Have i got the right setup for frostbite based games?

[wrighty338]

Im having issues playing Battlefield 1 since i started gaming again last month. I think its partly a Dice server issue but its seemingly being compounded by the wifi devices in the house tugging at the network too. Iv spent about 4 nights chopping and changing settings and i cant fix it its driving me nuts - have i got everything covered off on my netduma?

Wired PC + 2 wifi devices (not mine) QOS ON - 70% slider as suggested, Congestion control = Always, 35% bandwidth allocation to PC (issue still present whether i share upload/download excess or not) Duma OS classified games on. No other geo filters/traffic rules setup. Ping to BF1 German servers is about 25-28ms

So to provide some context here is a breakdown of the network performance graph: https://youtu.be/XkU26yuBI2Q

Im getting the in game network performance graph popping up intermittently with the latency performance indicator explained at about 3:30 in the video, but no latency values indicated on the graph

The values that appear to complain are "extrapolation offset" which drives no performance indicator (so i think that a dice thing) and "downstream" which is my connection - when video content is being consumed on one wifi devices i see network use of about 10- 20mb (of 70mb) and the graph flashes constantly - hit reg disappears, cant hit anyone etc

It happens less often when i go via nordvpn to the netherlands servers and i generally gain a few ms on ping but im also not going through QOS at that point. Iv slid the sliders right down to 10/20% and all the way to 80/90%. Iv turned wifi off it still happens but with busy wifi it gets much worse. It happens at all times of day, full or empty servers.  I have no other problems 

So yeah nothing currently making any sense and no problems reported on bt wholesale speedtest or diagnostic - However iv just ran a couple of connection benchmarks which states A+ for ping & speed, but only B/C for ping under load - is this my gremlin?

Anything iv missed? Any settings to change? 

[Netduma Fraser]

Ping Under Load at that rating would indicate that QoS needs to be fine tuned some more. It's best to start with a high value for Congestion Control, say 95% then do a test, decrease by 10%, test, decrease by 10% etc, until you get to a value that is pretty good and then try 5% either side of that value to see if it can be improved. It's important to note that Download & Upload on Congestion Control don't have to be the same value and that you may have a better experience with differing values.

What is the model of your ISP modem/router? Are ALL devices connected to the R2?

[wrighty338]

Thanks Fraser, it was only while penning this i thought to run the benchmark so il start some testing today at the higher end like you suggest. So im looking to improve my ping under load to the best rating i can basically?

The modem is one of those bog standard openreach modems from about 10 years ago. Yes we all connect to the R2 - im wired and the others are wifi.

 

[Netduma Liam]

1 hour ago, wrighty338 said:

Thanks Fraser, it was only while penning this i thought to run the benchmark so il start some testing today at the higher end like you suggest. So im looking to improve my ping under load to the best rating i can basically?

The modem is one of those bog standard openreach modems from about 10 years ago. Yes we all connect to the R2 - im wired and the others are wifi.

 

Yes, we're essentially looking to get the ping under load as close to the base ping as possible.

[wrighty338]

A couple hours later this appears to be about the best i can get it with congestion control always on, funny enough this is right back to the 70% for both up & down. The grouping of the network performance graph lines are much tighter and seemingly more under control - i can only put any other issues down to Dice servers

Thanks for the advice gents

[Netduma Fraser]

That does look pretty good, unfortunately it does look like your base connection does spike every so often as well, it's not super high but you may notice this in game, you can see this reflected in Ping Under Load as well which is why you won't be able to get it flat.

[wrighty338]

Is it worth contacting my ISP over just while im on with ironing out creases?

[Netduma Fraser]

It's not a huge spike and it could just be your connection to Google so I don't think it's worth mentioning really, they will very likely tell you it's within normal parameters.