eircom - high ping

clansman

I am using eircom 3mb and i am getting a ping of 300+. From Fed 07 until Dec
07 i had the 2mb line and it was grand no ping issue. The line was disconnected
as i moved out. Now i have just moved back to the same house and I got the
line reconnected. I am using the same equipment as I did back in 07. I even tried the new router but no joy. I did a tracert and this is what i got....

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>tracert -h 10 www.bbc.co.uk

Tracing route to www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.251.197]
over a maximum of 10 hops:

1 3 ms 2 ms 5 ms 192.168.1.254
2 55 ms 142 ms 115 ms b-ras1.wtd.waterford.eircom.net [159.134.155.9]

3 317 ms 320 ms 316 ms 86.43.242.70
4 303 ms 424 ms 310 ms 83.71.115.67
5 325 ms 334 ms 319 ms 83.245.126.93
6 342 ms 349 ms 351 ms 212.58.238.129
7 339 ms 341 ms 328 ms 212.58.239.58
8 * * * Request timed out.
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 * * * Request timed out.

Trace complete.

is there anyone else getting this.
I haven't called ericom as they are closed. but I will call on Monday.

Hank Scorpio

Check it out i have the exact same problem as you, also getting routed through the waterford area

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Administrator>tracert www.kplay.de

Tracing route to www.kplay.de [81.3.59.4]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.254
2 14 ms 15 ms 13 ms b-ras1.wtd.waterford.eircom.net [159.134.155.9]

3 440 ms 444 ms 440 ms 86.43.242.70
4 470 ms 374 ms 372 ms 83.71.115.3
5 445 ms 438 ms 445 ms decix01.f.ip.nacamar.net [80.81.192.29]
6 435 ms 422 ms 417 ms ge-0-1-0.sw01.r203.f.ip.nacamar.net [62.27.25.82
]
7 418 ms 412 ms 418 ms kate.krawall.de [81.3.59.4]

The exact same server "86.43.242.70" is giving us both problems, mines been like this for the past 2-3 months

Edit: The server is somewhere in Dublin AFAIK
Iv rang them about it and never heard back from them, its really infuriating as all my gaming servers are located in germany.

Before this i used to get 40ms pings without problems

clansman

sh~!t 2-3 months!!
so you called eircom and they didnt do a thing about it.
they advertise on their web site that the 3mb is for gamers. but they are
routing us all over the place and giving us high pings.
they will be getting off me tomorrow!!!

Calebmcd

I'm on 7mb Eircom in Westport

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7000]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\system32>ping boards.ie

Pinging boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=61
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=61
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=61
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=61

Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 31ms, Maximum = 32ms, Average = 31ms

C:\Windows\system32>tracert boards.ie

Tracing route to boards.ie [89.234.66.107]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms     1 ms     1 ms  192.168.1.254
  2     *       26 ms     *     b-ras3.mvw.galway.eircom.net [159.134.155.12]
  3    26 ms    25 ms    25 ms  g11-0-0.coreb.mvw.galway.eircom.net [86.43.244.1
17]
  4    29 ms    32 ms    30 ms  86.43.244.153
  5    31 ms    31 ms    30 ms  to-inex-dub-deg-gw.digiweb.ie [193.242.111.20]
  6    32 ms    32 ms    31 ms  ip-89-234-66-107.dedi.digiweb.ie [89.234.66.107]


Trace complete.

C:\Windows\system32>tracert boards.ie

Tracing route to boards.ie [89.234.66.107]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms     1 ms     1 ms  192.168.1.254
  2     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  3    25 ms    26 ms    25 ms  g11-0-0.coreb.mvw.galway.eircom.net [86.43.244.1
17]
  4    30 ms    30 ms    29 ms  86.43.244.153
  5    38 ms    30 ms    48 ms  to-inex-dub-deg-gw.digiweb.ie [193.242.111.20]
  6    33 ms    32 ms    33 ms  ip-89-234-66-107.dedi.digiweb.ie [89.234.66.107]


Trace complete.

C:\Windows\system32>tracert [url]www.boards.ie[/url]

Tracing route to [url]www.boards.ie[/url] [89.234.66.107]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms     1 ms     1 ms  192.168.1.254
  2    27 ms     *        *     b-ras3.mvw.galway.eircom.net [159.134.155.12]
  3    26 ms    26 ms    26 ms  g11-0-0.coreb.mvw.galway.eircom.net [86.43.244.1
17]
  4    30 ms    31 ms    30 ms  86.43.244.153
  5    30 ms    30 ms    30 ms  to-inex-dub-deg-gw.digiweb.ie [193.242.111.20]
  6    33 ms    33 ms    32 ms  ip-89-234-66-107.dedi.digiweb.ie [89.234.66.107]


Trace complete.

32-33ms is my average

Nutmeg

I've been getting absolutely awful speeds the last week or so and playing games on Xbox Live has been nearly impossible. I have the 7MB package from Eircom and am on the Waterford City exchange.

A speedtest I just ran a few minutes ago:



It's ridiculous. Surely it's no coincidence we're all on the Waterford exchange.

deege

I have eircom 3mb and my pings are rubbish also. Although i am in wexford , i seem to go thro' waterford . been like this for just over a week now . I know people on BT in Wexford have the same problem.

Tracing route to www.l.google.com [66.102.9.147] over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.254
2 31 ms 27 ms 30 ms b-ras1.wtd.waterford.eircom.net [159.134.155.9]
3 453 ms 452 ms 447 ms 86.43.242.70
4 481 ms 471 ms 484 ms 83.71.113.126
5 454 ms 447 ms 452 ms 72.14.198.157
6 476 ms 484 ms 471 ms 209.85.255.175
7 495 ms 484 ms 458 ms 209.85.250.216
8 459 ms 460 ms 471 ms 72.14.232.237
9 491 ms 493 ms 484 ms 64.233.174.14
10 499 ms 487 ms 468 ms lm-in-f147.google.com [66.102.9.147]

Trace complete.

Tracing route to boards.ie [89.234.66.107]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.254
2 28 ms 27 ms 28 ms b-ras1.wtd.waterford.eircom.net [159.134.155.9]

3 331 ms 342 ms 330 ms 86.43.242.70
4 328 ms 328 ms 332 ms 86.43.244.153
5 313 ms 317 ms 323 ms to-inex-dub-deg-gw.digiweb.ie [193.242.111.20]
6 330 ms 335 ms 339 ms ip-89-234-66-107.dedi.digiweb.ie [89.234.66.107]


Trace complete.

bush

Same thing here on utv in wexford. It was terrible last night, 600 to boards. Its now 300.

marcodemarco

Nutmeg wrote: »

I've been getting absolutely awful speeds the last week or so and playing games on Xbox Live has been nearly impossible. I have the 7MB package from Eircom and am on the Waterford City exchange.

A speedtest I just ran a few minutes ago:



It's ridiculous. Surely it's no coincidence we're all on the Waterford exchange.

sorry to but in but how many exchanges are there, does it depend where you are what exchange you are on? thanks

Grommet

marcodemarco wrote: »

sorry to but in but how many exchanges are there, does it depend where you are what exchange you are on? thanks

Marco - the issue in Waterford was sorted out a few weeks ago so the thread you just re-opened was already closed.

There are over 1100 exchanges across Ireland, so yes it does absolutely depend on where you live.