Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted July 25, 2020 Administrators Share Posted July 25, 2020 I wouldn't advice port forwarding 53/80/88 as that could have knock on affects to other devices. VPNs will generally raise your latency unless they have very good routing to a game server and so wouldn't suggest using it unless you're in that scenario. If you do want to do it then using a gaming VPN would likely be better. For ping spikes etc you really want to utilize QoS, start with 70% for Anti-Bufferbloat and keep adjusting until you find what works best for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, Netduma Fraser said: I wouldn't advice port forwarding 53/80/88 as that could have knock on affects to other devices. VPNs will generally raise your latency unless they have very good routing to a game server and so wouldn't suggest using it unless you're in that scenario. If you do want to do it then using a gaming VPN would likely be better. For ping spikes etc you really want to utilize QoS, start with 70% for Anti-Bufferbloat and keep adjusting until you find what works best for you. so remove those ports? can you explain why a ping test gives me a very good result but playing titanfall2 or other games and my pings terrible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted July 25, 2020 Administrators Share Posted July 25, 2020 Yes I would recommend so. When you do something like a speed test and it gives you a ping value, it's just the ping to that server which is often very close to you. Mine for example is in the next town over, so its quite low. The game server on the other hand will not be as close as that and also will increase if there is any local congestion on your side or if they experience heavy load. What pings are you seeing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 13 minutes ago, Netduma Fraser said: Yes I would recommend so. When you do something like a speed test and it gives you a ping value, it's just the ping to that server which is often very close to you. Mine for example is in the next town over, so its quite low. The game server on the other hand will not be as close as that and also will increase if there is any local congestion on your side or if they experience heavy load. What pings are you seeing? Pinging 8.8 .8.8 gives 25-35ms all the time but the tf2 in game ping shows 45-250 and makes playing a nightmare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted July 26, 2020 Administrators Share Posted July 26, 2020 Are you selecting the closest server on TF2? It's very strange they would differ so much. Are other devices in your home using the internet heavily when you're playing? Have you tried QoS with it yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 5 hours ago, Netduma Fraser said: Are you selecting the closest server on TF2? It's very strange they would differ so much. Are other devices in your home using the internet heavily when you're playing? Have you tried QoS with it yet? Yes closest server, even if I'm the only one using the internet it's still same and yes I've set up QoS Also the WiFi still disconnecting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted July 26, 2020 Administrators Share Posted July 26, 2020 Where abouts are you located and what server are you selecting? Could you provide a screenshot showing the in game ping? I'll try and get you on the beta asap as should hopefully resolve the wifi issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 1 minute ago, Netduma Fraser said: Where abouts are you located and what server are you selecting? Could you provide a screenshot showing the in game ping? I'll try and get you on the beta asap as should hopefully resolve the wifi issue. I'm in the UK South Wales and I connect to the UK server London I think it is Ye will try record little clip later Well if I can get this ping issue sorted I might order the R2 but don't want to order it if it can't fix it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted July 26, 2020 Administrators Share Posted July 26, 2020 That really makes no sense, if you use the Geo-Filter in Spectating Mode and ping the same server, what ping do you get? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 7 minutes ago, Netduma Fraser said: That really makes no sense, if you use the Geo-Filter in Spectating Mode and ping the same server, what ping do you get? How do I do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted July 26, 2020 Administrators Share Posted July 26, 2020 Change the PC to a PlayStation in the Device Manager and add it to the Geo-Filter. Switch to Spectating Mode, go on the game and select the usual server and on the Geo-Filter it should show the server and ping it automatically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 29 minutes ago, Netduma Fraser said: Change the PC to a PlayStation in the Device Manager and add it to the Geo-Filter. Switch to Spectating Mode, go on the game and select the usual server and on the Geo-Filter it should show the server and ping it automatically. OK seems to be some improvements ping spikes on xbox and pc are now mostly still under 100ms but occasionally 200+ms on the geo filter the ping is solid 46 for xbox and 38 for pc and i know that the duma ping is supposed to be more accurate but i play the game i feel lag i press the back button and it brings up the ping and the spikes match up with what im seeing in game and not the other way around like some sort of placebo ive tried to play with the ping on screen but it brings up the score board too and takes up 3rd of the screen lol  also its really difficult to try and track things on duma while playing cause ive got 1 monitor and i use it for pc and xbox so i set up my old laptop to view it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted July 26, 2020 Administrators Share Posted July 26, 2020 That's fine thank you, I just wanted to see what the difference was. Geo-Filter does a direct from router to server ping so it's either the server itself that only manifests when playing on device/game settings. Is the device connected via ethernet or wifi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted July 26, 2020 Author Share Posted July 26, 2020 9 minutes ago, Netduma Fraser said: That's fine thank you, I just wanted to see what the difference was. Geo-Filter does a direct from router to server ping so it's either the server itself that only manifests when playing on device/game settings. Is the device connected via ethernet or wifi? Always ethernet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted July 26, 2020 Administrators Share Posted July 26, 2020 Could you try playing wireless please and see what you get? It's not ideal but I just want to see if it differs from ethernet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 10 hours ago, Netduma Fraser said: Could you try playing wireless please and see what you get? It's not ideal but I just want to see if it differs from ethernet. It was worse on wifi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted July 27, 2020 Administrators Share Posted July 27, 2020 Very confusing, could you get that game screenshot please showing the ping? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted July 27, 2020 Author Share Posted July 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Netduma Fraser said: Very confusing, could you get that game screenshot please showing the ping? This is from yesterday, only jumps to about 115 in this game but I'm many games it's much higher  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted July 28, 2020 Administrators Share Posted July 28, 2020 Thank you for that. I don't think that is actually on your side at all, if you notice when the ping goes up it does so very briefly and then goes back down but when it does happen there is a lot of things happening on the screen at once. I don't know what your graphic settings are like but if you drop them down to their absolute lowest does the ping stop rising as much in situations like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Netduma Fraser said: Thank you for that. I don't think that is actually on your side at all, if you notice when the ping goes up it does so very briefly and then goes back down but when it does happen there is a lot of things happening on the screen at once. I don't know what your graphic settings are like but if you drop them down to their absolute lowest does the ping stop rising as much in situations like that? that was xbox not pc but its same on pc my ping used to be very stable in this game at my last address with better internet (the box was outside ) , i have thought that maybe its the servers that are the problem but then some people still get great ping on the uk servers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted July 29, 2020 Administrators Share Posted July 29, 2020 Is it possible for you to directly connect to the modem and see if you experience the same problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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