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Regular ping spikes with Powerline.

robrobrob

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I've searched the forums already, but I haven't found a decent solution to my problem.
I'm currently forced to use powerlines for my internet connection, and while it usually worked fine in the past, the last week(s) it doesn't.

I play CS:GO and I notice a constant ping of around 110-150.

When I ping my router with cmd, I get this:

Pinging 192.168.178.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=6ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64

That seems fine.

When I ping google however, I get this:

Pinging google.com [74.125.136.138] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 74.125.136.138: bytes=32 time=99ms TTL=48
Reply from 74.125.136.138: bytes=32 time=154ms TTL=48
Reply from 74.125.136.138: bytes=32 time=183ms TTL=48
Reply from 74.125.136.138: bytes=32 time=81ms TTL=48
Reply from 74.125.136.138: bytes=32 time=188ms TTL=48
Reply from 74.125.136.138: bytes=32 time=78ms TTL=48
Reply from 74.125.136.138: bytes=32 time=118ms TTL=48
Reply from 74.125.136.138: bytes=32 time=143ms TTL=48
Reply from 74.125.136.138: bytes=32 time=82ms TTL=48
Reply from 74.125.136.138: bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=48
Reply from 74.125.136.138: bytes=32 time=112ms TTL=48
Reply from 74.125.136.138: bytes=32 time=64ms TTL=48
Reply from 74.125.136.138: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=48
Reply from 74.125.136.138: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=48
Reply from 74.125.136.138: bytes=32 time=67ms TTL=48
Reply from 74.125.136.138: bytes=32 time=91ms TTL=48
Reply from 74.125.136.138: bytes=32 time=125ms TTL=48
Reply from 74.125.136.138: bytes=32 time=185ms TTL=48

That to me is really weird. It keeps jumping up and down, it even goes as low as 19ms.

Also, if I use tracert google.com I get the following, although I'm not sure what it means:

Tracing route to google.com [74.125.136.138]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms 192.168.178.1
2 73 ms 75 ms 91 ms 10.210.36.1
3 46 ms 62 ms 72 ms emn-rc0001-ds101-vl201.core.as9143.net [213.51.1
38.49]
4 97 ms 132 ms 131 ms zl-rc0001-cr102-ae3-0.core.as9143.net [213.51.15
7.28]
5 73 ms 75 ms 110 ms asd-tr0610-cr101-ae3-0.core.as9143.net [213.51.1
58.146]
6 62 ms 51 ms 86 ms 213.51.156.102
7 79 ms 83 ms 80 ms 209.85.240.61
8 130 ms 136 ms 118 ms 209.85.143.77
9 102 ms 159 ms 139 ms 209.85.254.233
10 110 ms 90 ms 88 ms 216.239.49.28
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 31 ms 52 ms 61 ms ea-in-f138.1e100.net [74.125.136.138]

Trace complete.



I'm not really sure what to do at the moment. If anybody has some ideas, I'm willing to try stuff.
 
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Power lines are noisy. Probably fine for general internet access, probably not so great for latency sensitive usage or downloading / streaming.
 

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Yes it's probably roommates who use their electrical devices on and off. Because at this time (4 am) the ping is steady 29. Guess I'll only play at night from now on :p
 

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Power line adapters might be noisy but they don't cause ping spikes like this when pinging across your own network is fine (~4-5MS,) which is about what I get.
When I ping my router with cmd, I get this:

Pinging 192.168.178.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=6ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.178.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64

That seems fine.
This is normal and is 100% expected by a power-line adapter however this isn't indicative of a problem.

This is though:
Tracing route to google.com [74.125.136.138]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 3 ms 3 ms 3 ms 192.168.178.1
2 73 ms 75 ms 91 ms 10.210.36.1
3 46 ms 62 ms 72 ms emn-rc0001-ds101-vl201.core.as9143.net [213.51.1
38.49]
4 97 ms 132 ms 131 ms zl-rc0001-cr102-ae3-0.core.as9143.net [213.51.15
7.28]
5 73 ms 75 ms 110 ms asd-tr0610-cr101-ae3-0.core.as9143.net [213.51.1
58.146]
6 62 ms 51 ms 86 ms 213.51.156.102
7 79 ms 83 ms 80 ms 209.85.240.61
8 130 ms 136 ms 118 ms 209.85.143.77
9 102 ms 159 ms 139 ms 209.85.254.233
10 110 ms 90 ms 88 ms 216.239.49.28
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 31 ms 52 ms 61 ms ea-in-f138.1e100.net [74.125.136.138]

Trace complete.
All 10.x.x.x addresses are local only, so you either have two routers connected and giving out two sets of IPs or you're using a ISP that doesn't give out IPs on the internet. This spike here on the second hop is most likely the biggest contributor to your latency. Since subsequent pings are sometimes lower, I suspect the jitter on that 10.x.x.x network is probably the source of your woes.

Question, what kind of internet do you have? To me, it feels like you have a WISP which isn't going to give you stable latency because of the nature of wireless. If it goes faster at night that might just mean that less people are using the internet and that the air waves are wide open for you to use.
 
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All 10.x.x.x addresses are local only, so you either have two routers connected and giving out two sets of IPs or you're using a ISP that doesn't give out IPs on the internet. This spike here on the second hop is most likely the biggest contributor to your latency. Since subsequent pings are sometimes lower, I suspect the jitter on that 10.x.x.x network is probably the source of your woes.

I agree with this statement. It is likely your ISP is doing NAT on you. Largely this appears to be a carrier issue.
 
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Check if your poweline or net adapter have power saving features, i had the same issue when i played League of Legends both my powerline and net adapter had power saving and "green" stuff on. :toast:
 
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