"The Natural Philosopher" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> dfrog wrote:
>> "The Natural Philosopher" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:hdjtvl$2qk$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> dfrog wrote:
>>>> I currently have BT HomeHub2 router for BT Broadband/BT Vision and PS3,
>>>> and I'm struggling a bit playing Gran Turismo 5 Prologue on PS3 - I'm
>>>> getting lots of 'failed to connect to host' when trying to join a race
>>>> (maybe 5 fails to 1 connect sometimes).
>>> I wouldn't say that was necessarily a router problem.
>>>
>>>
>>>> PC is wireless to router, BT Vision box and PS3 are wired (cat5).
>>>> Network test on PS3 gives download speed of 6.5Mbs (ish)
>>>> I have port forwarded to PS3, and tried disabling router firewall,
>>>> disconnected PC from home network, all to no avail.
>>> Even more strong indication its not a router problem.
>>>
>>>> Before I approach BT, I would like to 'investigate' the option of using
>>>> a different router, maybe there is one that is specifically good for
>>>> game playing?
>>>> I would appreciate advice from those who are knowledgeable in this area
>>>> please
>>>>
>>> Well be careful asking here. Plenty of people will tell you they have a
>>> problem they (think they) know how to solve, rather than the one you
>>> actually have..
>>>
>>
>> Thank you N/P,
>> If you are here frequently you have an advantage over me with regard to
>> 'participants'
>> I do hope to be able to 'read between the lines' of responses.
>> I have read elsewhere that the HomeHub2 is less than ideal for gaming,
>> and rather than ask 'there' I chose to ask elsewhere (here) by way of
>> cross-referencing.
>> If you consider this not to be a router issue, do you have a theory about
>> the cause please?
>>
>
> I no less than the square root of fuck all about gaming, as it been years
> since I used to get killed in dungeons every time the modem dropped the
> line ;-)
>
>
> I suspect that you are confusing a separate issue - latency - or if you
> like game LAG, which might be a function of the router (though more likely
> of the ISP) with pure inability to connect at all, which is likely to be a
> different issue altogether.
>
> If the link is reliable for ordinary browsing and so on, and its only game
> servers that are at fault, that would to me imply something particular
> about those servers, or the route that BT uses to get to them.
>
> Do you know enough to try ping and traceroute tests?
>
> If tehserversrespnd topings withshortdelays, then you have a decent route
> to them. If they still fail to connect, they may be simply busy.
>
> The pother possible is the old MTU thing, which still seems to be an
> issue. Some routers out there on thee backbone wont handle large packets,
> and split them up. and others fail to put them back together correctly.
> That doesn't normally screw a basic connection, as thats a small packet,
> but it can screw large transfers. Thinks might get very kjerky on you.
>
> Which is a point..if you get to the servers, is the play fast and smooth,
> or slow and jerky?
>
N P,
Play is fast and smooth once I'm in a race.
A disappointing lack of response here, but, having read some answers to some
other questions, I've learned of other areas to look at.
I will solve the problem, just need to look in enough corners :-)
Thanks for your response.
dfrog
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