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ulf301
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6 years ago

Major Latency issues when streaming or online gaming

As of a few weeks ago i am experiencing major issues with lag latency issues when gaming ... specifically WOW.  This was a reported issue with them and many individuals traced the blame to the hop fr...
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Becky
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Hi Ulf301, are you able to provide your traceroutes and other test results showing the issue with the hop from Level 3 in Dallas? We're happy to take a closer look at this for you. Feel free to email us at cox.help@cox.com. -Becky, Cox Support Forums Moderator
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ulf301
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6 years ago

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.407]
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C:\Users\keith>tracert cox.com

Tracing route to cox.com [45.60.49.167]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms Car-Ramrod [xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
2 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms xxxxxxxxx
3 8 ms 8 ms 11 ms 100.122.126.150
4 10 ms 11 ms 15 ms 100.122.125.86
5 20 ms 21 ms 21 ms dalsbprj02-ae2.0.rd.dl.cox.net [68.1.2.121]
6 * 757 ms 798 ms lag-105.ear5.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.7.200.13]
7 * * * Request timed out.
8 52 ms 52 ms 52 ms 4.7.26.34
9 51 ms 52 ms 52 ms 45.60.49.167

Trace complete.

C:\Users\keith>

im no expert but this seems to be the issue to me .... this is one tracer but each one i do has similar results ..... 

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    Becky
    Moderator
    6 years ago
    Hi Ulf301, if there was truly an issue with the Dallas Level 3 server in hop 6 or the following hop, your traceroute would not have completed successfully. Some servers and routers specifically block or down-prioritize ICMP echo requests. During a traceroute, these hops will show latency, packet loss, or time out completely, as in hop 7. The important point to understand about these hops is that if they are not affecting the downstream hops, their behavior is considered normal. -Becky, Cox Support Forums Moderator
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      ulf301
      New Contributor
      6 years ago

      well the WOW people are telling me this is where the error is occurring .... and it isnt happening with other ISP's in the New Orleans area.  the trace route I posted is one of many ... i would think if Cox wants to keep my business then you would want to help me fix this

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        Becky
        Moderator
        6 years ago
        Hi Ulf301, please post or email us (cox.help@cox.com) a few traceroutes to the WOW server(s) you use. -Becky, Cox Support Forums Moderator