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Daveoc64 · 22-02-2017, 12:44

It's quite difficult to identify that the issue is causing problems, so don't assume that you aren't affected. It took almost a year for people to identify the behaviour of the software that was causing the problem (well documented on DSLReports).

Every modem/router that uses the affected Intel chip suffers from the problem.

The problem results in some connections being held up. This means that a simple ping test or a test over a long period of time (like TBB graph) is unlikely to show it. But if you try going to a web site, and the DNS lookup for that request is held up, your site will take longer to load.

If you're playing a game and one of your packets is held up, your game might be interrupted at a key time.

22-02-2017, 12:44	#56
Daveoc64 cf.addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bristol, UK Services: Freeview Play, Virgin Media Gig1 Posts: 167	Re: All hub3 users affected by confirmed latency issue It's quite difficult to identify that the issue is causing problems, so don't assume that you aren't affected. It took almost a year for people to identify the behaviour of the software that was causing the problem (well documented on DSLReports). Every modem/router that uses the affected Intel chip suffers from the problem. The problem results in some connections being held up. This means that a simple ping test or a test over a long period of time (like TBB graph) is unlikely to show it. But if you try going to a web site, and the DNS lookup for that request is held up, your site will take longer to load. If you're playing a game and one of your packets is held up, your game might be interrupted at a key time.