Do iptv affect on ping or latency

[stefs12]

I like to get iptv or netflix. But i dont know, can i play competetive games and watch iptv on other device without losing ping, latency, or anything else?
Thanks..

 

[sdifox]

Depends on your router and internet service. And I don't understand the concept of competitive gaming and streaming netflix at the same time. Are you talking about some other people streaming?

 

[Gryz]

Depends on your bandwidth. Both up and down. Depends on your access-technology (ethernet-over-fiber, some form of dsl, cable, etc). Depends on how your provider does QoS on their subscriber-links. Depends on how your provider does QoS on their backhaul links.

It might depend on your home router, and how you configure it. But for IPTV and most other applications, the bottleneck is the connection downstream. So from your providers router to your home-router. You don't have control over that. You only might have control in the other direction, from your home-router to your provider's router.

Rule of thumb: if you really want the lowest ping, don't do anything else bandwidth-intensive over your Internet connection.

But you can try to find out for yourself. Play your games, do the stuff you wanna do, and see if it impacts your ping. It probably will. But if not, you got lucky, and you can watch iptv or do other stuff. Good luck.

 

[killster1]

If it was my hobby / priority i would subscribe to a second service line. If there is fiber then sure it would be fine with a good router, but since you are asking im sure you dont have fiber yet. If you can get it even for 150 a month would be a good investment for your ping. I currently just bought a second line since TB cap and everyone streaming is to much to game on my slow ATT uverse here, with zero other options (besides satellite or 4g not good ping!)


Start your game go to the lobby check out the ping rise with each device starting to stream and then decide.

 

[stefs12]

Depends on your bandwidth. Both up and down. Depends on your access-technology (ethernet-over-fiber, some form of dsl, cable, etc). Depends on how your provider does QoS on their subscriber-links. Depends on how your provider does QoS on their backhaul links.

It might depend on your home router, and how you configure it. But for IPTV and most other applications, the bottleneck is the connection downstream. So from your providers router to your home-router. You don't have control over that. You only might have control in the other direction, from your home-router to your provider's router.

Rule of thumb: if you really want the lowest ping, don't do anything else bandwidth-intensive over your Internet connection.

But you can try to find out for yourself. Play your games, do the stuff you wanna do, and see if it impacts your ping. It probably will. But if not, you got lucky, and you can watch iptv or do other stuff. Good luck.

Can i check how much bandwidth i have and can i control how much bandwitch i give to box?

 

[mxnerd]

Can i check how much bandwidth i have and can i control how much bandwitch i give to box?

1. http://www.speedtest.net/
2. usually don't

Netflix has one month free trial. Use the free trial to test if the video streaming affect your game playing.

 

[DigDog]

... i mean yeah, in theory if your router has QoS you should be able to, but ...

 

[Gryz]

Can i check how much bandwidth i have and can i control how much bandwitch i give to box?

Define what you mean with "how much bandwidth I have".
The Internet is a "best-effort-delivery network".
That means nothing is guaranteed, nothing is reserved. You get your slice of the pie that is available.
Usually there's enough available. But not always.
It also depends on where you go.

A similar question would be: "how many lanes do I get on the road" ?
That totally depends on where you are, and where you are going.

In reality, the biggest bottleneck is usually the link between your home-router and the first router of your provider (ISP) on the path out to the Internet.
That link will be DSL, cable or maybe ethernet-over-fiber. Or something else.

You can do a "speed-test", like mxnerd is suggesting. But that only tells you how much bandwidth there is available at this time on the path between the speed-test's web-server and your home-router. It's interesting to know. But it is no guarantee what bandwidth/ping you will get to other locations on the Internet.

If you want to see the real bandwidth of the link between your home-router and your provider, you can usually see that on your home-router. Most routers have a web-page for admin purposes that is available via the interface that is facing your home-devices. (Aka, not available via the Internet to strangers). Do you know the ip-address of your router ? It is most likely 192.169.1.1 or 192.169.1.254. Or an address that starts with 10.something or 172.16.something. You can check the router's ip-address by looking for the default-gateway in your PC's routing table. Open a dos-box (command.com, or window-menu, search for "command prompt"). And type: "netstat -rn". In the output, look for the line that starts with Network Address 0.0.0.0. There will be a Gateway Address associated with it. On my win7 box it is 192.168.178.1. That address is the ip-address of your router.

Log in to the router via your browser. Type "http://<ip-address>".
Maybe you need a username, maybe a password. If your provider gave you that router, call them and ask. Or read the letter that came with your router. If it's your own router, read the documentation. Usually the username is something like "admin". Password is empty, or also "admin". Someone on this forum posted a page with common usernames and password and ip-address for different brands of routers. Unfortunately I can't find that link.

Once you are logged into your router, you can click and look at things. I'm sure that is a page that tells you the actual speed of your upstream link. Good luck. Let us know if you find it.


Controlling your bandwidth is another story.
Your homer-router send packets upstream from your home to your provider.
In theory you can control the rate at which the router sends different types of packets. This is called "Quality Of Service" (aka QoS). It depends on the software on your router if you can actually do this.
But it doesn't really matter.
What matters are the packets that are sent in the other direction.
From your provider's router to your home-router.
That is usually the bottleneck (when you are torrenting, watching netflix, watching other IPTV stuff, etc).
And that traffic needs to be controlled and configured on the provider's router.
And you don't have access to that router.
So end of story.

Hopefully your provider has some default QoS set up for you.
And that standard QoS is good enough.
If not, there's not much you can do.
Sorry.

 

[mnewsham]

Personally for me, I can stream and game at the same time without any issue, but I have a 1gbps fiber connection, with 1gbps in both directions.
Even downloading things at 400-500mbps in the background and my ping goes from 5ms up to 10-15ms in counter strike. Not exactly a big deal.

There are a LOT of different variables that come into play, it's difficult to say without knowing all of the variables in play if your latency will be the same, or worse.

 

[stefs12]

Thanks for answering to all.
First, sorry because i dont answerr, i work a lot and i simply dont investigate my situation.
Next, i forget to say another think. On my pc, its havenned a couple of times in day, that i stop to have internet connection, for about one min, and i get, and in couple of hours its happened again, and every day is happenning. With this pc, i connected with powerline. On other devices, net is work apsolutelly normally..
Powerline is this model:
https://www.mindfactory.de/product_...16P-KIT-AV500--Powerline-2er-KIT_1175215.html
My router is Xioami 3g https://www.mi.com/miwifi3g/ ..
Next, my internet, here is the results:

Test from Xiaomi router settings:

 

[JackMDS]

Find away to put the Computer in question (at least for Testing) on regulator Inherent wire instead of PowerLine.

Powerline can contribute to the phenomenon that you describe.

In addition, it seems that you have a low level Interest connection service

So.. if go back to your initial question concerning Streaming and Gaming?

The answer is No, you can not get a Fiat 500 and race the Le Mans, or the Monaco Grand Prix.

 

[stefs12]

Can you explain me a little bit more what i should do because my english is not perfect? Thanks...

 

[mxnerd]

Powerline ethernet speed fluctuate up and down greatly since you always have appliances also plugged-in on the same wire

and powerline ethernet adapter's speed is always affected by the noise created by these appliances. Use a ethernet cable instead.

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By the way, if you have to user powerline adapter, plugin the adapter into wall outlet directly,

if you plugin the adapter onto a anti-surge power strips, the performance will be greatly affected.

 

[stefs12]

Powerline is pluuged directly on the wall, this is the reason why i am confused..