Netalyzer, Network Buffer is high! How can I improve it? How can I get optimal ping!

[Lamim Rashid]

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Network buffer measurements (?): Uplink 1900 ms, Downlink 4200 ms –
We estimate your uplink as having 1900 ms of buffering. This is quite high, and you may experience substantial disruption to your network performance when performing interactive tasks such as web-surfing while simultaneously conducting large uploads. With such a buffer, real-time applications such as games or audio chat can work quite poorly when conducting large uploads at the same time.
We estimate your downlink as having 4200 ms of buffering. This is quite high, and you may experience substantial disruption to your network performance when performing interactive tasks such as web-surfing while simultaneously conducting large downloads. With such a buffer, real-time applications such as games or audio chat can work quite poorly when conducting large downloads at the same time.

I do a lot of online gaming and would like to get optimal ping. Have been reading around threads but alot of it is confusing and would appreciate help xD. As for the network buffer I only saw one thread tackling the issue, but I didnt understand any of it! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Netalyzer results:
http://n2.netalyzr.icsi.berkeley.edu/re ... 4e-8237/rd

SG TCP/IP Analyzer:

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« SpeedGuide.net TCP Analyzer Results » 
Tested on: 2014.06.01 12:09 
IP address: 99.227.xx.xxx 
Client OS/browser: Windows 7 (Chrome 35.0.1916.114) 
 
TCP options string: 020405b40103030801010402 
MSS: 1460 
MTU: 1500 
TCP Window: 65536 (NOT multiple of MSS) 
RWIN Scaling: 8 bits (2^8=256) 
Unscaled RWIN : 256 
Recommended RWINs: 64240, 128480, 256960, 513920, 1027840 
BDP limit (200ms): 2621kbps (328KBytes/s)
BDP limit (500ms): 1049kbps (131KBytes/s) 
MTU Discovery: ON 
TTL: 55 
Timestamps: OFF 
SACKs: ON 
IP ToS: 00000000 (0)

SG Speed Test Results:

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« SpeedGuide.net Speed Test Results »
47313 kbps down (~47.31 Mbps, 5776 KB/s)↓ 
2157 kbps up (~2.16 Mbps, 263 KB/s)↑ 
10240 KB downloaded in 1.773 seconds 
2048 KB uploaded in 7.779 seconds 
Tested on: 2014.06.01 12:15 EDT 
Tested from: uplogon.com 
Test Link: http://www.speedguide.net/speedtest/results.php?test=4199234 
Provider: net.cable.rogers.com
Location: Brampton, ON, CA

Network Info (CMD):

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C:\Users\Lamim>ipconfig /all & ping www.google.com & netsh firewall show config
& netsh interface ipv4 show subinterfaces & netsh interface ipv4 show ipstats) >
 "%USERPROFILE%\desktop\NetworkInfo.txt"

Windows IP Configuration

   Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : XPC-WYVERN011
   Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
   Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
   IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
   DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : phub.net.cable.rogers.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TAP-Windows Adapter V9
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-FF-71-68-65-D9
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Tunngle:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TAP-Win32 Adapter V9 (Tunngle)
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-FF-57-2C-1F-00
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : phub.net.cable.rogers.com
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR8131 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Con
troller (NDIS 6.20)
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 6C-62-6D-50-EE-B4
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3c2b:8c62:d53a:ce4f%10(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.195(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, May 24, 2014 1:20:20 PM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, June 02, 2014 11:05:31 AM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 241984109
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-13-F0-84-21-6C-62-6D-50-EE-B4

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Hamachi:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Hamachi Network Interface
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 7A-79-19-AC-7C-31
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2620:9b::19ac:7c31(Preferred)
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::45ec:ab75:3f60:7a24%65(Preferred)
   IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 25.172.124.49(Preferred)
   Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
   Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, May 21, 2014 3:23:32 PM
   Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, June 01, 2015 11:05:39 AM
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 2620:9b::1900:1
                                       25.0.0.1
   DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 25.0.0.1
   DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 1350203818
   DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-13-F0-84-21-6C-62-6D-50-EE-B4

   DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
                                       fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.phub.net.cable.rogers.com:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #3
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 18:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #6
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 35:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #8
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Reusable ISATAP Interface {B30DA725-F8E4-4D43-9531-53F48BCA539C}:


   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #9
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 25:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #11
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 27:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #13
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.local:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #16
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Reusable ISATAP Interface {E3E5FD76-E495-4FD3-806E-BE4CA0657086}:


   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #20
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 41:

   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
   IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:5ef5:79fb:3ccb:3160:9c1c:9f59(Pref
erred)
   Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3ccb:3160:9c1c:9f59%62(Preferred)
   Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
   NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{5B9DFB31-D3BE-4667-9D67-A0AA6253C34D}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #21
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{716865D9-A6A6-4E70-9061-1AF21484765A}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #23
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{572C1F00-5994-435E-B892-B2AF529568F8}:

   Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
   Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
   Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #24
   Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
   DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
   Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Pinging www.google.com [74.125.226.145] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 74.125.226.145: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=57
Reply from 74.125.226.145: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=57
Reply from 74.125.226.145: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=57
Reply from 74.125.226.145: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=57

Ping statistics for 74.125.226.145:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 27ms, Maximum = 29ms, Average = 27ms

Domain profile configuration:
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Operational mode                  = Enable
Exception mode                    = Enable
Multicast/broadcast response mode = Enable
Notification mode                 = Enable

IMPORTANT: "netsh firewall" is deprecated;
use "netsh advfirewall firewall" instead.
For more information on using "netsh advfirewall firewall" commands
instead of "netsh firewall", see KB article 947709
at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=121488 .



   MTU  MediaSenseState   Bytes In  Bytes Out  Interface
------  ---------------  ---------  ---------  -------------
4294967295                1          0   13574433  Loopback Pseudo-Interface 1
  1500                1  14263530716  7982073050  Local Area Connection
  1500                5          0          0  Tunngle
  1404                1       7540   18310731  Hamachi
  1500                5          0          0  Local Area Connection 4

[akbarri]

post ur

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netsh int tcp show global

and

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tracert google.com

u can replace that "google.com" to "Host or IP" of ur Game Server.

[RaisinCain]

Just let it go. If your ISP isn't providing the speed that you are expecting- change your plan.

[Lamim Rashid]

post ur

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netsh int tcp show global

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tracert google.com

u can replace that "google.com" to "Host or IP" of ur Game Server.

netsh int tcp show global:

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C:\Users\Lamim>netsh int tcp show global
Querying active state...

TCP Global Parameters
----------------------------------------------
Receive-Side Scaling State          : enabled
Chimney Offload State               : enabled
NetDMA State                        : enabled
Direct Cache Acess (DCA)            : enabled
Receive Window Auto-Tuning Level    : normal
Add-On Congestion Control Provider  : ctcp
ECN Capability                      : disabled
RFC 1323 Timestamps                 : disabled

My tracert google.com and game server:

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C:\Users\Lamim>tracert google.com

Tracing route to google.com [66.185.84.157]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     9 ms     8 ms     9 ms  7.11.164.65
  2    10 ms    11 ms    12 ms  209.148.242.129
  3    10 ms    11 ms    11 ms  69.63.249.193
  4    12 ms    12 ms    14 ms  69.63.248.6
  5    18 ms    12 ms    11 ms  66.185.84.157

Trace complete.

C:\Users\Lamim>tracert 216.52.241.254

Tracing route to riotgames-17.ext1.lax.pnap.net [216.52.241.254]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     8 ms     9 ms    10 ms  7.11.164.65
  2    12 ms    23 ms    11 ms  209.148.242.129
  3    10 ms    12 ms    10 ms  69.63.249.193
  4     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  5    26 ms    26 ms    33 ms  te1-5.ccr01.iad01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.12.
89]
  6    25 ms    29 ms    31 ms  te0-16-0-33.ccr41.iad02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.
54.31.225]
  7    25 ms    26 ms    26 ms  be2112.mpd22.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.5.
234]
  8    37 ms    45 ms    45 ms  be2171.ccr42.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.31
.109]
  9    53 ms    52 ms    51 ms  be2174.mpd21.iah01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.29
.202]
 10    87 ms    87 ms    87 ms  be2065.ccr21.lax01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.5.
66]
 11   197 ms   198 ms    87 ms  te7-1.mag02.lax01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.47.
166]
 12    87 ms    89 ms    89 ms  te0-0-2-0.nr11.b001202-4.lax01.atlas.cogentco.co
m [154.24.15.2]
 13    87 ms    94 ms    87 ms  38.88.244.6
 14    88 ms    87 ms    87 ms  riotgames-17.ext1.lax.pnap.net [216.52.241.254]

Trace complete.

Just let it go. If your ISP isn't providing the speed that you are expecting- change your plan.

I am getting the speed I am supposed to be getting, in fact I'm getting a little bit more then what our plan is suppose to give, however latency wise it isn't the greatest. However where I live (Near Toronto, Ontario, Canada) I have very few ISP's I can choose from. The house I live in right now is a new house and was built a year ago, and the only ISP's that offer (decent) service to us is Bell or Rogers, but bell doesn't offer fiber like rogers in my area so roger's happened to be our best option. Download and upload speed wise it's pretty good, it's just the latency could be a lot better. I am also using their third best plan and dont want to pay more then what we are already paying. (50mb/s down, 5mb/s up which is more then enough). So I am looking for anyway to improve my internet latency. Any help is appreciated thanks.

[KEiGHT]

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > services > Tcpip > Parameters > Interfaces > {Your unique ID name card} (You must see your I.P. There )
add a new DWORD value (32-bits)and rename it TcpAckFrequency and set value to 1
add a new DWORD value (32-bits)and rename it TCPNoDelay and set value to 1

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > MSMQ > Parameters
add new DWORD value (32-bits)and rename it TCPNoDelay and set value to 1, Hit OK

[akbarri]

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Tracing route to riotgames-17.ext1.lax.pnap.net [216.52.241.254]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     8 ms     9 ms    10 ms  7.11.164.65
  2    12 ms    23 ms    11 ms  209.148.242.129
  3    10 ms    12 ms    10 ms  69.63.249.193
 [color="#FF0000"][B] 4     *        *        *     Request timed out.[/B][/color]
  5    26 ms    26 ms    33 ms  te1-5.ccr01.iad01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.12.
89]
  6    25 ms    29 ms    31 ms  te0-16-0-33.ccr41.iad02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.
54.31.225]
  7    25 ms    26 ms    26 ms  be2112.mpd22.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.5.
234]
  8    37 ms    45 ms    45 ms  be2171.ccr42.atl01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.31
.109]
  9    53 ms    52 ms    51 ms  be2174.mpd21.iah01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.29
.202]
 10    87 ms    87 ms    87 ms  be2065.ccr21.lax01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.5.
66]
 11   197 ms   198 ms    87 ms  te7-1.mag02.lax01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.47.
166]
 12    87 ms    89 ms    89 ms  te0-0-2-0.nr11.b001202-4.lax01.atlas.cogentco.co
m [154.24.15.2]
 13    87 ms    94 ms    87 ms  38.88.244.6
 14    88 ms    87 ms    87 ms  riotgames-17.ext1.lax.pnap.net [216.52.241.254]

Trace complete.

From ur Tracert Result, i see that the Problem between "ISP Gateway" and "Server Game" (Hop 4)

So... Please Contact ur ISP or Change Game Server to the nearest from ur Locations.

[Lamim Rashid]

Thanks for the replies and input!

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > services > Tcpip > Parameters > Interfaces > {Your unique ID name card} (You must see your I.P. There )
add a new DWORD value (32-bits)and rename it TcpAckFrequency and set value to 1
add a new DWORD value (32-bits)and rename it TCPNoDelay and set value to 1

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > MSMQ > Parameters
add new DWORD value (32-bits)and rename it TCPNoDelay and set value to 1, Hit OK

Okay, I did all this but there were a lot of things under interfaces, so i added those changes to the ones with my ip. It's probably cause I have used a number of wireless adapters on this computer before switching to wired. I did a few ping tests and so far I haven't seen any changes though.

From ur Tracert Result, i see that the Problem between "ISP Gateway" and "Server Game" (Hop 4)

So... Please Contact ur ISP or Change Game Server to the nearest from ur Locations.

Ah okay, I don't mind calling my ISP, but what do I tell them/ask them?

Is there anything else I can do to improve my network? What else can I do to improve my network?

Thanks for all your input!

[Philip]

I wouldn't worry about hop 4 on that trace... Some routers do not reply to ICMP pings, and/or give very low priority to pings. So, if you're constantly getting no replies ( * * * ) for that hop, it simply means it is not responding to pings, move on and look at other hops. All I see that's wrong with this trace is the the big latency increase at hop 11, and I'm not too trilled about Cogent bandwidth, they have some bad history and quality track record.

About the network buffer... A large buffer is only a problem if you're experiencing packet loss, and not using modern congestion control algorithms, such as CTCP.