Counter-Strike latency issues

MaverickUK · 08-03-2007, 18:46

As above, i have issues with the latency of my CS1.6 and CS:S - they are stable one second and then they go high, then lower and so forth. I have no idea why this is - does anyone have any clues as to why this may be happening? I know it's not an issue with Virgin as i rang them up and they ran diagnostics on their side. I am not running bandwith consuming programs in the background either.

Please help!
Nick.

**Graham M** · 08-03-2007, 18:48

Is this on one server, multiple servers or all servers?

MaverickUK · 08-03-2007, 19:24

Well, this actually seems to be occurring on certain servers, some are fine and most UK servers just ping like mad for me. At the moment .de and .nl servers are pinging best for me, very unusual. I cannot play and haven't been able to play since the issues with my PC were resolved.

Infact, it is happening on all servers - not just exclusively UK servers.

Cheers.

**Graham M** · 08-03-2007, 19:25

OK can you do us a traceroute to a few of the servers that are working well for you and those that are not

You do this by going Start->run, typing "cmd" and clicking on "ok", in the Command prompt type

tracert <ip address>

replacing <ip address> with the IP addresses of the servers

MaverickUK · 08-03-2007, 19:46

"Unable to target system name 81.19.208.13:27020"

The problem is with all server, definately. Although i remember my friend being on a server last night and not receiving any lag what-so-ever. I'd be suprised even if a technician can resolve this issue to be honest.

Uncle Peter · 08-03-2007, 19:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaverickUK

"Unable to target system name 81.19.208.13:27020"

The problem is with all server, definately. Although i remember my friend being on a server last night and not receiving any lag what-so-ever. I'd be suprised even if a technician can resolve this issue to be honest.

You need to tracert 81.19.208.13 (minus the :27020)

MaverickUK · 08-03-2007, 20:01

Sorry.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Maverick>tracert 85.236.127.20

Tracing route to 85.236.127.20 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 54 ms 84 ms 564 ms 10.137.140.1
2 22 ms 15 ms 16 ms bagu-t2cam1-b-v127.inet.ntl.com [80.5.163.97]
3 63 ms 96 ms 133 ms bagu-t2core-b-ge-wan63.inet.ntl.com [195.182.175
.33]
4 759 ms 104 ms 51 ms lee-bb-b-so-710-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.174.73]

5 31 ms 56 ms 193 ms nth-bb-a-so-600-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.175.133]

6 32 ms 123 ms 59 ms nth-bb-b-so-200-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.172.194]

7 60 ms 95 ms 40 ms tele-ic-1-as0-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.184.2]
8 169 ms 207 ms 430 ms 212.250.14.110
9 33 ms 72 ms 18 ms te4-1.telehouse-north.core.enta.net [87.127.236.
38]
10 141 ms 143 ms 61 ms gi4-3.enta-transit.as35028.net [84.45.252.122]
11 206 ms 26 ms 26 ms 85.236.127.20

Trace complete.

_________________________________

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Maverick>tracert 85.236.127.20

Tracing route to 85.236.127.20 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 54 ms 84 ms 564 ms 10.137.140.1
2 22 ms 15 ms 16 ms bagu-t2cam1-b-v127.inet.ntl.com [80.5.163.97]
3 63 ms 96 ms 133 ms bagu-t2core-b-ge-wan63.inet.ntl.com [195.182.175
.33]
4 759 ms 104 ms 51 ms lee-bb-b-so-710-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.174.73]

5 31 ms 56 ms 193 ms nth-bb-a-so-600-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.175.133]

6 32 ms 123 ms 59 ms nth-bb-b-so-200-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.172.194]

7 60 ms 95 ms 40 ms tele-ic-1-as0-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.184.2]
8 169 ms 207 ms 430 ms 212.250.14.110
9 33 ms 72 ms 18 ms te4-1.telehouse-north.core.enta.net [87.127.236.
38]
10 141 ms 143 ms 61 ms gi4-3.enta-transit.as35028.net [84.45.252.122]
11 206 ms 26 ms 26 ms 85.236.127.20

Trace complete.

Note: I forgot to mention, my CPU is under 100% load whilst in-game, however how this plays with my ping in-game i do not know. I use an AMD Athlon 4000+ ~2.4GHZ and1GB DDR SDRAM.

Uncle Peter · 08-03-2007, 20:14

Ouch, look at some of those ping spikes. Looks like there's some issues very local to you. Is there anything else running on your home network or on your own pc?

EDIT - ok I see no natted gateway address on your first hop so I guess you're directly plugged into the STB/Modem

DocDutch · 08-03-2007, 20:17

those pings look terrible mate, try and reboot the modem, see what happens then.

other then that :yikes:

MaverickUK · 08-03-2007, 20:18

I plug directly in to the STB. I have relentlessly restarted the STB many times, to no avail. I feel like eating this PC.

Uncle Peter · 08-03-2007, 20:35

When you ran those traceroutes did you have the game running minimised in the background?

DocDutch · 08-03-2007, 20:36

where bouts are you mave cuz these are my results

Tracing route to 85.236.127.20 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 2 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.2.1
2 11 ms 11 ms 8 ms 10.98.200.1
3 10 ms 12 ms 9 ms 213.104.142.21
4 38 ms 10 ms 39 ms 195.182.176.129
5 10 ms 64 ms 10 ms 62.253.185.109
6 20 ms 40 ms 37 ms 213.105.172.194
7 * 25 ms 49 ms 62.253.184.2
8 16 ms 59 ms 41 ms 212.250.14.110
9 17 ms 29 ms 16 ms 87.127.236.38
10 14 ms 31 ms 13 ms 84.45.252.122
11 11 ms 11 ms 33 ms 85.236.127.20

Tightscot · 08-03-2007, 20:41

you're not running Zone alarm are you?

what about Anti virus and or messaging programs - ie MSN messenger etc?

Uncle Peter · 08-03-2007, 20:41

fwiw I'm on the same ubr and the results aren't stellar

traceroute to 85.236.127.20 (85.236.127.20), 30 hops max, 32 byte packets
1 192.168.0.1 (192.168.0.1) 0.262 ms 0.282 ms 0.382 ms
2 10.137.196.1 (10.137.196.1) 17.514 ms 22.097 ms 38.460 ms
3 bagu-t2cam1-a-v112.inet.ntl.com (80.5.162.49) 38.937 ms 44.729 ms 44.877 ms
4 bagu-t2core-a-ge-wan64.inet.ntl.com (195.182.175.13) 63.065 ms 63.192 ms 63.337 ms
5 man-bb-a-so-700-0.inet.ntl.com (62.253.188.25) 53.655 ms 53.810 ms 57.618 ms
6 lee-bb-b-so-100-0.inet.ntl.com (62.253.185.194) 64.833 ms 15.478 ms 19.134 ms
7 nth-bb-a-so-600-0.inet.ntl.com (213.105.175.133) 26.106 ms 20.143 ms 48.830 ms
8 nth-bb-b-so-200-0.inet.ntl.com (213.105.172.194) 54.408 ms 54.204 ms 54.526 ms
9 tele-ic-1-as0-0.inet.ntl.com (62.253.184.2) 65.919 ms 65.545 ms 65.686 ms
10 212.250.14.110 (212.250.14.110) 217.385 ms 113.963 ms 114.011 ms
11 te4-1.telehouse-north.core.enta.net (87.127.236.38) 33.583 ms 37.158 ms 38.461 ms
12 gi4-3.enta-transit.as35028.net (84.45.252.122) 179.457 ms 179.600 ms 133.401 ms
13 85.236.127.20 (85.236.127.20) 28.855 ms 40.348 ms 43.716 ms

MaverickUK · 08-03-2007, 20:45

MSN - Yes. I have uninstalled my firewall in an attempt to curb this problem. I'm in Cheshire, UK.

Uncle Peter, no i did not, it was closed.

I also find it weird that my CPU is under 100% load whilst playing this game, but the issue i wish to sort out is simply the ping - argh. Also, what is UBR?

Also, these pings are not exclusive to Counter-Strike, applications such as mIRC are running at a miserable speed, too. In processes, i see that System Idle Process is on 98 CPU - whatever that is, heh.