will ring them tomorrow but if no joy, upc here i come!!

Griffin87

my online gaming has been ruined aswell recently. i with perlico and i have logged fault with them hope they can sort this out. im getting pings over 100ms to uk servers and was previosuly getting less than 50ms

e-Mo0?

Eircom turned interleaving on after the upgrades

smellslikeshoes

Maybe you should have posted in the giant upgrade thread instead of dragging back up a 2 and a half year old thread about a completely different upgrade.

Gonzo

they've set the interleving to a very high level indeed, much higher than whats on their business packages, resulting in pings that are much worse than the ISDN line I had many years ago. Oddly enough this has not effected my xbox live at all, played cod4 and it still plays great, getting 4 green bars most of the time.

thund3rbird_

Gonzo wrote: »

they've set the interleving to a very high level indeed, much higher than whats on their business packages,

they've set interleaving to the HIGHEST level they can

confirmed by DMT - see screenshot

[DF]Lenny

I use Eircom small business pack and the pings have increased by 150+ ob this too just so you know

Gonzo

I read somehwer that Eircom said that they were gonna work on improving the pings, where did Eircom say this?
Also they've set the interleving to the highest, for whatever reason they've done this I cant see why they would go back on this in a few weeks time, I feel that the decision eircom made is here to stay unfortunately.

SeanW

I think my pings went up slightly after the upgrade. How can I tell how much interleaving is being used on my line?

Gonzo

Gonzo wrote: »

I read somehwer that Eircom said that they were gonna work on improving the pings, where did Eircom say this?
Also they've set the interleving to the highest, for whatever reason they've done this I cant see why they would go back on this in a few weeks time, I feel that the decision eircom made is here to stay unfortunately.

if u send them an email askin why the pings have increased they will send you an email saying they are working on decreasing the pings and will be happy to inform you bla bla

Daemonic

Gonzo wrote: »

I read somehwer that Eircom said that they were gonna work on improving the pings, where did Eircom say this?
Also they've set the interleving to the highest, for whatever reason they've done this I cant see why they would go back on this in a few weeks time, I feel that the decision eircom made is here to stay unfortunately.

AFAIK they did it because interleaving helps to stabilise connections which are having difficulty synching at the new higher speeds. The rumoured plan is to reduce interleaving once the rollout is complete.
But I see your point, if 95% of users don't complain/notice the latency then they'll just leave it and pat themselves on the back.

Hank Scorpio

shame

there backbone cant handle the higher speeds without forcing high interleaving on

what a well planned and thought out upgrade.

Baneblade

Has anyone got DMT to work on a netopia?

It connects for me but after getting 2/3 done it fails saying too many errors.