Ping Increasing

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Ping test with network under load and to 8.8.8.8. XBOXes On.

Both sliders moved to 40%.

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I'll try to get some cleaner tests at some point, what with the R2 dropping wifi and a household of 6 at the moment, it's not easy.

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Ping test with network under load and to 8.8.8.8. XBOX On.

Both sliders moved to 20%.

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Ping test with network under load and to 8.8.8.8. XBOXes On.

Both sliders moved to 80%.

[Netduma Fraser]

Great thanks for this. It appears to me as though it is really dependent on when you do the test i.e.:

• Time of day 
• How saturated the network is at the time
• CC sliders

I don't think it's specifically to do with whether the Xbox is on or off. What I'd suggest is basically what you're doing now, do the tests around peak time and heavily saturate the connection and find the best CC sliders that lowers it the most. Looks like it could be between 40-60% or above 80%.

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What am I ideally trying to achieve, best ping, minimum packet loss or a combination?

All of those test by the way, are with the XBOX ON

I've yet to do the OFF tests.

 

[Netduma Fraser]

Ideally you want the graph to be as flat as possible and the ping to be as close to the Ping Test on Benchmark as possible. No big red bars either on PingPlotter graphs either. Okay keep us posted!

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Network not loaded. XBOX OFF

Slider both at 80%

Note the spikes on the ping plotter graph, these are when the R2 is running the ping under load tests, first the high upload ramp and then the sawtooth download profile can clearly be seen back to back as the test progresses. It then settles down after the test.

Normal?

40% coming up next...

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Network not loaded. XBOX OFF

Slider both at 40%

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XBOX back ON.

Sliders at 40%

Notice when the ping under load test starts, the ping on both graphs drops down to the 20's. The larger spikes on PingPlotter are the speed and ping tests before loading.

 

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XBOX back ON.

Sliders at 80%

Next up, XBOX back off again.

 

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XBOX back OFF.

Sliders at 80%

The test profile under load is definitely different between the ON and OFF states of the XBOX, why is certainly unknown to me.

I'm going to look at the results of the auto setup next.

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I've just worked out why there appears to be differences in the ping under load between the two states of XBOX power, Congestion Control!

Congestion Control was set to auto, so when the xbox was on, the system was trying to optimise ping, hence the low readings, when it was off, the optimisation was off too. So in that respect, it's working as described.

When I just tried another test with the XBOX OFF and Congestion Control set to always, I got the same low pings as when the XBOX was ON.

That being the case, the only way to test for the best slider settings is to either select "Always" when testing, or have the gaming device switched on. I think I probably missed something in the instructions somewhere. 😀

[Netduma Fraser]

Ahhh well done for figuring that out, that's my fault, I should have been clearer in saying to use Always, sorry about that. At least it's working as intended now.