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[BritBrat]

I would say port 80 is always open as it is a common port and is used for internet.

Name:  
http Port 80
 
Purpose:  
World Wide Web HTTP
 
Description:  
This is the primary port used by the world wide web (www) system. Web servers open this port then listen for incoming connections from web browsers. Similarly, when a web browser is given a remote address (like grc.com or amazon.com), it assumes that a remote web server will be listening for connections on port 80 at that location.
 
Related Ports: 81, 82, 443, 8080, 8090

source: www.grc.com

Do another test with the site I use:
https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

[Oranged]

This may not be connected but there's a current thread on the TBB O2 section which reports a problem with EA servers. They were OK after midnight last night but inaccessible this morning.

http://forums.thinkbroadband.com/o2/3871586-wireless-box-2-fifa-10-online-issues.html?view=collapsed&fpart=all

[dpd]

Do another test with the site I use:
https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2

results>>>

GRC Port Authority Report created on UTC: 2010-09-22 at 09:36:53

Results from probe of port: 80

    0 Ports Open
    0 Ports Closed
    1 Ports Stealth
---------------------
    1 Ports Tested

THE PORT tested was found to be: STEALTH.

TruStealth: FAILED - ALL tested ports were STEALTH,
                   - NO unsolicited packets were received,
                   - A PING REPLY (ICMP Echo) WAS RECEIVED.

[BritBrat]

I think that is normal.

But try it again with Game running, just an idea.

[dpd]

EA servers are currently down so im basically having a game 'offline' and the difference is unbelievable. everything is working perfectly. the play is flawless with no delay at all. so when im not signed in to the EA servers  the game works the way it used to.......i suppose the one thing that this does actually confirm is that its not my hardware.

im still signed in to xbox live so its not that either.

hmmm.

[dpd]

i have to say im quite enjoying this, sort of educating myself as i go along. learning new things all the time.

anyway, looking at things today about connection and settings, i came across a tool called UOTRACE which not only performs a tracert to an address i choose but also gives info about packet loss, ping times, and gives colour codes on how effiecient the connection is. green is good, black is worst case scenario.

i have been chatting to someone on the EA forums who doesnt suffer the issue i have (lag) and he was kind enough to let me perform a traceroute to his ip.

in this first pic the ping times loook great and it appears all is fine >>>




but then when i perform a poll on the traceroute look what comes up. the first hop is coloured black with 100 % packet loss.



now, couple of questions. what could cause the first hop to lose 100 % packets and hopefully, is there anyone with experience of these stats who can shed some light on this. im off to do some searching of my own

[roseway]

The first hop is a local address (presumably your router). I expect that it's configured to reject multiple pings.

[dpd]

my router is 192.168.0.1.

or is this something entirely different?

[Oranged]

Well, there is no Whois record so it looks like it's one of the blackhole addresses but normally Whois responds with the fact that it is a blackhole.

[dpd]

sorry to sound stupid but if this is my router and it doesnt accept multiple ping requests, would this effect other applications such as online gaming?

also is this something which has a setting to turn on/off or is this not really an issue.

edit.......if it is my router would i not expect the ping response to be 0ms?

[tuftedduck]

Here is the Whois record.

http://whois.domaintools.com/192.168.0.1

[dpd]

it has no record of 10.157.212.1

im starting to get in over my head here but i will try to keep up.

[dpd]

after trying more traceroutes to www.bbc.co.uk that hop is showing ping times between 5ms and 40ms. you guys are more knowledgable than me but is that not way too high ping time for it to be my router?

[BritBrat]

I would guess 10.157.212.1 is a Virgin IP.

Could it be a Phorm like server on that IP and slowing down the internet service and causing the lag.

What date did Virgin start doing trials?

I would put money on it if the dates were around the same as OP started to get the problem.

Or could it even be a net nuetrallity issue?

Or even:

Posted in Telecoms, 26th November 2009

Virgin Media will trial deep packet inspection technology to measure the level of illegal filesharing on its network, but plans not to tell the customers whose traffic will be examined.


Virgin Media to trial filesharing monitoring system

Although OP was on different ISP's but who knows what they are doing these day's.

[dpd]

ive had a look to see if there are any ongoing trials in my area but nothing comes up.

would this ip show up if someone tried to do a trace to me?

thinking about it would it actually help even if it did?