Xbox Latency

Andybtsn

Andybtsn

Andybtsn

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Hi guys,

Despite not seeing any issues in Titan Fall I noticed mine and the other half's One's were always on a 2/3 bar connection.

FIFA I've had issues with button lag for a few months now.

I've noticed my latency in details network stats on the One is at 292 ms! Which is ridiculously high.

If I do a ping to bbc.co.uk for example, I'm getting an average of around 40ms.

The Xbox One is plugged into the router. I tested the other One and that's in the 300's!

Our internet fluctuates between 10mb-20mb DL and UL. Ping on speedtest is around 50ms.

Any advice?
 
If its already plugged into the router, then i cant see how you could improve it, did you notice its been getting worse recently or ?
 
I had 2mb internet a couple of weeks ago, now on 20mb, same issues.

I've only checked the latency if I'm honest.

I just had a laggy game of FIFA, pretty much 90% of my games are effected by button lag or general lag. Doesn't really make sense.
 
Unfortunately you wouldn't of heard of them! They cater for rural area's, farms, small villages etc. It's a wireless solution, basically a satellite on top of my house. They're called NYNet.

It's like something is restricting the Xbox as mentioned ping tests elsewhere on the PC come back OK?
 
292ms ping is normal for satellite based broadband

how do they achieve 40ms for BBC ?

Thats speeds of an average wired broadband. How can they achieve that if your internet has to go all the way out to space and back ?
 
Ah satellite broadband, the joys. You're stuck with lag then, combination of the signal routing/time to reach and return data and processing delay means satellite sucks donkeys for gaming online.

Oh and enjoy the Internet when the weather turns on you ;)
 
Fr0dders said:
292ms ping is normal for satellite based broadband

how do they achieve 40ms for BBC ?

Thats speeds of an average wired broadband. How can they achieve that if your internet has to go all the way out to space and back ?
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Maybe they cache locally at ISP server side?
 
Sorry yeah it's not going to space ;)

The access point it connects to is about 20 miles away. I've spoke to the guys and the wireless would add around 15-20ms over a normal connection. Doesn't really warrant the latency on the XBox..
 
ah so its just a long range WIFI rather than satellite.

I suspect you've got traffic prioritisation going on at the ISP end, and internet gaming and filesharing is right down at the bottom of the list

If the device is already connected via ethernet to your router there is nothing else you can do short of prey you get better internet in your area and can move to another provider.
 
Fr0dders said:
ah so its just a long range WIFI rather than satellite.

I suspect you've got traffic prioritisation going on at the ISP end, and internet gaming and filesharing is right down at the bottom of the list

If the device is already connected via ethernet to your router there is nothing else you can do short of prey you get better internet in your area and can move to another provider.
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Can he not use a VPN to get around traffic prioratisation?
 
I know how to fix this. Assign a certain IP address to the xbox one on the router settings via address reservation so have the mac of the xbox one set to an ip eg xxx.x.xxx.4 always reserved by the xbox. Then change the DMZ setting to on and xxx.x.xxx.4 as the default DMZ or whatever you set the xbox to. This disables all firewalling of traffic and leaves the router totally open and unprotected just for the xbox one. Only works for one console though. This will not fail to improve latency but no idea how much for you 100ms maybe.
 
not having your ports open on the firewall does not cause your ping to increase from 40ms to 292ms. It causes your NAT type to default to strict which means you have issues joining other people's xbox live parties etc..

Andy, are both your PC and Xbox connected by ethernet cables to the same switch / router ? and did you say you have 2 xbox's both exhibiting the same behaviour ?
 
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Has anyone checked their latency on their Xbox ones?

Apparently it's measured on pinging servers in the US?

And yeah pc and Xbox connect to the same router. Second One same issue.

I've got the One in the Dmz already, only do that to get an open Nat mind.
 
sja360 said:
How are you testing the latency on the xbox one itself ?
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On the Xbox One...Settings > Detailed Network Stats.

I'm pretty sure it's not accurate really as my download and upload are not consistent with what my ISP actually provide. It says 4mb DL, 1.78mb UL

According to speedtest my ping is 42ms, DL 13.53mb and UL 14.6mb.

Go figure...
 
I'll give it a bash and report back in 5 mins.
I'm getting 33ms ping, 15.92mbp down / 0.37mbp up on Speedtest.net
 
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