The really bad lag is back... again...

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Dude, I've been running so many traceroutes in the past hour I didn't even notice lol. But do the asterisks not also point to an issue? Apologies in advance, I'm not very versed in networking. But is it not both? I'm only getting 90ks during peak hours, 2am - 10am is fine.
(Don't judge me)

Asterisks simply point to a ping timeout. This does not always mean that packets are dropped. Entirely possible for the router or switch in question to simply be busy and throw away ping requests as those are inconsequential to it working.

[ElazulHP]

The problem is at the NTT node "xe-0-1-0-1-1.r00.scrmca02.us.ce.gin.ntt.net" again per the Pathping I ran. It's showing 100% packet loss.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

The problem is at the NTT node "xe-0-1-0-1-1.r00.scrmca02.us.ce.gin.ntt.net" again per the Pathping I ran. It's showing 100% packet loss.

Odd, I'm not seeing that.

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.86.1
2 12 ms 3 ms 2 ms fdr01.rdmd.wa.nwestnet.net [50.46.181.22]
3 2 ms 2 ms 2 ms 64.52.96.2
4 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms cr2-sttlwawb-b-n-be11.bb.as20055.net [137.83.80.6]
5 3 ms 4 ms 3 ms cr2-sttlwawb-a-be18.bb.as20055.net [107.191.236.126]
6 3 ms 3 ms 2 ms cr2-sttlwawb-a-be10.bb.as20055.net [107.191.236.19]
7 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms ae-5.r05.sttlwa01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.194.237]
8 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms ae-6.r23.sttlwa01.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.2.88]
9 21 ms 20 ms 22 ms ae-3.r25.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.3.124]
10 20 ms 21 ms 21 ms ae-5.r24.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.3.146]
11 25 ms 26 ms 25 ms ae-4.r00.scrmca02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.7.57]
12 24 ms 24 ms 23 ms xe-0-1-0-1-1.r00.scrmca02.us.ce.gin.ntt.net [192.80.16.2]
13 25 ms 25 ms 25 ms 204.2.229.234
14 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms 204.2.229.9

It may be set up to block ping requests, but tracerts go through.

[_Groovy]

At the risk of sounding stupid can someone with experience tell me what end all this packet loss is coming from?

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| WinMTR statistics |
| Host - % | Sent | Recv | Best | Avrg | Wrst | Last |
|------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
| 192.168.0.1 - 97 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 173-31-240-1.client.mchsi.com - 0 | 129 | 129 | 9 | 16 | 56 | 31 |
| 172.30.30.93 - 0 | 129 | 129 | 16 | 26 | 63 | 28 |
| 68-66-73-68.client.mchsi.com - 0 | 129 | 129 | 15 | 20 | 36 | 19 |
| po10.atlga001er1.mchsi.com - 0 | 129 | 129 | 15 | 22 | 34 | 28 |
| ae1.cr5-atl1.ip4.gtt.net - 0 | 129 | 129 | 16 | 36 | 123 | 36 |
| ae20.cr2-atl2.ip4.gtt.net - 0 | 129 | 129 | 14 | 26 | 86 | 23 |
| as2914-gw.cr2-atl2.ip4.gtt.net - 0 | 129 | 129 | 17 | 23 | 35 | 31 |
| ae-13.r22.atlnga05.us.bb.gin.ntt.net - 0 | 129 | 129 | 13 | 24 | 36 | 23 |
| ae-4.r25.dllstx09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net - 0 | 129 | 129 | 34 | 45 | 166 | 46 |
| ae-2.r25.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net - 1 | 126 | 125 | 67 | 74 | 91 | 73 |
| ae-5.r24.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net - 1 | 125 | 124 | 66 | 73 | 87 | 66 |
| ae-4.r00.scrmca02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net - 0 | 129 | 129 | 73 | 78 | 89 | 82 |
|xe-0-1-0-1-1.r00.scrmca02.us.ce.gin.ntt.net - 0 | 129 | 129 | 71 | 79 | 93 | 80 |
| 204.2.229.234 - 0 | 129 | 129 | 69 | 79 | 91 | 78 |
| 204.2.229.9 - 0 | 129 | 129 | 70 | 78 | 91 | 81 |
|________________________________________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|
WinMTR v0.92 GPL V2 by Appnor MSP - Fully Managed Hosting & Cloud Provider

I'm not experienced with this, just kinda learning as I go here to troubleshoot this, but I think it's on my end right? I honestly just want a second opinion to confirm. If that is the case it's definitely something I should contact my ISP about right?

[redheadturk]

I have had crappy connections in game today. Everything else works *fine*, but in game I'm getting mad lag, sound cutting out, NPCs taking forever to load in. .. it's insane

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

At the risk of sounding stupid can someone with experience tell me what end all this packet loss is coming from?

|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| WinMTR statistics |
| Host - % | Sent | Recv | Best | Avrg | Wrst | Last |
|------------------------------------------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
| 192.168.0.1 - 97 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 173-31-240-1.client.mchsi.com - 0 | 129 | 129 | 9 | 16 | 56 | 31 |
| 172.30.30.93 - 0 | 129 | 129 | 16 | 26 | 63 | 28 |
| 68-66-73-68.client.mchsi.com - 0 | 129 | 129 | 15 | 20 | 36 | 19 |
| po10.atlga001er1.mchsi.com - 0 | 129 | 129 | 15 | 22 | 34 | 28 |
| ae1.cr5-atl1.ip4.gtt.net - 0 | 129 | 129 | 16 | 36 | 123 | 36 |
| ae20.cr2-atl2.ip4.gtt.net - 0 | 129 | 129 | 14 | 26 | 86 | 23 |
| as2914-gw.cr2-atl2.ip4.gtt.net - 0 | 129 | 129 | 17 | 23 | 35 | 31 |
| ae-13.r22.atlnga05.us.bb.gin.ntt.net - 0 | 129 | 129 | 13 | 24 | 36 | 23 |
| ae-4.r25.dllstx09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net - 0 | 129 | 129 | 34 | 45 | 166 | 46 |
| ae-2.r25.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net - 1 | 126 | 125 | 67 | 74 | 91 | 73 |
| ae-5.r24.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net - 1 | 125 | 124 | 66 | 73 | 87 | 66 |
| ae-4.r00.scrmca02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net - 0 | 129 | 129 | 73 | 78 | 89 | 82 |
|xe-0-1-0-1-1.r00.scrmca02.us.ce.gin.ntt.net - 0 | 129 | 129 | 71 | 79 | 93 | 80 |
| 204.2.229.234 - 0 | 129 | 129 | 69 | 79 | 91 | 78 |
| 204.2.229.9 - 0 | 129 | 129 | 70 | 78 | 91 | 81 |
|________________________________________________|______|______|______|______|______|______|
WinMTR v0.92 GPL V2 by Appnor MSP - Fully Managed Hosting & Cloud Provider

I'm not experienced with this, just kinda learning as I go here to troubleshoot this, but I think it's on my end right? I honestly just want a second opinion to confirm. If that is the case it's definitely something I should contact my ISP about right?

Looks like your issue is in Atlanta, and then Dallas.

[_Groovy]

Looks like your issue is in Atlanta, and then Dallas.

If you don't mind me asking which one is Atlanta and Dallas?

[worldofneil]

If you don't mind me asking which one is Atlanta and Dallas?

They're abbreviated in the names:

| ae-13.r22.atlnga05.us.bb.gin.ntt.net - 0 | 129 | 129 | 13 | 24 | 36 | 23 |
| ae-4.r25.dllstx09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net - 0 | 129 | 129 | 34 | 45 | 166 | 46 |

[_Groovy]

They're abbreviated in the names:

| ae-13.r22.atlnga05.us.bb.gin.ntt.net - 0 | 129 | 129 | 13 | 24 | 36 | 23 |
| ae-4.r25.dllstx09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net - 0 | 129 | 129 | 34 | 45 | 166 | 46 |

Thank you. But what exactly is going wrong there? All I'm seeing is loss at #1, the rest seem fine.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Thank you. But what exactly is going wrong there? All I'm seeing is loss at #1, the rest seem fine.

Ae1 and ae20 in atl are your issues. High ping.

Not sure if they didn't see the other atls when they pointed that out.