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Hi guys, so I have a weird issue with my home internet that quite transparently causes disconnects (this has happened for sure three Sundays in a row, not sure if its just some big coincidence or something like that).
Basically this is what happens: My internet connection feels like it's being "purged" or slowly being pushed offline whenever this happens. It hasn't only been on Sunday evenings previously; it used to be nearly every day at one point.
Let me give you guys an example... 8 days ago I was playing some CS:GO, we were winning at a score of 14:6 and two more rounds to go for the win, then suddenly I can't move. I can still hear my teammates talking, using their in-game voice and such, but I couldn't talk to them. They couldn't hear me. This wasn't the first time that had happened. I got hit with the same issue the previous Sunday. It happened on the 29th as well, but it was extremely brief as my internet was restored in about 1-2 hours. I was able to reconnect without too much trouble and finish the match, but shortly after I was being purged / blocked from reconnecting to the internet.
Whenever this happens, it isn't just some sudden disconnect. I get purged, pushed off skype (although sometimes briefly reconnecting), sometimes data is capable of getting through (especially for web pages that are already stored in my browser's cookies).
A friend of mine said it could have something to do with my motherboard. Like the issue itself could arise from the internet speed being too much for my mobo to handle all at once. I have the MSI Z-98, and my down/up speed is 120MB / 10MB respectively.
Any idea what the issue is?
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Could you go to several neighbours using the same ISP and see if they have similar problems at the same time? Sounds like network congestion to me.
(Might want to wait for somebody else to chime in first.)
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First, we have to narrow down the issue to the real problem. When you say your internet is down ; Is this on the PC only, or modem/router? On most modems/routers (the first access point of your internet preferably) there are a bunch of different lights. US(Upstream) or DS(Downstream) are the 2 important buttons. Are those flashing when your internet is "down"? Do you reset your modem during your downtime, and does the modem come into its 'normal' state? Are you able to use the internet (through WiFi or LAN) on any other device? If the answer is No, to above 3 questions, then it is a problem with your Modem/Router/ISP If the answer is Yes, it may have to do with your PC, which has countless of variables still.
On the issue of your motherboard... That seems highly unlikely. I can't even fathom how your friend came to such a conclusion.
explanatory edit:
On the part of the : "I can hear them, they can't hear me".
This occurs, because of (whatever reason) your upstream (upload) is not working anymore, but your downstream (download) is. This means that you can't "send" (up) data, but can "receive" (down) data.
edit 2 :
sometimes data is capable of getting through (especially for web pages that are already stored in my browser's cookies).
Always press CTRL+F5 when refreshing browsers to check if your internet is working. CTRL+F5 is like the bigger brother of F5 (it doesn't use cached results).
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I don't have a router in my home. The way it all works out is I live in a single bedroom single bathroom apartment. My neighbors and I all share the same connection. The router that we share is located in the hallway that we all go through to get to our apartments. I share this connection with 5 residences (my own included). At some points I tried resetting this router, but I could not maintain a connection to the internet for longer than two minutes.
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In that case, whenever someone downloads heavily your internet will probably get squeezed. There is not much you can do unless you're the administrator of the router. It's highly unlikely the router has been set to evenly distribute (especially considering you're in Taiwan).
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I would assume that somebody is clogging your upstream. Of course, it is theoretically possible that people are DL-ing too much or that your ISP has issues, but an unstream bottleneck is far more likely. It literally takes only a single person in your network uploading some shit to his onedrive or similarly shitty coded programm for everybody's internet to die...
Do you have any idea if you are the only one in your network that has those problems? How long do your network problems last usually?
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On December 02 2015 08:13 ggrrg wrote: I would assume that somebody is clogging your upstream. Of course, it is theoretically possible that people are DL-ing too much or that your ISP has issues, but an unstream bottleneck is far more likely. It literally takes only a single person in your network uploading some shit to his onedrive or similarly shitty coded programm for everybody's internet to die...
Do you have any idea if you are the only one in your network that has those problems? How long do your network problems last usually?
Absolutely right, I'm confused as to how I said download (while in my previous post I explained what happens in his scenario). In most countries/ISPs/connections, people will get 1/10th of upload speed compared to downspeed. Only fiber generally has the same down/up speeds. Not sure how developed Taiwan is, but I will (maybe falsely) assume that the internet is not near as advanced as Europe or Korea, meaning that there's a very high possibility that you will have : 20Mbps/2Mbps or a bit more/less. Not even close enough for a whole building to sit on. (In EU for example you can get 120/12(0)mbps or 150/15(0)mbps for ~50-70$ a month).
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On December 02 2015 21:56 WonnaPlay wrote:Show nested quote +On December 02 2015 08:13 ggrrg wrote: I would assume that somebody is clogging your upstream. Of course, it is theoretically possible that people are DL-ing too much or that your ISP has issues, but an unstream bottleneck is far more likely. It literally takes only a single person in your network uploading some shit to his onedrive or similarly shitty coded programm for everybody's internet to die...
Do you have any idea if you are the only one in your network that has those problems? How long do your network problems last usually? Absolutely right, I'm confused as to how I said download (while in my previous post I explained what happens in his scenario). In most countries/ISPs/connections, people will get 1/10th of upload speed compared to downspeed. Only fiber generally has the same down/up speeds. Not sure how developed Taiwan is, but I will (maybe falsely) assume that the internet is not near as advanced as Europe or Korea, meaning that there's a very high possibility that you will have : 20Mbps/2Mbps or a bit more/less. Not even close enough for a whole building to sit on. (In EU for example you can get 120/12(0)mbps or 150/15(0)mbps for ~50-70$ a month).
Well, he said in the OP that his connection is 120/10mbps, which while decent for most people is kind of stretching it thin for 5 residences as in his case. One person deciding to upload his 500mb weekly collection of selfies into the cloud would already kill everybody's connection for 12 minutes. 4-5 skype video calls at the same time would pretty much do the same... And if somebody is torrenting recklessly without a limit, he can singlehandedly kill the connection for an indefinite amount of time X_X
And the worst thing is, none of these issues can be resolved without access to the router settings :s
Your best bet is to walk from door to door next time you have internet issues and find out who is using up the bandwidth and ask them to be reasonable xD
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On December 03 2015 03:03 ggrrg wrote:Show nested quote +On December 02 2015 21:56 WonnaPlay wrote:On December 02 2015 08:13 ggrrg wrote: I would assume that somebody is clogging your upstream. Of course, it is theoretically possible that people are DL-ing too much or that your ISP has issues, but an unstream bottleneck is far more likely. It literally takes only a single person in your network uploading some shit to his onedrive or similarly shitty coded programm for everybody's internet to die...
Do you have any idea if you are the only one in your network that has those problems? How long do your network problems last usually? Absolutely right, I'm confused as to how I said download (while in my previous post I explained what happens in his scenario). In most countries/ISPs/connections, people will get 1/10th of upload speed compared to downspeed. Only fiber generally has the same down/up speeds. Not sure how developed Taiwan is, but I will (maybe falsely) assume that the internet is not near as advanced as Europe or Korea, meaning that there's a very high possibility that you will have : 20Mbps/2Mbps or a bit more/less. Not even close enough for a whole building to sit on. (In EU for example you can get 120/12(0)mbps or 150/15(0)mbps for ~50-70$ a month). Well, he said in the OP that his connection is 120/10mbps, which while decent for most people is kind of stretching it thin for 5 residences as in his case. One person deciding to upload his 500mb weekly collection of selfies into the cloud would already kill everybody's connection for 12 minutes. 4-5 skype video calls at the same time would pretty much do the same... And if somebody is torrenting recklessly without a limit, he can singlehandedly kill the connection for an indefinite amount of time X_X And the worst thing is, none of these issues can be resolved without access to the router settings :s Your best bet is to walk from door to door next time you have internet issues and find out who is using up the bandwidth and ask them to be reasonable xD It seems to happen consistently every Sunday evening. I thought maybe my new neighbors were the culprits, either downloading porn or K-pop dramas, but at the same time I am thinking it is possible that this has something to do with perhaps my ISP doing whatever they could to make sure twitch.tv had stable streaming capabilities (without dropping frames) from domestically in Taiwan.
I know that sometimes twitch faces stability issues within Taiwan, but yeah.
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I think someone on your network is using Xunlei. Piece of trash chinese torrent client that does one thing well besides showing 10000 intrusive ads: suck up all the bandwidth available. Had tons of issues with it at my former company, one employee downloading with Xunlei could shut down the whole company internet...
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