Which is best

[Silent-One]

Hi

I've been having problems with my eratic pings whilst playing CoD:UO.
It seems to be a common thing amongst game users according to the postings on here.
I've been on to technical support and they have move me to a different upstream.

What I would like to know is, which is the best reading between these 2.....

1st Reading
Downstream channel
power level ..................... -3.67 dBmV
Signal to Noise Ratio.......... 35dB
Upstream channel
power level ..................... -42.75 dBmV

2nd Reading
Downstream channel
power level ..................... -0.90dBmV
Signal to Noise Ratio.......... 36dB
Upstream channel
power level ..................... -41.25dBmV

Cheers ;)

[Silent-One]

Well after 66 views of this posting I take it no-one knows which is the best reading of the two.

Thanks anyway

Chris

[Paul]

See http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=26006

[Ignition]

2nd reading, not that either is really relevant, sounds like congestion on the upstream.

Telewest obviously still haven't gotten the hang of load balancing ;) That'll be something they learn from us when the inevitable happens :D

[Silent-One]

Thanks Ignition...the reason why i'm asking is because, I've played about due to lagging spikes during game play.
The 1st of the 2 readings what you see above is with a FAT -3dB Attentuator on a wireless network, While the 2nd one is without the Attentuator.

After taking myself of the wireless side and connecting via a normal lan cable and putting the Attentuator back on...........

Downstream channel
power level ..................... -1.84dBmV
Signal to Noise Ratio.......... 36dB
Upstream channel
power level ..................... -39.50dBmV

4th Reading with the Attentuator taken back off and still on a lan cable

Downstream channel
power level ..................... -0.51dBmV
Signal to Noise Ratio.......... 36dB
Upstream channel
power level ..................... -38.25dBmV

I'm now presuming that if the 2nd reading was the best out of the 1st 2 then the 4th reading is better out of the 4th.

Since the FAT -3dB Attentuator was fitted by an Engineer, there has been work done on the outside system quite a few times ie: blown Caps, Rewiring Etc

I did have a look at different postings like
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=26006
aswell as others, but these were guides and didn't answer my actual question
so Thanks for all your help

;)

Chris