Network Lag Network Issue Help/Solutions

Japanese server remember. Brisbane was just over 40ms

Yeah, I'll do one on the PS3 soon

3.5 to 4 Mbps down
0.6 to 0.8 Mbps up
ADSL2+
Ping is in the 30's usually.
Line attenuation is usually around 55
SNR is around 4 to 6
Approx 4.5 to 5km from the exchange
I also have my PS3 wirelessly connected to my network/internet.
Unless everyone is keeping quiet about it, no-one has told me I lag when in the online rooms (Econobox Cup and Sunday League + practice during the week)....and surely there can't be too many others here with worse figures than these....(I hope).

Personally, I think my ping saves me from a world of heart-ache.

Mmmmm not what I was expecting now the numbers I'm getting are not all that unreasonable for ADSL.
What I did this time around was used a wired setup and changed the DNS servers to the couple that gave me best response (DNS Benchmark app).
Do miss the speed of fibre and there is no NBN in this area yet.

I hope the picture isn't at a weird, convoluted angle, you never know with the iPhone's inner camera lol

You do actually have a little bit of jitter when a few cars are around you at the start of races,especially when you're near DRZ,who's car goes a bit nuts when he overtakes you,but then clears up out the otherside.
Both OOkla and Speedtest.net are not accurate as they have the intention of selling you a speed up your computer programme of some sort,or registry updater.The best test site is www.youcompare.com.au They are a comparison site and as such have no vested interest in any particular product,they get paid per view/click of links,not succesful sales. Hey Serge,Try it out straight after the speedtest one & you'll see what i mean when you compare results! It only gives Ping,Down & Upload though,not all that other stuff like line attuation & SNR (WTF do they mean anyway?) but really ping is the most important factor regarding lag as it's the reading of the time it takes the signal from you to the Main Australian server which i beleive for the PSN is in Sydney,so if you use a speedtest site that can change the destination server,make sure you set it to Sydney,then you'll have a reasonably accurate idea of your ping on PS3(why they don't include it i don't know) You can have 10'000Kbps Down & 5800Kbps Up using an extreme dongle from Vodafone on their new(ish) 850Mhz network,but still have lag as the ping varies from 22ms(excellent) to 350+ms(Lag City) from test to test,depending on network congestion. When i had no choice but to use MBB,i didn't even bother trying to race between 2pm & 9pm on weeknights and 6am to 9pm weekends except for seasonal events as it was always an exercise in futility. It seemed to coincide with the end of the school/workday,so i put it down to all the kids on facebook,twitter & youtube as soon as they finished school,& workers finishing work & doing similar on the train,etc while heading home,and the amount of people using MBB for their laptops,etc on weekends!LOL

FYI Dek, line attenuation and SNR (signal to noise ratio) can be found in your router settings (not from an online speed test). Basically the closer you are to your exchange and the better the condition of the phone lines between exchange and the house, the better your attenuation and SNR figures will be. Mine are attrocious, yet it sounds like I'm only giving off minor lag compared to others and only when in close proximity to others that also experience lagissues, so as you have mentioned ping/latency is the killer for online gaming - not necessarily fast or slow internet speeds.

I still think alot has to do with the PSN servers, particularly when so many people say they rarely (if ever) have any issues with other online PS3 games. Certainly makes you think what is going on.....

I hope this is the right way up. I got the 15m ethernet cable plugged in.

It seems that the download speed has increased, but upload is still dreadful. Sigh.

If the lag is gone it'll be worth it...

We'll have our moment of truth in the race...

It's a router and modem in one, linked with a 15m ethernet cable to the PS3.

And what DNS you have setup in your PS3?

35ms

I don't know if this is the same with you, but at my missus parents place, there internet has this issue where there internet will pulse droping the upload and download rate from anywhere up to 10mbps to .1 mbps. They can't find the problem but have been assured by telstra that the problem will disappear when the NBN shows up in there house in 2 years time

I haven't heard about that, but I'm with Failstra as well, so I wouldn't be surprised.
Tb is with Failstra as well, and we both suffer from similar issues, I think you may be onto something...

ummm, aren't we all on Telstra?
We might all pay different ISP's for our connection to the internet but isn't it all Telstra infrastructure (exchange, lines etc)?
If so, then we're all technically on Telstra, we just pay different companies who lease ports in the Telstra exchanges.

And I'm betting you'd know if your line was pulsing that badly because your internet experience would show it (streaming video, downloads etc). Not to say it's not happening to some people, but I'm not sure how wide spread that issue is.

I still think the PSN/GT6 servers are a big factor in all these issues.....not to mention any number of possible bugs in the GT6 game itself :-(