So I'm on a second ISP (BT), and minus 4 housemates since the last time I asked for help with my ping spikes. They're as bad as ever. I was wondering if anyone knew of any software I could use that would tell me exactly where my bandwidth is going. i.e. if it could show if computers on my network are either downloading/uploading data, or if my ISP just isn't giving me any bandwidth. I have absolutely no money so any tools need to be free :<

Also accepting suggestions for free virus/spy ware scanning programs so I can check if that's the cause :<

dd-wrt

What type of router? You should just put a password on your network and or prioritize your computer through mac address in the QoS. It depends on the brand though. If you get spikes to specific servers as long as they arn't through game server companies (which will just take longer) you have to do a path ping or tracert then request a re-route or get a fix on the specific network hop.

i also have this problem, i have an edimax BR-6424N V2. it has QoS, and i prioritize my IP (192.168.2.100, never changes in the router) to have a guarenteed bandwith of 1 megabyte for download and 30 kb for upload. i pressed enable QoS etc, spent many days on it, but it wont work.

anyone knows why?

ps: none of the QoS works, for example if i set bandwith limitation of 500 kb/s (for all the computers) it will still download and upload at full speed all the time.

i allready tried firmware upgrade.

thx!


though i doubt you can help me this is not the first place i asked in...

Sounds like broken firmware on your part nin. Even though most QoS doesn't necessarily cap(depends on the brand / firmware). It just prioritizes where the bandwidth is used. So if 4 computers were downloading with high, high, medium, and low, the 2 high's would get more power ect...

I'm taking it in both cases here BT is used or some sort of fileshare?

dd-wrt looks like it may have improved code but i haven't used it. It looks like it might be worth a shot to you Nin(i don't know if you already have it)?

Archer:

http://www.dabs.com/products/bt-home-hub-2-0-56B4.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=product+search that's the router

The spikes aren't to specific servers. I already tried QoS stuff before :<

In some occasions the frequency channel can help. Its common with a lot of routers. Do you have the ability to switch frequency as well as whether it picks up specific signals? Like mixed, B, H, N only, ect....

I can't speak computer :<

Ok re-reading that I'm guessing you're talking about wirless stuff right? Well I ended up getting a big ethernet cable just incase the spikes were because of my connection being wireless, and it's still happening.

I seem to get quite a lot of variation in what the spikes look like and how they act. For instance, last night I was getting spikes that involved really, really noticeable warping on my part, but my ping stayed constantly under 40.... (while my ping wasn't registering any crap, my net_graph 3 was).
This morning though, I was getting huge ping spikes, CL_flushentitypacket stuff. The thing is that often when this happens, I can't move/shoot at all, but the game around me carries on. I was thinking that this might reflect that my connection is downloading data from the server fine, but unable to upload. Could this be indicative of spyware or something using up my upload bandwidth?

www.netlimiter.com

netmonitor is free, it will show you what bandwith your computer is using.

will only show your computer though, not others on the network.

Yea, something is eating your upload(it sounds like). If you think it's spyware or malware. Goto google and lookup combofix. It will solve any malware / spyware type stuff and give you a good report afterwards. You could ask your ISP to monitor your line to see if the connection is possibly fluctuating. Like noise in the line. In one instance it was the ISP's fault and i needed a signal booster for my modem. They can usually test it without sending a tech out though.