Getting high latency with LAN but not with WiFi connection?

Brumboy

Brumboy

Brumboy

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Hi so when I play games online, specifically Overwatch, I get high latency and massive lag spikes when using a Powerline adapter. I've had it for a few years and it's been fine until now. I've tried to change what I can/update everything but nothing changes. So I decided to try the WiFi connection and that is actually slightly better which is bizarre.

Is there any reason why I'm getting these issues? Is my powerline adpater failing?

Here are the network results using WiFi to Overwatch Europe Servers - you can try it yourself here - https://us-looking-glass.battle.net/

TRACEROUTE:
traceroute to 88.98.95.240 (88.98.95.240), 15 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 37.244.50.130 (37.244.50.130) 1.187 ms 2.082 ms 2.090 ms
2 * * *
3 137.221.66.38 (137.221.66.38) 0.515 ms 0.539 ms 0.542 ms
4 137.221.77.52 (137.221.77.52) 93.967 ms 93.988 ms 93.991 ms
5 137.221.65.19 (137.221.65.19) 7.609 ms 7.628 ms 7.628 ms
6 137.221.79.34 (137.221.79.34) 7.627 ms 7.523 ms 7.854 ms
7 linx-2.zen.net.uk (195.66.236.158) 8.153 ms 8.470 ms 8.435 ms
8 lag-6.p2.thn-lon.zen.net.uk (51.148.73.166) 8.154 ms 8.030 ms 8.011 ms
9 lag-7.cor2.lond1.ptn.zen.net.uk (51.148.73.175) 8.329 ms 8.489 ms 8.430 ms
10 88-98-95-240.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk (88.98.95.240) 19.574 ms 19.976 ms 19.621 ms


03/06/2022 06:36:02 UTC
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PING:
PING 88.98.95.240 (88.98.95.240) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 37.244.16.87 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 37.244.16.87 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 37.244.16.87 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
From 37.244.16.87 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable

--- 88.98.95.240 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 0 received, +4 errors, 100% packet loss, time 2999ms
pipe 4


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TRACEROUTE:
traceroute to 88.98.95.240 (88.98.95.240), 15 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 * * *
2 * * *
3 * * *
4 * * *
5 * * *
6 * 137.221.65.90 (137.221.65.90) 83.807 ms 83.798 ms
7 137.221.79.32 (137.221.79.32) 84.952 ms 84.957 ms 84.965 ms
8 lonap-1.zen.net.uk (5.57.80.48) 104.259 ms 104.282 ms 104.286 ms
9 lag-6.p2.thn-lon.zen.net.uk (51.148.73.166) 84.960 ms 84.962 ms 84.974 ms
10 lag-7.cor2.lond1.ptn.zen.net.uk (51.148.73.175) 85.041 ms 85.072 ms 85.191 ms
11 * * *
12 * * *
13 * * *
14 * * *
15 * * *


03/06/2022 06:36:02 UTC
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PING:
PING 88.98.95.240 (88.98.95.240) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 88.98.95.240: icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=19.6 ms
64 bytes from 88.98.95.240: icmp_seq=2 ttl=55 time=19.6 ms
64 bytes from 88.98.95.240: icmp_seq=3 ttl=55 time=19.6 ms

--- 88.98.95.240 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 3 received, 25% packet loss, time 2999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 19.616/19.664/19.696/0.165 ms


03/06/2022 06:36:02 UTC
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MTR:
Start: Fri Jun 3 06:36:02 2022
HOST: ams1a-admin-looking-glass-back01 Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1.|-- Blizzard 0.0% 10 0.7 335.2 0.7 1945. 678.4
2.|-- ??? 100.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
3.|-- 137.221.66.42 0.0% 10 0.5 264.7 0.3 1736. 590.4
4.|-- 137.221.78.56 0.0% 10 6.7 477.5 6.7 2420. 836.5
5.|-- 137.221.65.76 80.0% 10 13752 14210 13752 14668 647.6
6.|-- 137.221.65.90 0.0% 10 6.7 235.8 6.7 1442. 459.8
7.|-- 137.221.79.32 0.0% 10 15.7 175.4 6.9 1342. 423.2
8.|-- lonap-1.zen.net.uk 0.0% 8 7.5 7.6 7.4 7.7 0.0
9.|-- lag-6.p2.thn-lon.zen.net.uk 0.0% 8 7.6 7.7 7.5 7.8 0.0
10.|-- lag-7.cor2.lond1.ptn.zen.net.uk 0.0% 8 7.7 9.3 7.5 19.0 3.9
11.|-- 88-98-95-240.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk 12.5% 8 19.0 19.2 19.0 19.5 0.0


03/06/2022 06:36:02 UTC
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MTR:
Start: Fri Jun 3 06:36:03 2022
HOST: cdg1b-admin-looking-glass-back01 Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1.|-- 37.244.50.146 0.0% 10 1.2 1.5 0.9 3.0 0.5
2.|-- ??? 100.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
3.|-- 137.221.66.36 0.0% 10 0.8 1.3 0.4 7.9 2.3
4.|-- 137.221.77.56 0.0% 10 7.5 25.8 7.4 103.4 30.5
5.|-- 137.221.65.19 0.0% 10 7.9 7.6 7.4 7.9 0.0
6.|-- 137.221.79.34 0.0% 10 7.5 9.9 7.5 28.8 6.6
7.|-- linx-2.zen.net.uk 0.0% 10 8.2 8.3 7.9 8.7 0.0
8.|-- lag-6.p1.thn-lon.zen.net.uk 0.0% 10 8.6 8.5 8.3 8.7 0.0
9.|-- lag-1.cor2.lond1.ptn.zen.net.uk 0.0% 10 9.2 8.8 8.5 9.3 0.0
10.|-- ??? 100.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


03/06/2022 06:36:02 UTC
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Powerline Adapter:

TRACEROUTE:
traceroute to 88.98.95.240 (88.98.95.240), 15 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 Blizzard Blizzard 1.248 ms 1.382 ms 1.600 ms
2 * * *
3 137.221.66.42 (137.221.66.42) 0.458 ms 0.484 ms 0.487 ms
4 137.221.78.56 (137.221.78.56) 410.987 ms 411.009 ms 411.013 ms
5 * * *
6 137.221.65.90 (137.221.65.90) 6.721 ms 7.720 ms 7.823 ms
7 137.221.79.32 (137.221.79.32) 20.486 ms 14.597 ms 14.562 ms
8 lonap-1.zen.net.uk (5.57.80.48) 7.454 ms 7.447 ms 7.560 ms
9 lag-6.p2.thn-lon.zen.net.uk (51.148.73.166) 7.874 ms 7.517 ms 7.302 ms
10 lag-7.cor2.lond1.ptn.zen.net.uk (51.148.73.175) 7.762 ms 7.782 ms 7.493 ms
11 88-98-95-240.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk (88.98.95.240) 19.043 ms 19.056 ms 18.911 ms


03/06/2022 06:37:17 UTC
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PING:
PING 88.98.95.240 (88.98.95.240) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 88.98.95.240: icmp_seq=1 ttl=54 time=19.1 ms
64 bytes from 88.98.95.240: icmp_seq=2 ttl=54 time=19.0 ms
64 bytes from 88.98.95.240: icmp_seq=3 ttl=54 time=19.0 ms
64 bytes from 88.98.95.240: icmp_seq=4 ttl=54 time=18.8 ms

--- 88.98.95.240 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 2998ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 18.840/19.035/19.135/0.179 ms


03/06/2022 06:37:17 UTC
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TRACEROUTE:
traceroute to 88.98.95.240 (88.98.95.240), 15 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 37.244.50.146 (37.244.50.146) 4.279 ms 4.422 ms 4.649 ms
2 * * *
3 137.221.66.36 (137.221.66.36) 2.130 ms 2.162 ms 2.164 ms
4 137.221.77.56 (137.221.77.56) 9.145 ms 9.147 ms 9.147 ms
5 137.221.65.19 (137.221.65.19) 9.063 ms 9.092 ms 9.096 ms
6 137.221.79.34 (137.221.79.34) 9.103 ms 9.866 ms 9.997 ms
7 linx-2.zen.net.uk (195.66.236.158) 8.719 ms 8.340 ms 8.308 ms
8 lag-6.p1.thn-lon.zen.net.uk (51.148.73.152) 8.422 ms 8.418 ms 8.416 ms
9 lag-1.cor2.lond1.ptn.zen.net.uk (51.148.73.161) 37.091 ms 37.109 ms 37.106 ms
10 * * *
11 * * *
12 * * *
13 * * *
14 * * *
15 * * *


03/06/2022 06:37:18 UTC
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PING:
PING 88.98.95.240 (88.98.95.240) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- 88.98.95.240 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 3000ms



03/06/2022 06:37:18 UTC
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MTR:
Start: Fri Jun 3 06:37:17 2022
HOST: ams1a-admin-looking-glass-back01 Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1.|-- Blizzard 0.0% 10 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.6 0.0
2.|-- ??? 100.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
3.|-- 137.221.66.42 0.0% 10 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.0
4.|-- 137.221.78.56 0.0% 10 348.3 65.0 6.8 348.3 124.8
5.|-- 137.221.65.76 80.0% 10 13316 13501 13316 13686 261.5
6.|-- 137.221.65.90 0.0% 10 383.9 56.0 6.8 383.9 120.3
7.|-- 137.221.79.32 0.0% 10 7.1 17.5 6.9 84.8 25.0
8.|-- lonap-1.zen.net.uk 0.0% 10 7.5 7.7 7.5 8.0 0.0
9.|-- lag-6.p2.thn-lon.zen.net.uk 0.0% 10 8.2 7.9 7.6 8.2 0.0
10.|-- lag-7.cor2.lond1.ptn.zen.net.uk 0.0% 10 9.5 8.1 7.7 9.5 0.5
11.|-- ??? 100.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0


03/06/2022 06:37:17 UTC
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MTR:
Start: Fri Jun 3 06:37:18 2022
HOST: cdg1a-admin-looking-glass-back01 Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1.|-- 37.244.50.130 0.0% 10 1.3 0.9 0.8 1.3 0.0
2.|-- ??? 100.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
3.|-- 137.221.66.38 0.0% 10 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.0
4.|-- 137.221.77.52 0.0% 10 9.3 13.2 7.4 61.7 17.0
5.|-- 137.221.65.19 0.0% 10 7.3 7.4 7.3 7.7 0.0
6.|-- 137.221.79.34 0.0% 10 7.6 7.7 7.5 7.9 0.0
7.|-- linx-2.zen.net.uk 0.0% 10 8.2 8.3 8.1 8.8 0.0
8.|-- lag-6.p2.thn-lon.zen.net.uk 0.0% 10 8.6 8.5 8.3 8.7 0.0
9.|-- lag-7.cor2.lond1.ptn.zen.net.uk 0.0% 10 8.2 8.4 8.2 9.1 0.0
10.|-- ??? 100.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
11.|-- ??? 100.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12.|-- ??? 100.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
13.|-- ??? 100.0 10 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
14.|-- 88-98-95-240.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk 30.0% 10 19.6 19.8 19.6 20.2 0.0


03/06/2022 06:37:18 UTC
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Last edited:
MrRockliffe said:
Could be failing, could be interference on your electrical circuit. Perhaps a microwave or something?
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I guess it could be a failure with the adapter itself right? I've added some network results for reference. There is a screenshot of the results to compare more easily
 
Powerline has to be a nightmare to fault find. Too many variables. You could have an appliance not behaving well which isn't yet causing a fuse to trip. Get a long ethernet cable and run it outside the house if inside is too complex.
 
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