Network Lag Network Issue Help/Solutions

http://www.speedtest.net/
This will test your speed and ping to a nearby server (which will give you an indication of your setup)...however this won't actually tell you your ping to the actual PSN servers.

If we knew the IP address of the PSN servers you would be able to ping it from a PC using the Cmd tool, but I haven't been able to find any published IP addresses for their servers, or where they are actually physically located.
I am suspecting the servers we connect to are in Europe somewhere (hence why in GT6 in the main lobby there is a Region "Australia/Europe" option. If this is the case then this may change what you see from doing the speedtest.net test.

Not bad, what server did you connect to?
You can choose what server you connect to, all over the world.....by default it picks a local one to you with the best ping.
I'm in Melbourne and just did a few tests from work (here in the Melb CBD).
To Melb server:
1ms ping - 48Mbps down - 47Mbps up

Then I tried doing a test to a server in Sydney:
15ms ping - 48Mbps down - 48 Mbps up
Then I tried a server in the UK (Manchester):
329ms ping - 15.6Mbps down - 9.9Mbps up

A BIG difference in going overseas...

ok so im in the same boat as jamie. Just did a speed test and got a ping of 32ms download of 18+ and upload of .85. that was to a brisbane server. BUGGER OFF LAG!!!!!!

32ms is fine TB. From what i'm led to believe anything over 100+ ms may start to cause issues for online gaming.

So where is my lag coming from. everything says it should not be there.

Upload speed could do with being higher.

32ms to your local server is one thing....I wonder what the ping is between your PS3 and the PSN servers (which I suspect are overseas)....????

Thats the million dollar question.

Call your provider,you can & physically have to request this as it has to be done on their control system computer,it's just a matter of a couple of tweaks and it's done.If you ask them they can also do a few tweaks to help the stability,without sacrificing any speed or costing money,so that would be my first point of call before spending any more money.
Just to clarify,when talking ping, you normally quote the number attained when tested to your nearest capital city,but when dealing with a particular website/Game Platform,etc,you should quote the number to their server,e.g For i-racing i get a few different pings depending on whether i'm in an Aussie,Netherlands or USA lobby server.There's no point hassling them to get your ping to the US down to the aussie level cause it will always be impossible no matter how fast the internet gets,at least until we invent time travel anyway!LOL

I think it might be more to do with an inconsistent download/upload speed.If you go to one of the game/movie download sites ,(Mobogenie,livid,etc) they normally have download transfer rate meter on them.Don't be alarmed if you see only 750-850Kbps,as transfer rate is calculated differently.Just download something for it to run.You'll be able to see what's going on.It always fluctuates a bit,maybe +/- 100kbps maybe 150 but not much more.What you're looking for is big jumps up & down,like 750--210--640--120--820--365,etc.
I've also found out that you'd be surprised how easily the lead from the wall plug to the modem/router can crap itself,especially if it's the cheapo lead that comes with the router.All it takes is a lightning strike within 5km of you(Those ones that the thunder is so loud it makes you flinch/jump,if you can smell that lightning smell,throw your lead in the bin,it would be fried,guaranteed),between you & the exchange,or a power surge to the router,or pinching it under a heavy object,and it only takes once! The copper wire is not heavy duty like an electrical extension cord, and as such is fairly delicate,so that it doesn't have too much resistance for the low voltage used in phone lines,otherwise your signal would disappear before it got to the exchange!

I think I just managed to get the PS3 in the DMZ of my router. Thank goodness this time I called Telstra I was speaking to a fellow gamer, albeit an Xbox user. But at least he knew what I was on about. Apparently the upload wont cause the lag, its the latency of the room. He opened up my router and took me as far as he was allowed as far as the DMZ was concerned as he wast properly 'trained/qualified' to make those changes as it can open up a can of worms security wise if done wrong. Hopefully I didn't do it wrong. Lol. Will have to test it out one night before Motegie.

On the walk home from school, I noticed that workers have begun work on installing optic fibre on Erskine Park Road (which my house backs on to), so fingers crossed things will progress quickly!

Would you guys like to share how much speed you get on download/ upload?
The page I use is www.speedtest.net

Just curious if speed is not so much the factor for the guys experiencing lag. I just got ADSL and is terribly slow (had cable before in Sydney):
4Mb upload/0.8 Upload
Had at least 15/8 before and zero lag

Edit: seems I came in late to this conversation lol

Uh-oh...

Is that your phone though N64?

Just did a speed test on my phone and via a Japanese server got a ping of 188ms download 6.7mbps and up of 5.4mbps. upload is over 500% better than my home service to a brisbane server. Download is less than half though.

Thats a horrible ping.