What happend?

[alex-k]

Hello, when i joined o2 i had good pings on uk servers and pinging to bbc.co.uk about 18-19, yesterday on evening the pings went up and i was playing with 27-35, so i was wondering whats wrong?

p.s.
this is speedtest.net results now, and look what i had before in my signature

[samperry209]

are you using wi-fi or ethernet?

[Saturday]

Your ping speed is affected primarily by the speed and location of the server you're connected to. Hence why people use the BBC for a benchmark - it's fast and in the UK. The second factor is the routing used to connect your PC to that server. Third would be the method of connection as Sam has queried.

The internet is just a (massive) collection of servers all around the world. How fast it is depends on what you're trying to connect to, where it is physically, the routing used and how loaded it is at that time.

Using something like speedtest.net is useless as the server load changes from minute to minute.

That said, a ping of 27-35ms is hardly slow.

[alex-k]

my speed is good:
DSL Type: G.992.5 annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 1,200 / 9,013
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [kB/kB]: 0.00 / 0.00
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 12.0 / 19.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 28.0 / 48.5
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 6.5 / 6.5
Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / BDCM
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 20,063
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 0 / 13
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 161 / 9

maybe it was only good pings while on dlm or sumtin

[Saturday]

Originally Posted by alex-k

my speed is good:
maybe it was only good pings while on dlm or sumtin

You don't seem to be understanding the earlier replies.

Ping times and router sync speed have little if any relationship to each other.

Your ping will vary depending on what server you are pinging, how you are measuring it and how long/busy the route to the server is - plus how you are connected to your router.

Nothing to do with O2 DLM and please don't use speedtest.net to measure pings (or speed for that matter) as it is rubbish at times.

What is your ping to bbc.co.uk now? What is the answer to Sam's question?

[alex-k]

Originally Posted by Saturday

You don't seem to be understanding the earlier replies.

Ping times and router sync speed have little if any relationship to each other.

Your ping will vary depending on what server you are pinging, how you are measuring it and how long/busy the route to the server is - plus how you are connected to your router.

Nothing to do with O2 DLM and please don't use speedtest.net to measure pings (or speed for that matter) as it is rubbish at times.

What is your ping to bbc.co.uk now? What is the answer to Sam's question?

When i had pings 18-19 i was pinging bbc and was getting same pings in game servers, when i had pings 25-30 i was pinging bbc and had same pings in game servers, today my ping is 20-25 and was pinging bbc and was playing games with this ping. im connected via cable. and didnt change anything at all!

p.s currently my ping is 20-25 and my stats are

Uptime: 1 day, 13:07:38
DSL Type: G.992.5 annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]: 1,222 / 8,983
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [kB/kB]: 0.00 / 0.00
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]: 12.0 / 19.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]: 28.0 / 48.5
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]: 6.0 / 5.5
Vendor ID (Local/Remote): TMMB / BDCM
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote): 0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote): 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote): 26 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down): 1,082 / 5,791,407
CRC Errors (Up/Down): 1,082 / 2,684
HEC Errors (Up/Down): 2,260 / 2,136

[Undecided adrian]

TBH a change in ping of only 4-5 ms is well within the normal fluctuations made by server load etc and given that most Sky LLU customers would take your arm off for the pings we see on O2.

I'd say enjoy your connection and only worry if they impact on your gaming, pings are only a quick check on network performance and not as the be all and end all.