Input Lag

[KRyn]

Since the most recent patch 2.0.5 I have started to experience input lag. I have provided my ping tests and tracert with my router in use and my router not in use. Also I have tried a complete uninstall / reinstall and it has not helped. I also thought perhaps it was my old crappy computer that was lagging me so I turned down all of the graphic settings and this lag was still happening. I am out of ideas my last resort will be to reformat my computer if you have no other suggestions. Updating graphics drivers right now to see if that solves the problem. I updated my video drivers and it has not helped. I have played a few games and watches me FPS and ping. My FPS never drops below 38 or so and my ping never spikes. I continue to see the connection symbol...

C:\Documents and Settings\>tracert 208.115.118.200
Tracing route to 208-115-118-200-reverse.wowrack.com [208.115.118.200]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

WITH ROUTER PLUGGED IN

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 13 ms 11 ms 11 ms rd1no-ge9-0-0-4.cg.shawcable.net [64.59.137.51]
4 11 ms 12 ms 12 ms rc2no-tge0-9-5-0.cg.shawcable.net [66.163.71.153
]
5 11 ms 13 ms 13 ms rc2so-pos0-8-1-0.cg.shawcable.net [66.163.71.50]
6 24 ms 24 ms 24 ms rc2wh-pos0-15-5-0.vc.shawcable.net [66.163.76.18
6]
7 28 ms 29 ms 36 ms rc4wt-pos14-0-0.wa.shawcable.net [66.163.76.130]
8 87 ms 50 ms 30 ms rc5wt-tge0-0-0-0.wa.shawcable.net [66.163.68.33]
9 28 ms 27 ms 40 ms cr2-sea-B-t4-2.bb.spectrumnet.us [206.81.80.56]
10 38 ms 28 ms 28 ms agg1-sea-p20.bb.spectrumnet.us [208.76.153.38]
11 29 ms 29 ms 28 ms WOWRack-SEA-10000M.demarc.spectrumnet.us [216.24
3.28.190]
12 29 ms 29 ms 27 ms core2.wowrack.com [216.244.95.130]
13 42 ms 31 ms 29 ms 216.244.95.141
14 28 ms 40 ms 29 ms 216.244.88.10
15 43 ms 41 ms 30 ms 208-115-118-200-reverse.wowrack.com [208.115.118
.200]
Trace complete.

WITH OUT ROUTER PLUGGED IN

C:\Documents and Settings\>tracert 208.115.118.200
Tracing route to 208-115-118-200-reverse.wowrack.com [208.115.118.200]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 * * * Request timed out.
2 11 ms 8 ms 24 ms rd1no-ge9-0-0-4.cg.shawcable.net [64.59.137.51]
3 9 ms 10 ms 11 ms rc2no-tge0-9-5-0.cg.shawcable.net [66.163.71.153
]
4 10 ms 9 ms 20 ms rc2so-tge0-1-0-0.cg.shawcable.net [66.163.71.50]
5 24 ms 23 ms 24 ms rc2wh-pos0-15-5-0.vc.shawcable.net [66.163.76.18
6]
6 29 ms 26 ms 27 ms rc4wt-pos14-0-0.wa.shawcable.net [66.163.76.130]
7 29 ms 38 ms 29 ms rc5wt-tge0-0-0-0.wa.shawcable.net [66.163.68.33]
8 29 ms 27 ms 28 ms cr2-sea-B-t4-2.bb.spectrumnet.us [206.81.80.56]
9 40 ms 30 ms 27 ms agg1-sea-p20.bb.spectrumnet.us [208.76.153.38]
10 28 ms 28 ms 27 ms WOWRack-SEA-10000M.demarc.spectrumnet.us [216.24
3.28.190]
11 26 ms 27 ms 26 ms core2.wowrack.com [216.244.95.130]
12 30 ms 29 ms 27 ms 216.244.95.141
13 29 ms 27 ms 28 ms 216.244.88.10
14 30 ms 26 ms 28 ms 208-115-118-200-reverse.wowrack.com [208.115.118
.200]
Trace complete.

WITH OUT ROUTER

C:\Documents and Settings\>ping 208.115.118.200
Pinging 208.115.118.200 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 208.115.118.200: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=116
Reply from 208.115.118.200: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=116
Reply from 208.115.118.200: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=116
Reply from 208.115.118.200: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=116
Ping statistics for 208.115.118.200:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 29ms, Maximum = 46ms, Average = 36ms

WITH ROUTER

C:\Documents and Settings\>ping 208.115.118.200
Pinging 208.115.118.200 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 208.115.118.200: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=115
Reply from 208.115.118.200: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=115
Reply from 208.115.118.200: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=115
Reply from 208.115.118.200: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=115
Ping statistics for 208.115.118.200:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 29ms, Maximum = 34ms, Average = 31ms

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Cheers

[KRyn]

Here is a copy of my console as well. Just got off the phone with my ISP and everything is A-okay as far as they are concerned...

[IAmRoot]

Hmm. The traceroutes look fine. Could you redo the pings with -n 500 -l 1300 to check for packet loss?

[KRyn]

With router...
Ping statistics for 208.115.118.200:
Packets: Sent = 500, Received = 448, Lost = 52 (10% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 33ms, Maximum = 106ms, Average = 40ms

With out router...
Ping statistics for 208.115.118.200:
Packets: Sent = 500, Received = 454, Lost = 46 (9% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 29ms, Maximum = 999ms, Average = 36ms


Since I have similar packet loss it would lead me to believe that either my cable is in bad condition, not plugged in properly or my modem is shitting the bed, are these correct assumptions? Also there is one splitter in place splitting my cable before my router. Could a bad / cheap splitter be the cause of packet loss? I am just trying to explore all options. What is the lowest upload speed you need to play HON with out lag?

Thanks for all the help Root!

[KRyn]

>.<

ttt