Slow net in rain.

[john3850]

I run a speed test daily normal speed 27m-29m down 5m up to the closet sever.
Question Does or can rain drop my speed to 9931 down up speed 5152 ping 25 slower.
How can you tell if problem is close to house or far away.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Might just be a problem with your line. I don't think it's anything on your end.

 

[JackMDS]

If it is Wireless may be the water molecules get into the signal and space out the info slowing down the stream (J/K - )

Run a trace and see where the slow down occurs.

Download this trace program, http://www.d3tr.de/download.html

Use the Trace as List feature

Output should look like this, http://www.ezlan.net/network/trace.jpg

The table shows the result of multi ping from my computer through a Buffalo Router to Internet site 96.6.68.195*

The important columns in the table (for this discussion) are the two in the middle. I.e. Min. ms and Max ms.

The numbers there show a typical outcome. As the trace progress on the Internet the variation changes dramatically.

So while the variation on my Router is 1ms, and the connection to the direct ISP's server is 2ms, the variation later on is almost 20ms.

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* The target IP number is an Akami server. Akami servers are probably the best server system on the Internet far surpass most the gaming servers.

 

[john3850]

Almost everything at Akamai website is about speed.
Thanks for the trace info.
Download this trace program, http://www.d3tr.de/download.html

 

[kevnich2]

What type of internet service do you have? With those speeds I am assuming FIOS?

 

[john3850]

I am assuming FIOS? I wish
OOL BOOST or Cablevesion tv, phone, PC.
Up is always +5 meg
Down drops to 18 coast to coast.

 

[kevnich2]

If it's cable internet, a lot could be causing that. Demand on your local node can cause speed fluctuations. Cable is shared internet so speed will fluctuate, no way around it. An exposed cable could cause issues in moisture same as it does with telephone lines and DSL.

 

[seepy83]

since it's cable (AKA bandwidth is shared in your neighborhood), here's the low-tech answer:
when it's raining, all your neighbors are inside surfing internet instead of out doing other things.

 

[john3850]

When ever I go on to PC hosting my ut game directly or from a PC on my net I get a average ping of 35 for months.
When it rains or afterwards ping goes up to 65. Fathers day.
Ping now 58 still wet +traffic 7pm.
Next I log on to Dslreports and run a few speed tests.
Speed tests rainy days always lower.
When net is busy speed 20+down and 4up.
Normal speed test dry traffic 27 - 5.1
Normal speed 12pm-5am 30-31 - 5.5
Outside coax wire 3 feet from roof gutter.
Cable wire also close 220v line wires.