High server ping and massive delay in client actions

[FalloutBe]

Hello,

I am having serious lag problems on my Tekkit Lite server.

SSH tells me that the ping to the VPS is around 35ms.

Ingame, the /ping command tells me I have 350ms ping. That, first of all, is very odd.

But then, client actions like placing or removing a block are delayed, sometimes over 10 to 15 seconds. The game is totally unplayable because it also happens when you try to walk trough a door for example, then after 10 seconds you get teleported back to that door because the server things you walked trough a closed door.

When things like these are happening, the /ping command still shows 350ms. So why are all actions delayed so much longer than the ping?

The server is not overloading, CPU and RAM usage are within normal limits.

[Meems33]

Is the latency still high if you run vanilla? It might be your host.

[FalloutBe]

No, I also have a vanilla server on that host and it works just fine.

I investigated a little further and I think it has something to with the redpower2 machines..

[Meems33]

You could try temporarily removing red power and see if that fixes the issue (be sure to backup). Are there too many chunks loaded with active machines?

[FalloutBe]

There is actually just one machine created now because it is a new server. It is quite a large machine, I'll check tomorrow if disabling it also fixes the problem.

Thank you for all your help!