Constant Lag Spikes

[Marishi-Ten]

I'm on the west coast and my isp is wavecable.

Tracing route to 184.107.107.176 over a maximum of 30 hops

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms www.asusnetwork.net [192.168.1.1]
2 10 ms 9 ms 11 ms 10.30.0.1
3 8 ms 7 ms 8 ms static-24-113-126-225.wavecable.com [24.113.126.
225]
4 32 ms 17 ms 14 ms wave-gw.ae0.sea-bdr1.noanet.net [64.146.252.253]

5 21 ms 17 ms 24 ms xe-0-3-1.3011.ptl-bdr0.noanet.net [64.184.133.12
2]
6 16 ms 13 ms 13 ms te3-3.ccr01.pdx01.atlas.cogentco.com [38.104.104
.181]
7 22 ms 13 ms 14 ms 154.54.89.54
8 26 ms 25 ms 23 ms te4-3.ccr01.boi01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.40.
98]
9 35 ms 34 ms 31 ms te0-0-0-8.ccr21.slc01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.40.89]
10 46 ms 42 ms 44 ms be2127.ccr22.den01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.25
.69]
11 56 ms 64 ms 52 ms be2129.mpd21.mci01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.26
.114]
12 73 ms 67 ms 74 ms te0-4-0-3.mpd22.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.30.177]
13 83 ms 78 ms 81 ms be2079.ccr21.yyz02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.27
.182]
14 80 ms 81 ms 80 ms te7-1.mag02.yyz02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.40.
166]
15 87 ms 80 ms 80 ms te4-1.ccr01.yyz03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.45.
118]
16 88 ms 89 ms 89 ms 38.122.70.182
17 87 ms 90 ms 87 ms te8-2.cr1.mtl.iweb.com [67.205.127.121]
18 96 ms 88 ms 114 ms te7-4.dr9.mtl.iweb.com [184.107.1.110]
19 88 ms 89 ms 88 ms 72.55.128.44
20 88 ms 89 ms 111 ms 184.107.107.176

Trace complete

I don't know very much about this, but I don't see a problem here, and I'm getting very bad lag and disconnects since about 11am pdt.

Your not taking the normal hops that I see. Where are you located? Who is your ISP? You're being routed through a completely different backbone than most. Would you by chance be behind a VPN/Proxy or firewall?

You're hitting two completely different providers:

iweb - http://iweb.com/?sfcid=70130000000lE...FaU9QgodphcAiw
17 87 ms 90 ms 87 ms te8-2.cr1.mtl.iweb.com [67.205.127.121]
18 96 ms 88 ms 114 ms te7-4.dr9.mtl.iweb.com [184.107.1.110]

Cogent - http://www.cogentco.com/

8 26 ms 25 ms 23 ms te4-3.ccr01.boi01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.40.
98]
9 35 ms 34 ms 31 ms te0-0-0-8.ccr21.slc01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.40.89]
10 46 ms 42 ms 44 ms be2127.ccr22.den01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.25
.69]
11 56 ms 64 ms 52 ms be2129.mpd21.mci01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.26
.114]
12 73 ms 67 ms 74 ms te0-4-0-3.mpd22.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.30.177]
13 83 ms 78 ms 81 ms be2079.ccr21.yyz02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.27
.182]
14 80 ms 81 ms 80 ms te7-1.mag02.yyz02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.40.
166]
15 87 ms 80 ms 80 ms te4-1.ccr01.yyz03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.45.
118]

You have a TON of hops in multiple locations around the US. More so than normal:

8 26 ms 25 ms 23 ms te4-3.ccr01.boi01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.40.
98] - Boise, ID
9 35 ms 34 ms 31 ms te0-0-0-8.ccr21.slc01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.40.89] - Salt Lake City, UT
10 46 ms 42 ms 44 ms be2127.ccr22.den01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.25
.69] - Denver, CO
11 56 ms 64 ms 52 ms be2129.mpd21.mci01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.26
.114] - I have no clue who this is. A quick Google search on it's domain did yield a ton of people unhappy about packet loss through that node.


These are all Houston, TX racks:

12 73 ms 67 ms 74 ms te0-4-0-3.mpd22.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.30.177]
13 83 ms 78 ms 81 ms be2079.ccr21.yyz02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.27
.182]
14 80 ms 81 ms 80 ms te7-1.mag02.yyz02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.40.
166]
15 87 ms 80 ms 80 ms te4-1.ccr01.yyz03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.45.
118]

I get the feeling that you may have trace routed the wrong IP. You don't seem to be hitting Montreal or any known providers Square goes through at all. Can you double check the IP that ffxi.exe is connecting to?

[min99]

I'm with Wavebroadband in Washington state and the trace is to 184.107.107.176. I'm not sure how to check what IP that ffxi.exe is connected to.

edit

No proxy or firewall.

edit edit Found it and I'm connected to 199.91.189.48. Did a ping and 100% packet loss

[aquelia]

Started having the rubber banding/people warping around /r0 for several seconds then everything starts going issue as of Monday evening 5pm pst 09/16/2013. Continues to persist every night when I play until now. Never had this issue in all of the beta even during stress test etc.

[cenie]

This is getting a bit ridiculous. I've had to turn down invitations to start Coil because I'm not confident about my ability to carry my weight this these lag spikes.

[Devilray]

Even though I have high ping around 240ms, I did AK and avoided red circles with no problem. Hopefully, it stays like this at least.

[Sonoran]

I was fine for the past few hours but now the lag spikes are back again....comcast Michigan. I had comcast check my service yesterday and everything was fine and this is the only game Im having the issue with (GW2 and SWTOR are fine)

[morph4037]

Was fine a day ago or so, now its borderline unplayable with all the random lag spikes. This isn't limited to open world stuff as I was having issues in CM as well. Just gonna take a couple days off from this and hope it gets situated. >_>

Server : Gilgamesh

[TaitoTots]

Was gonna finish titan today....guess like a lot of aussies are getting shafted.

[min99]

The situation has improved for me. It's still a bit laggy, but I crafted for about 15 minutes without getting disconnected.

[Eleeciam]

still happening

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
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Tracing route to 199.91.189.30 over a maximum of 30 hops


3 38 ms 39 ms 30 ms 76.126.40.1
4 27 ms 34 ms 34 ms ge-1-46-ur01.fairfield.ca.sfba.comcast.net [68.8
5.190.5]
5 17 ms 14 ms 26 ms te-1-6-0-10-ar01.sfsutro.ca.sfba.comcast.net [68
.85.154.186]
6 16 ms 22 ms 15 ms he-1-5-0-0-cr01.sanjose.ca.ibone.comcast.net [68
.86.90.93]
7 15 ms 19 ms 15 ms pos-0-0-0-0-pe01.529bryant.ca.ibone.comcast.net
[68.86.86.122]
8 17 ms 16 ms 27 ms ix-2-3-0-0.tcore1.PDI-PaloAlto.as6453.net [66.19
8.127.17]
9 92 ms * 90 ms if-2-2.tcore2.PDI-PaloAlto.as6453.net [66.198.12
7.2]
10 90 ms 89 ms 91 ms if-11-3.tcore2.CT8-Chicago.as6453.net [66.198.14
4.58]
11 96 ms 90 ms 92 ms if-3-2.tcore1.W6C-Montreal.as6453.net [66.198.96
.45]
12 98 ms 6 ms 91 ms 66.198.96.50
13 91 ms 91 ms 90 ms 192.34.76.2
14 89 ms 89 ms 98 ms 199.91.189.234
15 90 ms 90 ms 98 ms 199.91.189.30

Trace complete.



Tracing route to 199.91.189.30 over a maximum of 30 hops

3 32 ms 34 ms 22 ms 76.126.40.1
4 12 ms 27 ms 19 ms ge-1-46-ur01.fairfield.ca.sfba.comcast.net [68.8
5.190.5]
5 41 ms 16 ms 15 ms te-1-6-0-10-ar01.sfsutro.ca.sfba.comcast.net [68
.85.154.186]
6 34 ms 28 ms 18 ms he-1-5-0-0-cr01.sanjose.ca.ibone.comcast.net [68
.86.90.93]
7 34 ms 17 ms 51 ms pos-0-0-0-0-pe01.529bryant.ca.ibone.comcast.net
[68.86.86.122]
8 30 ms 18 ms 27 ms ix-2-3-0-0.tcore1.PDI-PaloAlto.as6453.net [66.19
8.127.17]
9 91 ms 92 ms * if-2-2.tcore2.PDI-PaloAlto.as6453.net [66.198.12
7.2]
10 90 ms 98 ms 100 ms if-11-3.tcore2.CT8-Chicago.as6453.net [66.198.14
4.58]
11 97 ms 115 ms 225 ms if-3-2.tcore1.W6C-Montreal.as6453.net [66.198.96
.45]
12 95 ms 89 ms 88 ms 66.198.96.50
13 90 ms 91 ms 96 ms 192.34.76.2
14 90 ms 95 ms 100 ms 199.91.189.234
15 101 ms 111 ms 87 ms 199.91.189.30

Trace complete.



Tracing route to 199.91.189.30 over a maximum of 30 hops


3 41 ms 28 ms 20 ms 76.126.40.1
4 11 ms 35 ms 10 ms ge-1-46-ur01.fairfield.ca.sfba.comcast.net [68.8
5.190.5]
5 11 ms 15 ms 16 ms te-1-6-0-10-ar01.sfsutro.ca.sfba.comcast.net [68
.85.154.186]
6 14 ms 19 ms 15 ms he-1-5-0-0-cr01.sanjose.ca.ibone.comcast.net [68
.86.90.93]
7 16 ms 17 ms 27 ms pos-0-0-0-0-pe01.529bryant.ca.ibone.comcast.net
[68.86.86.122]
8 27 ms 20 ms 18 ms ix-2-3-0-0.tcore1.PDI-PaloAlto.as6453.net [66.19
8.127.17]
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 95 ms 91 ms 97 ms if-11-3.tcore2.CT8-Chicago.as6453.net [66.198.14
4.58]
11 94 ms 87 ms 98 ms if-3-2.tcore1.W6C-Montreal.as6453.net [66.198.96
.45]
12 102 ms 96 ms 89 ms 66.198.96.50
13 102 ms 96 ms 90 ms 192.34.76.2
14 90 ms 99 ms 95 ms 199.91.189.234
15 97 ms 88 ms 94 ms 199.91.189.30

Trace complete.