Internet works perfectly apart from in games, (w/o firewall and connected to modem!)

[HexagonalBolts]

This might be a option http://www.westell.com/broadband-home-networking/versalink-gateway.html I have no idea who sell stuff like that in the UK.

i'm not even sure what that is, but it looks expensive

 

[Strife212]

Poor router / modem maybe?

 

[esK`]

could be interleaving on the line... that tends to produce high pings. Could ask them see wether its on or not!

 

[Edward78]

Poor router / modem maybe?

It works great, I am sure. I have one from my ISP, the version made for them & it has given me no trouble.

 

[HexagonalBolts]

could be interleaving on the line... that tends to produce high pings. Could ask them see wether its on or not!

what is interleaving on the line?


If I am switching ISP anyway, should I switch ISP to BE broadband and then see if the problem is around?

 

[esK`]

http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/interleaving.htm

All information on interleaving. An isp would normally do it if your net is unstable under load, wouldnt hurt to try this first though.

 

[tolien]

I'm a bit confused by 'plugging the modem into the master socket', do you mean take off the face plate on the wall, and then there will be another different socket behind that, in which the modem could work properly?

It depends how your extensions are wired but yes, there is a socket behind the master socket's faceplate which should have no extensions wired into it.

 

[pennywise]

could be interleaving on the line... that tends to produce high pings. Could ask them see wether its on or not!

I doubt if it would result in massive lag like OP has stated. At most, it increases your ping by about 30ms, and even then your connection remains rock solid (taking into consideration there are no other factors influencing it).

 

[HexagonalBolts]

So my next course of action should be...?

 

[HexagonalBolts]

bump

 

[tolien]

Er, try the master socket like was suggested?