Iburst and SGS

[21alpha]

Hi,

I'm trying to connect to SGS (Saix game servers) using Iburst. I'm not getting any joy. Tracert results below. It seems that there is a network issue, its certainly not the wireless part of the connection that's giving grief. Any ideas on how to solve this?

Thanks, Tracert follows:

Tracing route to foxx.saix.net [196.4.79.20]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 89 ms 115 ms 203 ms wbs-196-2-120-1.wbs.co.za [196.2.120.1]
2 112 ms 304 ms 239 ms 192.168.0.97
3 207 ms 143 ms 115 ms ge0-2.gw10.jnb6.alter.net [66.8.42.21]
4 112 ms 159 ms 194 ms ge0-0.br1.jnb6.alter.net [196.30.156.41]
5 173 ms 108 ms 169 ms other-side.atm6-0sub1.br1.jnb6.alter.net [196.31
.39.53]
6 199 ms 111 ms 210 ms tpr-ip-esr-1-ge-6-0-0.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.43
.10.86]
7 tpr-ip-esr-1-ge-6-0-0.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.43.10.86] reports: Destinati
on net unreachable.

Trace complete.



Tracing route to blancmange.saix.net [196.4.79.26]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 432 ms 64 ms 145 ms wbs-196-2-120-1.wbs.co.za [196.2.120.1]
2 106 ms 158 ms 124 ms 192.168.0.97
3 203 ms 203 ms 140 ms ge0-2.gw10.jnb6.alter.net [66.8.42.21]
4 198 ms 219 ms 130 ms ge0-0.br1.jnb6.alter.net [196.30.156.41]
5 153 ms 184 ms 185 ms other-side.atm6-0sub1.br1.jnb6.alter.net [196.31
.39.53]
6 242 ms 214 ms 84 ms tpr-ip-esr-1-ge-6-0-0.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.43
.10.86]
7 * * * Request timed out.
8 tpr-ip-esr-1-ge-6-0-0.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.43.10.86] reports: Destinati
on net unreachable.

Trace complete.


Tracing route to hocico.saix.net [196.4.79.28]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 139 ms 69 ms 293 ms wbs-196-2-120-1.wbs.co.za [196.2.120.1]
2 348 ms 219 ms 229 ms 192.168.0.97
3 383 ms 295 ms 101 ms ge0-2.gw10.jnb6.alter.net [66.8.42.21]
4 218 ms 89 ms 195 ms ge0-0.br1.jnb6.alter.net [196.30.156.41]
5 395 ms 278 ms 153 ms other-side.atm6-0sub1.br1.jnb6.alter.net [196.31
.39.53]
6 196 ms 89 ms 151 ms tpr-ip-esr-1-ge-6-0-0.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.43
.10.86]
7 * tpr-ip-esr-1-ge-6-0-0.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.43.10.86] reports:
Destination net unreachable.

Trace complete.

 

[Crash]

The ip addresses of the Saix Game Servers are blocked.
i.e ICMP gets blocked by their firewall.

You need to use the game server browser to check latency, or get a 3rd party "server checker".

Somedays I can play fine on the SGS servers. Other days the latency is far too high.
But I am normally able to play on a server.

 

[21alpha]

Ok

Thanks for the info. I'm looking for a "server checker" as we speak

 

[Crash]

No problem mate.
I tried to do the same thing first time I wanted to play on sgs

 

[21alpha]

heh

I downloaded and installed the 1.12 patch last night. Then I went online and I could see one of the SGS servers. But ALAS, at 5 in the morning there was no-one to play with....

/me sulks

 

[Crash]

Even gamers require sleep

 

[21alpha]

I thought there would be at least one of you hardcore dudes there so that I could get my a*s fragged by a pro

 

[mic_y]

hehe, i played BF2 a few times on SGS, and it seemed to work pretty decently if i say so myself. did get stucky at times though, but maybe that is also my system.
got my a** r@ped though

 

[C0STA]

Hey guys, I play CS online (when i had adsl) I now have a Iburst connection. I get a decent signal strength. but i havent tried gaming yet. What kind of pings do u experience playing cs on sgs ?

any settings i need to setup ?or 3rd party proggies that i'll require?
thanx
COSTA

 

[Crash]

On a good night 80 ms.
Normal is about 110 - 200 ms.
Can spike up to unusable at time.

It works great as long as there is no packet loss!

 

[FireFLi]

try playing with these stats

Pinging www.iburst.co.za [196.30.31.120] with 32 bytes of da

Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=771ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=870ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=399ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=443ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=2092ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=1474ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=1250ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=1324ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=319ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=1040ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=1170ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=335ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=951ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=1000ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=710ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=540ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=1728ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=589ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=712ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=997ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=766ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=209ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=374ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=353ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=156ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=475ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=461ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=415ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=1108ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=1309ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=613ms TTL=124

Ping statistics for 196.30.31.120:
Packets: Sent = 31, Received = 31, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 156ms, Maximum = 2092ms, Average = 804ms

 

[21alpha]

OOOOHHHH..... ouch. I feel your pain...

 

[FireFLi]

fankyou my bruver

 

[UnUnOctium]

it depends on ur tower. in my opinion they overload the centurion tower since sometimes it blanks out completely (no signal, orange light) for 1 sec then back to 5 strenght. then also when playing the signal strength drops to 3 then 5 every few seconds, even though im constantly transferring bandwidth. ofcourse this is typical (hence sentech, telkom) but hey, welcome to south africa. :\

 

[FireFLi]

what grates me is that it was fine up until a fortnight ago. If it aint broke don't fix it!!!

 

[COSTA]

Pinging www.iburst.co.za [196.30.31.120] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=74ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=102ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=132ms TTL=124
Reply from 196.30.31.120: bytes=32 time=84ms TTL=124

Ping statistics for 196.30.31.120:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 74ms, Maximum = 132ms, Average = 98ms


COSTA