BlueCat Connector Latency 1024 samples (Can I do better?)

[Scotty]

Ok great feedback. My network is very simple. I have a connection to the WAN port to an ethernet cable to get internet and only my two audio computers only are connected to its LAN ports. I definitely have to use UPnP. The instances just can't find each other with out it. I am wondering if I have something messed up with the local area network. I did some testing yesterday and the reversed the computer rolls. I sent from the the machine that usually receives and vice versa. The instances couldn't find each other no matter what I did in the scenario which seemed odd to me.

Also when I went back to my orginal configuration which works and simply removed the ethernet cable from the wall jack the instances couldn't find each other. That seems odd to me. I would expect that the router would be able to support Connector without the Wan port being connected to anything. I am no network expert so that could be wrong headed.

I'll test the pinging and I'll set the packet size back to auto and see what happens. If that helps I will reset the network settings back to their defaults and see if there is any difference. I was trying to be methodical with my testing but perhaps something very basic is going on with my setup. I have no browsers open on the computer when testing. I do have windows security working with the firewalls turned on. Can you suggest the recommended settings for configuring windows security settings ? Particularly the firewalls. Public Private etc. I am an audio nerd with some experience with building computers but network protocols are not in my wheel house.

If you can suggest a basic configuration for two computers attached to a router with the wan connected to the internet I'll give that a shot.

[Blue Cat Audio]

Ok great feedback. My network is very simple. I have a connection to the WAN port to an ethernet cable to get internet and only my two audio computers only are connected to its LAN ports. I definitely have to use UPnP. The instances just can't find each other with out it. I am wondering if I have something messed up with the local area network. I did some testing yesterday and the reversed the computer rolls. I sent from the the machine that usually receives and vice versa. The instances couldn't find each other no matter what I did in the scenario which seemed odd to me.

Also when I went back to my orginal configuration which works and simply removed the ethernet cable from the wall jack the instances couldn't find each other. That seems odd to me. I would expect that the router would be able to support Connector without the Wan port being connected to anything. I am no network expert so that could be wrong headed.

This may mean that your local router actually works as a bridge and that all requests are going thru the WAN, which could explain the extra latency. Does the router have DHCP for the LAN? BTW does it connect to a box to get the Internet?

One thing you can do is check how one computer connects to the other using the tracert command:

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tracert 192.168.0.1

If you see multiple hops then you probably have an issue with the configuration of the router.

I'll test the pinging and I'll set the packet size back to auto and see what happens. If that helps I will reset the network settings back to their defaults and see if there is any difference. I was trying to be methodical with my testing but perhaps something very basic is going on with my setup. I have no browsers open on the computer when testing. I do have windows security working with the firewalls turned on. Can you suggest the recommended settings for configuring windows security settings ? Particularly the firewalls. Public Private etc. I am an audio nerd with some experience with building computers but network protocols are not in my wheel house.

If you are not connected to the Internet you can completely disable firewalls (it makes the connection easier), but in general you can leave them as is by default.

[Scotty]

The router to which the two computers are attached is also going back to switch and then to my Fiber modem. I have a larger older home.

For basic testing I'd be happy to disable the internet connection and just use the router as a switch.

IF I understand correctly I should be able to just direct connect the two computers with an Ethernet connection and get the Connectors to see each other that way. I would like to test that. Is that possible? Just one ethernet cable (not a crossover) between both computer, no router.

This may mean that your local router actually works as a bridge and that all requests are going thru the WAN, which could explain the extra latency. Does the router have DHCP for the LAN? BTW does it connect to a box to get the Internet?

One thing you can do is check how one computer connects to the other using the tracert command:

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tracert 192.168.0.1

If you see multiple hops then you probably have an issue with the configuration of the router.