Gaming

[Alix]

Hi last night was playing a online private match with my sister and it felt like I couldn't kill her like it was like bullet lag what cause this? Also did a ping test this morning it says 18ms minium and maximum 53, average 21ms with zero packet loss 

[N3CR0]

Was it Call of Duty Black Ops 4? If so, that game is an absolute laggy mess right now.

[Alix]

Yerh it's blacks ops 4 my isp is wisp so I have a fluctuating ping but I have tested my connection no packet loss. But dsl reports says I have a B for bufferbloat and can go to a c but don't know how accurate this is 😊

[Netduma Alex]

Have you tried using PingPlotter to see if you can improve your ping stability using the Anti-Bufferbloat settings?

[Alix]

Will have a look 👍 do you decrease the sliders if you have bufferbloat or increase the sliders I have it set to 70% down 70%up thanks 

[Netduma Fraser]

Both but if you're starting from 70% then I'd start by decreasing by 5 or 10% each time and try to narrow it down. 

[Alix]

Anti-bufferbloat if I start from 100% on the down and 100%up do I still decrease it by 5% or 10%. As I have low bandwidth of 15mbps download and 1mbps upload so I will start  this adjustment from 100% on both up and down. Thanks for you help getting a good idea how netduma works now 

[Netduma Fraser]

Go with 10% to start and then drop down to 5% when you don't see much difference in a 10% range. For example you've tested 10, 20, 30....  etc and determined that both 60 & 70% are very good but there is not much difference between them, then go to 65%.

[Alix]

Thanks just struggling will with upload as its only 1mbps and can go lower which doesn't help

[Netduma Fraser]

1 hour ago, Alix said:

Thanks just struggling will with upload as its only 1mbps and can go lower which doesn't help

Go with 5% on the upload then each time if 10% is too much. Remember you'll want to make sure you have sort of at least 300kbps/0.3mbps for gaming.

[Alix]

Thanks bud having 1mbps upload and setting the slider to 5% then work my way up to sort bufferbloat out on the upload speed won't this make it worse 👍

[Netduma Fraser]

Sorry I meant adjust by 5% for upload until you find the sweet spot not start at 5%.

[Alix]

lol so if I put the upload slider to 100% on the upload and adjust it by 5% each time and test it till it settles down. But won't this effect upload as I only have 1mbps or less to give thanks new to netduma and getting used to it 😊

[Netduma Fraser]

Yes that's right, it will affect upload but as long as you have enough for gaming and other devices you'll be fine. I think you could be fine with as little as 0.5mbps so don't worry about that

[Alix]

Thanks for time my Internet is whisp with unlimited Internet with 15mbps download and 1mbps upload for 25 pounds a month which brilliant price for gaming

[gerasimus]

I don't have such problems with the ping, but when I use hacks in Apex it looks like I have packet loss but when I check I don't.