How much Ping is acceptable? Homeplug makes no difference

FlyingPig · 3 Oct 2011 at 13:49

Hi,

As per the title. I bought one of these nifty TP-Link homeplugs but my ping seems to remain the same as before when I was using Wifi. I am still around 50-70ms for UK websites (I am based in Northern Ireland, Plus.net broadband).

I have always noticed lag in online gaming and had hoped it would be better but it doesn't look like it, does it?

FlyingPig · 3 Oct 2011 at 14:05

Right, so have I misunderstood the whole concept behind a homeplug then? I thought that was the whole idea behind it? So, does this mean I am fine and I'm just a lousy player?

I've been playing some BF3 lately and sometimes I fire a whole magazine in one guy without him dying, then he turns around and kills me in 1 shot. I've only installed my homeplugs just now, I guess I'd better see if they make any difference in practice during gameplay.

FlyingPig · 5 Oct 2011 at 13:25

Thanks for the advice guys. I will read up on interleaving and will have a chat with my host. I live in a rented house and I'm at the mercy of my landlady, who has already upgraded my monthly allowance from 10GB to 60GB. Don't think cable is an option in the area.
My last 4 BF3 games I keep getting disconnected, usually after a good run (Sod's law I suppose).

FlyingPig · 5 Oct 2011 at 17:16

s0ck said:
BF3 is disconnecting everyone, I wouldn't base your results on a game in beta

Hmm, is that true? Today I can hardly finish any game. Let's hope the problem is at their end.

FlyingPig · 6 Oct 2011 at 19:54

chris6273 said:
Any chance the OP can do a tracert to bbc.co.uk so we can see where the problem lies?

Here you go:

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Tracing route to bbc.co.uk [212.58.241.131]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 85 ms 99 ms 99 ms dsldevice.lan [192.168.1.254]
2 70 ms 69 ms 66 ms lo0-central2.pcl-ag06.plus.net [195.166.130.47]

3 113 ms 154 ms 60 ms gi7-9-621.pcl-gw01.plus.net [84.93.254.137]
4 69 ms 60 ms 59 ms po4.pcl-gw02.plus.net [212.159.1.129]
5 60 ms 64 ms 60 ms po5.thn-gw02.plus.net [212.159.1.133]
6 60 ms 59 ms 60 ms rt0.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.239.25]
7 61 ms 67 ms 65 ms 212.58.238.149
8 73 ms 63 ms 59 ms virtual-vip-231.thdo.bbc.co.uk [212.58.241.131]

Trace complete.

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I have no real idea what this means apart from probably on the high side so any comments are welcome.