So yeah
It turns out that it isn't just my computer which is experiencing high latency on the network. Its 3/4 of the computers, its just that the people who use those ones don't ever really use the internet and hence haven't complained about it.

Computer 4, however, has remained completely unaffected and continues to have normal latency.

With computer 4 unplugged the latency dropped to normal speeds on computers 1,2 and 3, however, all latency remained low when I plugged computer 4 back in.

I am totally baffled by it.
( WormuIus, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:00, archived)

Things stayed fine until this morning when latency on 1,2 and 3 rose to silly levels again.
I'm motivated now almost as much out of curiosity as I am by being able to check my emails without having to wait 2 mins for gmail to load.
( WormuIus, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:01, archived)

damaged hardware? wonky networking causing colliding packets or something?
uh dunnuh
( moohalaa, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:03, archived)

I say Network its not really
Its just 4 computers plugged into some shitty Cisco Router.
( WormuIus, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:14, archived)

You need to take computer 4
and throw it in a skip
( moohalaa, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:02, archived)

Computer 4 is as good as mine
as is owned by a fastidious nerd who knows how to keep a computer clean.
I doubt very much that that's where the problem lies.

I hven't had time to test every other configuration of computers on the network but computers 2 and 3 are I reckon both FULL of spam, spyware and other shite.
( WormuIus, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:10, archived)

2 and 3 must be either full of crap like you mention
or have dodgy network settings where perhaps one is trying to route more network traffic than it should, or something.

I guess if you've got all four on the same network they all need to be on the same level.
( moohalaa, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:14, archived)

You're talking about a network
This is a home network, its just 4 computers plugged into a router. I'm not really sure what settings there actually are to change!
( WormuIus, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:16, archived)

Also, this has happened suddenly and for no apparent reason
I can't think of anything which has changed on any of the computers.
( WormuIus, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:16, archived)

is it wireless?
Could someone be stealing some of your internets? Could explain why it comes and goes intermittently? I dunno. Go ask someone else. Soz.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:40, archived)

microwave / cordless phones on?
change the router channel / password / MAC filter only those four PCs?
( moohalaa, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:42, archived)

Fastidious nerd you say?
Have you checked that he hasn't set the router up to restrict band width to all machines other than his own? We had to do this at University as a house mate was constantly torrenting porn and rendering the network unusable...
( Devon Dan without geometry, there would be no point, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:31, archived)

this, but out of 10 people I gave myself a dedicated 50% bandwith
because everyone else in the building only checks their emails and I'm allowed preferential traffic for helping my landlady with stuff, haha.
( moohalaa, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:35, archived)

wait, porn is on the internet now?
I'm switching off my internet FOREVER.
( spesh., Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:38, archived)

This wasn't just a bit of porn. It was any porn he could find.
He showed me a clip once involving a woman in a swing and some frogs. Strange lad really.
( Devon Dan without geometry, there would be no point, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:42, archived)

I can't read your reply because I've switched off my internet FOREVER, no offense

( spesh., Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:44, archived)

None taken
spazcakes
( Devon Dan without geometry, there would be no point, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:46, archived)

He's not doing anything
He's as confused as I am.
( WormuIus, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:41, archived)

May not have been him but its still worth checking.
Their are often some quite fancy network shaping tools on routers
( Devon Dan without geometry, there would be no point, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:45, archived)

how can someone have a computer and not use the internet?
:O
( FIEND, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:02, archived)

BT Homehub?
(I dunno, I'm told they're Shit)
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:06, archived)

Elderly people

( WormuIus, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:13, archived)

I remember when there wasn't an internet.
We had to make our own porn.
( Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:29, archived)

So the other people actually do their jobs on their computers instead of fucking about on the internets?
That's SHEER MADNESS Wormy.
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:10, archived)

One of them uses theirs to download episodes of things from iPlayer
The other uses theirs to check emails and log into some engineering hosted system.

the ping tests I did were with every computer idling with no programs which would need to connect to the internet running.
( WormuIus, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:13, archived)

Your cow-orkers have been replaced by aliens.
AICMFP
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:16, archived)

This is at home.

( WormuIus, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:17, archived)

Then it's not in my remit Wormy.
Sorry.
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:19, archived)

Do they have some sort of Torrenting software on it?

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:20, archived)

can i get this whole story written in the form of haiku please?

( Lightguy hail satan, Sat 25 Jun 2011, 13:29, archived)