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dogcow — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 19:47:35 +0000

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Nothing but net. (reply)

narcogen — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 08:41:45 +0000

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Thats… Wi-Fi for ya (reply)

Ragashingo — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 23:18:37 +0000

Welp, I learned my lesson. Grabbing the spare network cable was one of the first things I should have done. Especially since I'm in a fairly dense wifi situation to begin with thanks to living in an apartment building.

I wonder if the Xbone's test that showed low download speed does something more fancy that the straight upload / download tests I was performing on all my other devices. The scary moral here (besides the above) might actually be to trust Microsoft more! :p

Thats… Wi-Fi for ya (reply)

Achronos — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 22:27:11 +0000

Yeah, that's the thing about WiFi that people often forget - even if you configure it correctly on your side and everything appears working, it can sometimes crap out due to environmental factors beyond your control (your neighbor's wifi or other wireless device) that aren't necessarily there when you set it up. Speed testing is generally not useful in detecting things like that due to the transitory nature of such interference, and because such tests are not as sensitive to packet loss as realtime network applications like gaming.

50ft of blue cable snaking across my home here (reply)

ZackDark — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 22:11:27 +0000

Worth every trip and fall

I got creative to wire my ps4! (reply)

dogcow — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 21:33:10 +0000

From the router on the shelf in the basement into the furnace room, up the wall between floors, over the bathroom, into the office closet, around the office (under baseboard), through the wall, and finally into my entertainment center. :D

I string a red cable across my living room... (reply)

MacAddictXIV — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 21:18:18 +0000

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Got a 30ft. cord to keep mine plugged into the router... (reply)

Korny — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 21:06:34 +0000

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I moved my router so I could hard-wire my ps4. :D (reply)

slycrel — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 20:53:23 +0000

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Thats… Wi-Fi for ya (reply)

bluerunner — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 19:56:26 +0000

I wonder if that's what happened with mine. I was doing ok on wifi but suddenly started having the same problems. I had noticed new wifi signals from my neighbors around the same time, but didn't connect the dots. I went back to a wired connection and Destiny runs great (except for crashing when I use the Vanity).

Hold on to your butts. (reply)

ChrisTheeCrappy — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 19:36:06 +0000

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Wait a sec... (reply)

ZackDark — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 19:24:05 +0000

Your Xbox is literally within a foot from your router and you've never wired it?

What do you do if you're running off a cell phone hotspot? (reply)

Funkmon — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 19:12:24 +0000

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Thats… Wi-Fi for ya (reply)

Achronos — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 12:11:23 +0000

Online games in general are extremely vulnerable to packet loss. A common problem with wireless is unpredictable packet loss. For example, your neighbor could have set up a new wireless access point on a similar frequency band. Our could have started using their microwave a lot more or there is a crappy wireless landline phone near you.

Your first step to investigating mysterious networking problems should always be use a wired connection. We have a help article about this: https://www.bungie.net/en/Support/Troubleshoot?oid=12915.

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Ragashingo — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 12:02:55 +0000

Yes. It went back to normal. Like it had been for the previous six months with everything in the exact same location and exact same settings. I'm baffled, but it's fixed so whatevers..

Thats… Wi-Fi for ya (reply)

red robber — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 11:59:04 +0000

How is your connection to Destiny now that you are wired? Are you seeing fewer red bars and less lag?

Played any other games? (reply)

stabbim — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 11:23:08 +0000

Oddly, the Xbone's latest test reported under 3Mb down... That's very much not right...

Keep in mind that those sort of speed tests are VERY far from being the ultimate oracle of network quality. All they do is cram all they can through for a few brief moments, and report how much they were able to cram. One anomalous result shouldn't be taken to have any meaning at all. That might have just been the moment when everyone in your city got home and started streaming Netflix. I'd say based on everything else you're seeing, your end is probably fine.

The most reasonable explanation is that there's a crappy route somewhere between your ISP and Destiny's servers. Unfortunately, your chances of actually tracking something like that down without the help of both of those entities isn't great. But it'll probably work itself out eventually. Things like that either get corrected, or traffic starts taking a different path.

Thats… Wi-Fi for ya (reply)

Ragashingo — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:25:51 +0000

No. I'm more inclined to believe that Microsoft can't design a wireless device to save their life. Every other piece of hardware was working flawlessly... Except the Windows 10 powered Xbone...

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Beorn — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:05:53 +0000

Wi-Fi is great for browsing the web, but it’s terrible for realtime communications. Wi-Fi packet loss can happen for any number of reasons.

Huh... (reply)

Ragashingo — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 09:58:02 +0000

Plugged in an ethernet cable and suddenly the Xbox is getting 50Mb down. That's... weird...