Packet Loss (BitTorrent Protocol)

[r00igev@@r]

Thx for the replies.

I am using the workaround as suggested by eltherza, that is how I was able to debug the problem to start with. Having had the experience of setting up our own wireless network I have a fairly good idea of how difficult it is to guarantee quality of service whilst entertaining P2P load.

I'm hoping for a two fold answer:

1.) Am I on the right track in terms of identifying the problem that is leading to me experiencing issues when playing certain games? (Remember that because Steam needs to run whilst playing Steam games, Steam games itself can not make P2P connections)

2.) Is there anyway that iBurst can help me solve this problem?

Then, if not, (and I guess this is where I might be slightly rude) I would like to cancel my service with iBurst.

I am not aware of any in game functions not working (can you post an example?)

[eltherza]

1.) Am I on the right track in terms of identifying the problem that is leading to me experiencing issues when playing certain games? (Remember that because Steam needs to run whilst playing Steam games, Steam games itself can not make P2P connections)

Here is another work around, so download your game and start it in steam, then exit the game [make sure that you've played a steam game at least once while in "online" mode].
Now, click "Steam -> Go offline".
Next time you start steam choose "Start in offline mode", this will make steam start without using internet at all and you can play your games fine too (provide you played it in online mode at least once). You wont have steam chat though but you should be able to start steam games while torrents are running.

Again, p2p in games is a bit foreign in my experience, only game I know that uses p2p is C&C3.

[Mental-Tree]

HoN uses p2p and when I used to play that I never had any problems. Likewise, I've never had any problems with steam or torrents.

[louisp]

The latest issue I have is with tihs service, did some more debugging.

I'm unable to get the list of mods for Civ 5 from Firaxis (http://civ5.sake.gamespy.com/SakeSto...ices.asmx?WSDL)

It is a webservice, the game makes a list of about 50 concurrent connections, which all come back bad http request. I've disabled firewalls, but still the same problem.

[eltherza]

The latest issue I have is with tihs service, did some more debugging.

I'm unable to get the list of mods for Civ 5 from Firaxis (http://civ5.sake.gamespy.com/SakeSto...ices.asmx?WSDL)

It is a webservice, the game makes a list of about 50 concurrent connections, which all come back bad http request. I've disabled firewalls, but still the same problem.

Webservices are not p2p, they are HTTP requests. I've done a lot of WSDL testing on iburst (it's how I test our public IPs are correct) and have never had troubles, I'll test the webservice from this line in 15mins and see if WSDL is correct

[eltherza]

Error with wsdl:

Error loading [http://civ5.sake.gamespy.com/SakeSto...ces.asmx?WSDL] does not close tag . on line 5, column 2

[eltherza]

Got this: Error loading [http://civ5.sake.gamespy.com/SakeSto...ces.asmx?WSDL] does not close tag . on line 5, column 2

Seems the WSDL is no well defined.

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[chou56929]

Hi everyone out there, I have been with iburst for more than 5 years now, and watch the iburst grow and fail even since.

However, the recent new package upgrade seems to bring everyone down, me included.
Before i upgrade to 25+ and 2mb modem, everything is still "acceptable", but now.......

So, here is what I’m experiencing so far, browsing on my side are good, video stream not so good however, YouTube need to pause and buffer, was never smooth from the first day. HTTP download during day time is 40-80kb/s, torrent however, only 0-10kb/s.

Anyone else having the same problem?

Location: near silverlakes
Modem: 2Mb iburst
signal: 80-95%

p.s. I think its my area, my friend near willowridge has a 1mb modem, downloading faster than me, YouTube very smooth.

Location: near silverlakes
Modem: 2Mb iburst
signal : 80-95%

p.s. I think its my area, my friend near willowridge has a 1mb modem, downloading faster than me, youtube very smooth.

[DsBalsak]

torrents are heavy shapped during the day, and video streaming i dont know have the same stupid problem of constant lag

[Peon]

Your algebra is wrong.

iburst = 0

[r00igev@@r]

Hi everyone out there, I have been with iburst for more than 5 years now, and watch the iburst grow and fail even since.

However, the recent new package upgrade seems to bring everyone down, me included.
Before i upgrade to 25+ and 2mb modem, everything is still "acceptable", but now.......

So, here is what I’m experiencing so far, browsing on my side are good, video stream not so good however, YouTube need to pause and buffer, was never smooth from the first day. HTTP download during day time is 40-80kb/s, torrent however, only 0-10kb/s.

Anyone else having the same problem?

Location: near silverlakes
Modem: 2Mb iburst
signal: 80-95%

p.s. I think its my area, my friend near willowridge has a 1mb modem, downloading faster than me, YouTube very smooth.

Location: near silverlakes
Modem: 2Mb iburst
signal : 80-95%

p.s. I think its my area, my friend near willowridge has a 1mb modem, downloading faster than me, youtube very smooth.

There is maintenance work ongoing in the Pretoria area which will be concluded by 14th December.

[chou56929]

hope everything will be much better after 14th. thanks for the update.

[RatX]

HiBursters, (sorry, couldn't resist)

How are bittorrent downloads working for the rest of you on your iBurst connections? I've been having funnies for the past month or two whereby everything will be zipping along happily, but as soon as I fire up a bittorrent download my whole connection grinds to a screaming halt (going down to < 1 KB/s for *everything*). Kill bittorrent, normal service resumes after a few moments. I quickly scanned the last few pages worth of posts and didn't see anybody else complaining.

Previous to this, bittorrent downloads would run happily at up to 90 KB/s, and for normal surfing I could just throttle them back a bit. Has a new, more aggressive shaping algorithm been applied? Is there a way for bittorrent and iBurst to play happily together? I certainly don't want to make my nearest tower unusable for other users, but find now that I'm carrying over most of my cap. Cape Town CBD area/50 GB package if it's relevant.

Thanks for any advice .