Horrible lagg?

ImCrenx

Hey. I was wondering if there is other that have problems with the server lagg? When i log in it says *poor* i have 500 download/upload, so i really should have no problems? There is a storm going on where i live, could that be the reason why im laggin, its unplayable right now. Anyone else got problems?

SirPanoCFES

ImCrenx wrote: »

Hey. I was wondering if there is other that have problems with the server lagg? When i log in it says *poor* i have 500 download/upload, so i really should have no problems? There is a storm going on where i live, could that be the reason why im laggin, its unplayable right now. Anyone else got problems?

Network speed does not determine its latency. You should start reading about Latency and Bandwidth. Possibly, in your case, it is due to a problem in the "end node" of your connection. And for that, you need to know the routing of your connection. It may be temporary.

You should know the path of your connection (traceroute sends a sequence of packets across the network and receives responses from each router in the path). By doing this, it determines if there are any problems along the path from your home router/modem to the CrossFire servers (in this case, Alpha server).

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Each "Hop" means a node, or a device, or a router. By doing this, we know why our latency is increasing.

Unfortunately, I can't share the server IP around here. I won't post the server IP over here, just because I'm not sure if that's against the Z8Games&CrossFire terms and conditions.

Bandwidth doesn't impact on latency.

What exactly does latency depend on? It depends on network traffic and other factors: transmission medium (wired and wireless), routing, internet access technology — ADSL, HFC, Fiber Optic, mobile network (3G, 4G), satellite — distance to the server and/or distance to the central or node of your city or town, and/or a proper configuration in network parameters.

There is a storm going on where I live

It's possible. It depends on the transmission medium. Many times, our connection is affected by moisture content in the air, especially in cable (copper) company cables strung between utility poles.

Latency refers to the time it takes to initiate communication.

Bandwidth describes how fast you can get information across to the user.

If we stick with the road analogy, you can think of bandwidth as the wider the road, the more traffic that can travel on it at once. As opposed to latency, where we don’t want it to be high, high bandwidth is in fact what we want.

Think of latency in terms of a road. The longer the road, the longer it takes to travel.

Let us note that, most home connections to the Internet are links called "Best-effort connections" and not dedicated Internet service (business connectivity). These plans are “best-effort” because they’re typically shared data lines amongst many customers. You share the same uplink to your Internet Service Providers as your neighbors, and as such, your upstream link fluctuates with the traffic your neighbors push over that same stream.

ImCrenx

Okay thanks for the advice. It solved itself after a few hous, dont know what went wrong?

SirPanoCFES

ImCrenx wrote: »

Okay thanks for the advice. It solved itself after a few hous, dont know what went wrong?

Maybe a node or route/path was saturated with high traffic or congestion. Possibly, there was a change in routing (on the same internal network (ISP) or external network (Peering or IXP — Internet Exchange Point)). I.e., maybe it was occurring at one of the routers in the path from your location.

Due to the Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19), international and local traffic is saturated (telecommunications networks have been on the verge of overload). There are several factors and reasons that can cause high latency.