Reporting in: Kudos for trying, but lag is getting worse for me. Tonight's lag was MUCH worse than usual. I wish I could provide less subjective imput, but from my non-technical perspective, I don't think yesterday's and today's fixes worked as intended.
Here's a pathping which should help better to identify the problem node (pings each node in the route 100 times instead of 3 times). Seems I'm no longer being routed through Level3, but LLNW has the same large ping jump issue. Nothing unworkable there. I had no issues in WEx2 EM Wednesday night or Thursday night, so I didn't bother running the commands. However, if other people are still having trouble, I'll continue to post what I have... maybe it'll be laggy in X4 as well, since there's a larger amount of network data occurring.. Here's what I have tonight before raid, I'll follow up with during and after posts. Code: pathping oasis.everquest2.com Tracing route to lvseq2-08-01.everquest2.com [69.174.200.80] over a maximum of 30 hops: 5 he-4-6-0-0-cr01.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.94.169] 6 as22822-7.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [66.208.232.34] 7 ve5.fr4.iad.llnw.net [69.28.171.214] 8 tge4-1.fr4.lga.llnw.net [69.28.171.154] 9 tge1-2.fr4.ord.llnw.net [69.28.172.198] 10 tge1-3.fr4.sjc.llnw.net [69.28.172.77] 11 tge4-3.fr4.sea2.llnw.net [69.28.189.70] 12 tge2-4.fr4.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.97] 13 tge1-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.17] 14 switch.ge3-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [208.111.176.2] 15 cust-199.189.116.246.sinap-tix.com [199.189.116.246] 16 sony.demarc3.sinap-tix.com [64.79.157.78] 17 vl3102.lvssw-2.sonyonline.net [64.37.168.10] 18 lvseq2-08-01.everquest2.com [69.174.200.80] Computing statistics for 450 seconds... Source to Here This Node/Link Hop RTT Lost/Sent = Pct Lost/Sent = Pct Address 5 23ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% he-4-6-0-0-cr01.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.94.169] 0/ 100 = 0% | 6 34ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% as22822-7.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [66.208.232.34] 0/ 100 = 0% | 7 33ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% ve5.fr4.iad.llnw.net [69.28.171.214] 0/ 100 = 0% | 8 25ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge4-1.fr4.lga.llnw.net [69.28.171.154] 0/ 100 = 0% | 9 49ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge1-2.fr4.ord.llnw.net [69.28.172.198] 0/ 100 = 0% | 10 103ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge1-3.fr4.sjc.llnw.net [69.28.172.77] 0/ 100 = 0% | 11 120ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge4-3.fr4.sea2.llnw.net [69.28.189.70] 0/ 100 = 0% | 12 131ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge2-4.fr4.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.97] 0/ 100 = 0% | 13 135ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge1-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.17] 0/ 100 = 0% | 14 128ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% switch.ge3-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [208.111.176.2] 0/ 100 = 0% | 15 134ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% cust-199.189.116.246.sinap-tix.com [199.189.116.246] 0/ 100 = 0% | 16 116ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% sony.demarc3.sinap-tix.com [64.79.157.78] 0/ 100 = 0% | 17 129ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% vl3102.lvssw-2.sonyonline.net [64.37.168.10] 0/ 100 = 0% | 18 132ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% lvseq2-08-01.everquest2.com [69.174.200.80]
No spell lag at all during raid, though we lost raid voice at one point. Everyone got booted out and when I got back in everyone who got in before me had lowercase names with a dash afterwards (eg "valarnin-"). Fixed when I switched channels. Not sure how to get the Vivox server that voice is hosted on beyond doing a netstat, and we were a bit too busy to read through the 500+ lines that netstat produces for me to actually figure it out. Dropped a single packet with the pathping at 9, which is also within acceptable bounds according to what I know of networking. Seems like ping is pretty inconsistent from node to node, may be a problem on my end of the LLNW backbone though. Made for the occasional quarter-second delay, but nothing that I couldn't work with. During raid. First was at 8:30 EST. Second was at 9 EST. Third was at 10 EST. Code: pathping oasis.everquest2.com Tracing route to lvseq2-08-01.everquest2.com [69.174.200.80] over a maximum of 30 hops: 5 he-4-6-0-0-cr01.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.94.169] 6 as22822-7.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [66.208.232.34] 7 ve5.fr4.iad.llnw.net [69.28.171.214] 8 tge4-1.fr4.lga.llnw.net [69.28.171.154] 9 tge1-2.fr4.ord.llnw.net [69.28.172.198] 10 tge1-3.fr4.sjc.llnw.net [69.28.172.77] 11 tge4-3.fr4.sea2.llnw.net [69.28.189.70] 12 tge2-4.fr4.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.97] 13 tge1-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.17] 14 switch.ge3-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [208.111.176.2] 15 cust-199.189.116.246.sinap-tix.com [199.189.116.246] 16 sony.demarc3.sinap-tix.com [64.79.157.78] 17 vl3102.lvssw-2.sonyonline.net [64.37.168.10] 18 lvseq2-08-01.everquest2.com [69.174.200.80] Computing statistics for 450 seconds... Source to Here This Node/Link Hop RTT Lost/Sent = Pct Lost/Sent = Pct Address 5 23ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% he-4-6-0-0-cr01.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.94.169] 0/ 100 = 0% | 6 34ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% as22822-7.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [66.208.232.34] 0/ 100 = 0% | 7 33ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% ve5.fr4.iad.llnw.net [69.28.171.214] 0/ 100 = 0% | 8 24ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge4-1.fr4.lga.llnw.net [69.28.171.154] 0/ 100 = 0% | 9 53ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge1-2.fr4.ord.llnw.net [69.28.172.198] 0/ 100 = 0% | 10 104ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge1-3.fr4.sjc.llnw.net [69.28.172.77] 0/ 100 = 0% | 11 120ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge4-3.fr4.sea2.llnw.net [69.28.189.70] 0/ 100 = 0% | 12 131ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge2-4.fr4.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.97] 0/ 100 = 0% | 13 136ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge1-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.17] 0/ 100 = 0% | 14 128ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% switch.ge3-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [208.111.176.2] 0/ 100 = 0% | 15 142ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% cust-199.189.116.246.sinap-tix.com [199.189.116.246] 0/ 100 = 0% | 16 116ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% sony.demarc3.sinap-tix.com [64.79.157.78] 0/ 100 = 0% | 17 130ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% vl3102.lvssw-2.sonyonline.net [64.37.168.10] 0/ 100 = 0% | 18 133ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% lvseq2-08-01.everquest2.com [69.174.200.80] Trace complete. Code: pathping oasis.everquest2.com Tracing route to lvseq2-08-01.everquest2.com [69.174.200.80] over a maximum of 30 hops: 5 he-4-6-0-0-cr01.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.94.169] 6 as22822-7.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [66.208.232.34] 7 ve5.fr4.iad.llnw.net [69.28.171.214] 8 tge4-1.fr4.lga.llnw.net [69.28.171.154] 9 tge1-2.fr4.ord.llnw.net [69.28.172.198] 10 tge1-3.fr4.sjc.llnw.net [69.28.172.77] 11 tge4-3.fr4.sea2.llnw.net [69.28.189.70] 12 tge2-4.fr4.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.97] 13 tge1-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.17] 14 switch.ge3-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [208.111.176.2] 15 cust-199.189.116.246.sinap-tix.com [199.189.116.246] 16 sony.demarc3.sinap-tix.com [64.79.157.78] 17 vl3102.lvssw-2.sonyonline.net [64.37.168.10] 18 lvseq2-08-01.everquest2.com [69.174.200.80] Computing statistics for 450 seconds... Source to Here This Node/Link Hop RTT Lost/Sent = Pct Lost/Sent = Pct Address 5 25ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% he-4-6-0-0-cr01.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.94.169] 0/ 100 = 0% | 6 34ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% as22822-7.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [66.208.232.34] 0/ 100 = 0% | 7 36ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% ve5.fr4.iad.llnw.net [69.28.171.214] 0/ 100 = 0% | 8 25ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge4-1.fr4.lga.llnw.net [69.28.171.154] 0/ 100 = 0% | 9 53ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge1-2.fr4.ord.llnw.net [69.28.172.198] 0/ 100 = 0% | 10 102ms 1/ 100 = 1% 1/ 100 = 1% tge1-3.fr4.sjc.llnw.net [69.28.172.77] 0/ 100 = 0% | 11 118ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge4-3.fr4.sea2.llnw.net [69.28.189.70] 0/ 100 = 0% | 12 132ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge2-4.fr4.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.97] 0/ 100 = 0% | 13 137ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge1-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.17] 0/ 100 = 0% | 14 131ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% switch.ge3-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [208.111.176.2] 0/ 100 = 0% | 15 141ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% cust-199.189.116.246.sinap-tix.com [199.189.116.246] 0/ 100 = 0% | 16 118ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% sony.demarc3.sinap-tix.com [64.79.157.78] 0/ 100 = 0% | 17 130ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% vl3102.lvssw-2.sonyonline.net [64.37.168.10] 1/ 100 = 1% | 18 133ms 1/ 100 = 1% 0/ 100 = 0% lvseq2-08-01.everquest2.com [69.174.200.80] Trace complete. Code: pathping oasis.everquest2.com Tracing route to lvseq2-08-01.everquest2.com [69.174.200.80] over a maximum of 30 hops: 5 he-4-6-0-0-cr01.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.94.169] 6 as22822-7.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [66.208.232.34] 7 ve5.fr4.iad.llnw.net [69.28.171.214] 8 tge4-1.fr4.lga.llnw.net [69.28.171.154] 9 tge1-2.fr4.ord.llnw.net [69.28.172.198] 10 tge1-3.fr4.sjc.llnw.net [69.28.172.77] 11 tge4-3.fr4.sea2.llnw.net [69.28.189.70] 12 tge2-4.fr4.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.97] 13 tge1-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.17] 14 switch.ge3-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [208.111.176.2] 15 cust-199.189.116.246.sinap-tix.com [199.189.116.246] 16 sony.demarc3.sinap-tix.com [64.79.157.78] 17 vl3102.lvssw-2.sonyonline.net [64.37.168.10] 18 lvseq2-08-01.everquest2.com [69.174.200.80] Computing statistics for 450 seconds... Source to Here This Node/Link Hop RTT Lost/Sent = Pct Lost/Sent = Pct Address 5 23ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% he-4-6-0-0-cr01.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.94.169] 0/ 100 = 0% | 6 32ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% as22822-7.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [66.208.232.34] 0/ 100 = 0% | 7 33ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% ve5.fr4.iad.llnw.net [69.28.171.214] 0/ 100 = 0% | 8 23ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge4-1.fr4.lga.llnw.net [69.28.171.154] 0/ 100 = 0% | 9 54ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge1-2.fr4.ord.llnw.net [69.28.172.198] 0/ 100 = 0% | 10 101ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge1-3.fr4.sjc.llnw.net [69.28.172.77] 0/ 100 = 0% | 11 120ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge4-3.fr4.sea2.llnw.net [69.28.189.70] 0/ 100 = 0% | 12 132ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge2-4.fr4.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.97] 0/ 100 = 0% | 13 136ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge1-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.17] 0/ 100 = 0% | 14 127ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% switch.ge3-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [208.111.176.2] 0/ 100 = 0% | 15 136ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% cust-199.189.116.246.sinap-tix.com [199.189.116.246] 0/ 100 = 0% | 16 115ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% sony.demarc3.sinap-tix.com [64.79.157.78] 0/ 100 = 0% | 17 129ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% vl3102.lvssw-2.sonyonline.net [64.37.168.10] 0/ 100 = 0% | 18 132ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% lvseq2-08-01.everquest2.com [69.174.200.80] Trace complete.
After Raid. Around 12:45AM EST. Hopefully this helps you sort out the last few hiccups, though I think something similar from people who are still having the issue would help more. Code: pathping oasis.everquest2.com Tracing route to lvseq2-08-01.everquest2.com [69.174.200.80] over a maximum of 30 hops: 5 he-4-6-0-0-cr01.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.94.169] 6 as22822-7.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [66.208.232.34] 7 ve5.fr4.iad.llnw.net [69.28.171.214] 8 tge4-1.fr4.lga.llnw.net [69.28.171.154] 9 tge1-2.fr4.ord.llnw.net [69.28.172.198] 10 tge1-3.fr4.sjc.llnw.net [69.28.172.77] 11 tge4-3.fr4.sea2.llnw.net [69.28.189.70] 12 tge2-4.fr4.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.97] 13 tge1-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.17] 14 switch.ge3-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [208.111.176.2] 15 cust-199.189.116.246.sinap-tix.com [199.189.116.246] 16 sony.demarc3.sinap-tix.com [64.79.157.78] 17 vl3102.lvssw-2.sonyonline.net [64.37.168.10] 18 lvseq2-08-01.everquest2.com [69.174.200.80] Computing statistics for 450 seconds... Source to Here This Node/Link Hop RTT Lost/Sent = Pct Lost/Sent = Pct Address 5 23ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% he-4-6-0-0-cr01.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.94.169] 0/ 100 = 0% | 6 33ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% as22822-7.ashburn.va.ibone.comcast.net [66.208.232.34] 0/ 100 = 0% | 7 35ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% ve5.fr4.iad.llnw.net [69.28.171.214] 0/ 100 = 0% | 8 25ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge4-1.fr4.lga.llnw.net [69.28.171.154] 0/ 100 = 0% | 9 55ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge1-2.fr4.ord.llnw.net [69.28.172.198] 0/ 100 = 0% | 10 102ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge1-3.fr4.sjc.llnw.net [69.28.172.77] 0/ 100 = 0% | 11 120ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge4-3.fr4.sea2.llnw.net [69.28.189.70] 0/ 100 = 0% | 12 131ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge2-4.fr4.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.97] 0/ 100 = 0% | 13 137ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% tge1-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.17] 0/ 100 = 0% | 14 130ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% switch.ge3-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [208.111.176.2] 0/ 100 = 0% | 15 137ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% cust-199.189.116.246.sinap-tix.com [199.189.116.246] 0/ 100 = 0% | 16 116ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% sony.demarc3.sinap-tix.com [64.79.157.78] 0/ 100 = 0% | 17 130ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% vl3102.lvssw-2.sonyonline.net [64.37.168.10] 0/ 100 = 0% | 18 133ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% lvseq2-08-01.everquest2.com [69.174.200.80] Trace complete.
Getting major interface lag during raid right now, 10 - 30 seconds from button press to the spell being cast. Last 2 days have been unplayable down here in Australia for me personally. both frame rate and ping are holding steady tho... Code: Tracing route to lvseq2-02-01.everquest2.com [69.174.200.20] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 * * * Request timed out. 2 * * * Request timed out. 3 39 ms 40 ms 39 ms nme-nxg-wal-csw2-port-channel-7.tpgi.com.au [220 .244.137.33] 4 27 ms 27 ms 26 ms nme-nxg-wal-crt2-te-2-1-0.tpgi.com.au [202.7.171 .89] 5 39 ms 40 ms 39 ms syd-nxg-men-crt2-ge-5-1-0.tpgi.com.au [202.7.173 .229] 6 196 ms 200 ms 199 ms 10gigabitethernet1-3.core1.sjc1.he.net [72.52.93 .37] 7 201 ms 189 ms 197 ms 10gigabitethernet2-1.core1.sjc2.he.net [72.52.92 .118] 8 203 ms 197 ms 200 ms 10ge5-3.fr1.sjc.llnw.net [206.223.116.123] 9 206 ms 193 ms 199 ms ve5.fr4.sjc.llnw.net [69.28.171.210] 10 219 ms 210 ms 223 ms tge4-3.fr4.sea2.llnw.net [69.28.189.70] 11 221 ms 221 ms 220 ms tge2-4.fr4.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.97] 12 222 ms 221 ms 225 ms tge1-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [69.28.172.17] 13 222 ms 228 ms 221 ms switch.ge3-1.fr3.las.llnw.net [208.111.176.2] 14 222 ms 221 ms 239 ms cust-199.189.116.246.sinap-tix.com [199.189.116. 246] 15 222 ms 222 ms 221 ms sony.demarc3.sinap-tix.com [64.79.157.78] 16 221 ms 222 ms 221 ms vl3102.lvssw-2.sonyonline.net [64.37.168.10] 17 221 ms 221 ms 223 ms lvseq2-02-01.everquest2.com [69.174.200.20] Trace complete.
Lag(press hotbar button.....5+sec before anything happens) for me was the worse its ever been on my raid Thurs (7/18). Was worse in HEx4 by far.
I'm actually wondering about Mrsteatimes timeouts to his local ISP and personal router (assuming the first hop is to his router).
If you are being blocked from doing a ping within your own network I'd start to wonder about who set what up and how......that is a highly unusual configuration for a network card, router or modem. 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1 Is my first ping which goes to my router. If you know IP at all you will notice I never changed its' default address.
Yeah gobs of server lag last night. A number of pulls were over before they started due to 5+ second lag. At one point I was over 20s on a button click, expected the zone to go down.
i dunno maybe people playing on 5-7 yr old comps might be a culprit to... just saying. My machine is 2yrs old i get no lag on big raids... /shrug
Silly thought, but if it seems to be server side lag rather than network lag...how about posting your OS version and see if one might be more vulnerable than another?
We were in the avatar arena last night and lag spikes were brutal. It wasn't constant but certainly there. 10 seconds of screen freeze every now and then