Thread: LAG Help

I normally get very good ping on TPG servers unless my wife is streaming Pandora or the kids are on Netflix. I have been getting random lag and I can't figure out why. It's almost unplayable when that happens - things get real choppy. I used to run my 2wire in dmz mode so all applications would be unobstructed with the firewall disabled. Then I thought the lag might improve if the firewall is on and specific application ports are opened. So, I opened my 2wire routers ports for BFBC2 and Steam with no improvements. I added those to Vista's firewall exclusion list and have the firewall disabled anyway with no other firewall running. Still nothing. I could be playing lag free for a few minutes and then get random lag spikes.

I looked at my ATT router's log and found the following.

TypeDate/TimeEvent Description[/TR]
[TD]2011-06-28T10:12:47-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=195.228.135.138 dst=99.120.218.2 ipprot=6 sport=23430 dport=443 Unknown inbound session stopped[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T10:35:04-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=121.11.81.10 dst=99.120.218.2 ipprot=6 sport=6000 dport=1433 Unknown inbound session stopped[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T10:39:06-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=218.28.17.62 dst=99.120.218.2 ipprot=6 sport=6000 dport=1433 Unknown inbound session stopped[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T11:09:12-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=216.231.114.82 dst=99.120.218.2 ipprot=6 sport=10890 dport=3389 Unknown inbound session stopped[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T11:33:48-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=125.208.3.104 dst=99.120.218.2 ipprot=17 sport=500 dport=500 Unknown inbound session stopped[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T11:34:41-05:00[/TD]

[TD]Previous log entry repeated 6 times[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T11:59:49-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=186.124.181.22 dst=99.120.218.2 ipprot=17 sport=1243 dport=32210 Unknown inbound session stopped[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T12:09:59-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=208.109.255.47 dst=99.120.218.2 ipprot=17 sport=53 dport=47744 Unknown inbound session stopped[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T12:17:14-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=121.11.81.10 dst=99.120.218.2 ipprot=6 sport=6000 dport=1433 Unknown inbound session stopped[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T12:34:42-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=218.28.195.99 dst=99.120.218.2 ipprot=6 sport=6000 dport=1433 Unknown inbound session stopped[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T13:09:54-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=219.252.38.2 dst=99.120.218.2 ipprot=6 sport=6000 dport=3389 Unknown inbound session stopped[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T13:59:46-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=121.11.81.10 dst=99.120.218.2 ipprot=6 sport=6000 dport=1433 Unknown inbound session stopped[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T14:21:41-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=202.102.95.199 dst=99.120.218.2 ipprot=6 sport=57610 dport=22 Unknown inbound session stopped[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T14:24:36-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=218.28.17.62 dst=99.120.218.2 ipprot=6 sport=6000 dport=1433 Unknown inbound session stopped[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T15:42:15-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=121.11.81.10 dst=99.120.218.2 ipprot=6 sport=6000 dport=1433 Unknown inbound session stopped[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T16:05:35-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=221.180.18.158 dst=99.120.218.2 ipprot=6 sport=6000 dport=1433 Unknown inbound session stopped[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T16:10:43-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=192.168.1.67 dst=172.16.64.215 ipprot=17 sport=58243 dport=53 Drop traffic to 172.16.0.0/12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T17:03:20-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=63.209.32.112 dst=192.168.1.70 ipprot=17 (layer 4 info unknown) Unknown inbound session stopped[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T17:11:58-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=63.209.32.112 dst=192.168.1.70 ipprot=17 (layer 4 info unknown) Unknown inbound session stopped[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T17:24:14-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=121.11.81.10 dst=99.120.218.2 ipprot=6 sport=6000 dport=1433 Unknown inbound session stopped[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T17:31:05-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=192.168.1.67 dst=172.16.64.215 ipprot=17 sport=50513 dport=53 Drop traffic to 172.16.0.0/12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T17:31:50-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=192.168.1.70 dst=68.142.116.179 ipprot=1 icmp_type=3 icmp_code=3 ICMP Dest Unreachable, session terminated[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]INF[/TD]
[TD]2011-06-28T17:31:53-05:00[/TD]
[TD]fw,fwmon[/TD]
[TD]src=68.142.116.179 dst=99.120.218.2 ipprot=17 sport=27017 dport=64059 Unknown inbound session stopped[/TD]
[/TR]

I'm thinking those lag spikes tend to coincide with these "inbound sessions stopped" events. The ones above are just part of it. It goes on and on. When I google the IP's they come up as ones from China, Hungary, Austria, etc., etc. I'm starting to feel like some Chinese hacking class is targeting me as part of their homework assignments.

Anyway, I would appreciate help or pointers, if there is anyone here that know about this kind of stuff.

Thanks!