ping too High ?-gaming

Placebo

hello.
i`m trying to play online on an emulator(kawaks) and i`m on 390 ms ?
i am considering thats what you call ping ? anyway i`m on bb, connected at 512kbps.
why is it so low(i ment high) ?

Thank You

shinzon

Originally posted by Placebo
hello.
i`m trying to play online on an emulator(kawaks) and i`m on 390 ms ?
i am considering thats what you call ping ? anyway i`m on bb, connected at 512kbps.
why is it so low ?

Thank You

emm that isnt a low ping, infact tis quite high for broadband, unless you made a mistake with 390 and it should have been 90ms


anyway thats what broadbang is for, lower pings for better gaming

the higher the ping the higher the lag ans connections get interrupted or dropped altogether

cheers

shin

zAbbo

390ms is the time taken to contact the server and report back to you(ping/response time)

Try selecting the lowest ping server, 390ms sounds a right bit away

Placebo

sorry, i ment why is it so HIGH ?

Töpher

Perhpas the server is based in America, or Australia, or somewhere far away.
If you can search for servers close to home your ping would be better. Or at least, should be!

Placebo

me and my friend are going to get CS. so if we enter an irish(if suck exsist) or uk ones, then we should be fine ?


thanKs.

ando

390 is really bad ping. You should be getting round 150 to America. The lower the number the better

BKtje

What isp are you on?
Where is the server?
Whats the netcode for the game like? (every game adds to your basic ping as it needs to do some 'stuff')

Placebo

IOL. 512k
I was using an Emulator.
I think i tried connecting to HonKong, Taiwan and USA and they were basically all 390
i didnt even load the game, you basically go to netplay and it takes you to a chatroom, which shows your current Ping.

I got better ping on 56k ! (152 ms)

Practical

Possibly bad routing to the server?

Placebo

downloaded devastation, getting 390-290 ms ping. Maybe b/c of usa servers, gonna try get a closer one.

Töpher

In CS on IOL 512K to jolt.co.uk servers I get about 50ms on average as a ping.

suppafly

it might just be as practical said just bad routing or something. Anyway when u play CS u should get like 44-55 on most servers(english servers)

melachi

Erm, there's no point to play with 300 ping. Once the server recieves your request to fire a gun or such you will have moved about 100 feet infront of the firing position and shoot yourself in the back of the head (well not really but hehe).

If you're gaming, stick to european servers. Playing on an asian server is unthinkable for any reasonable european gamer

Same goes for American servers if you're playing first person shooters.
I don't like ping above 50.
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=56
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=56
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=56
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=56

That's what i get the most uk servers but I even wish it was lower. I'm not truly happy with that ping. Then again I used to be on <10ms even back in 98 until 2001.

Woden

i've got FF XI for christmas and i've order IOL BB i hope its playable i'm not sure where the servers are but i think its japan or the u.s

tuxy

Originally posted by Placebo
me and my friend are going to get CS. so if we enter an irish(if suck exsist) or uk ones, then we should be fine ?


thanKs.

go to start , then run type in cmd and click ok
type ping www.jolt.co.uk
that will give you an idea of the pings you will be getting in cs on uk servers

Co33iE

if your on windows xp, not sure if this is on w2k/98 etc

goto command prompt

type:
pathping www.jolt.co.uk

and wait 270secs for it to complete, that should give you a better idea of
ping times and packetloss on each hop.

Placebo

thanks everyone, i know how to check ping from dos, just wouldnt know what servers to check.

I got wOlfenstine : terror assult or something, joined a Uk server = ping 40ms.
hosted a server and my friend was getting 80ms, i think he was downloading stuff though.


Thank You

daveyjoe

Is there anyway to decrease ping a small bit, I'm on clicksilver which is notourious for high pings, I have a 15 foot telephone cable running between my modem and the phone line, would this affect my ping. By the way pings to jolt.co.uk are about 65-75

angelofdeath

dont know bout other games but cs has the option to change the rates at which data is sent and received from the server, ie rate, cl_updaterate, cl_cmdrate etc.

angelofdeath

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>pathping www.jolt.co.uk

Tracing route to clarity.jolt.co.uk [195.149.21.11]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
0 ######.#######.#####.### [###.###.###.##]
1 ######.#######.#######.### [###.###.###.#]
2 * * *
Computing statistics for 50 seconds...
Source to Here This Node/Link
Hop RTT Lost/Sent = Pct Lost/Sent = Pct Address
0 ######.#######.#######.### [###.###.###.#] 0/ 100 = 0% |
1 0ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% ######.#######.#######.### [###.###.###.#] 100/ 100 =100% |
2 --- 100/ 100 =100% 0/ 100 = 0% ######.#######.#######.### [###.###.###.#]
Trace complete.

C:\>

how do you read that, im behind a firewall so im not sure if it worked

OfflerCrocGod

What you did was not a ping but a traceroute try ping jolt.co.uk not pathping.

angelofdeath

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>ping www.jolt.co.uk

Pinging clarity.jolt.co.uk [195.149.21.11] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 195.149.21.11:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\>

damn firewall at work

Woden

i'm pinging jolt on 56k and getting about 150ms on average is this typical for 56k or what?

angelofdeath

im just after trying it on a dsl line and got 360 average:( , bad server and router tho

OfflerCrocGod

angel what you posted there was 'timed out' not 360ms, be warned if you are using IOLBB they block ICMP which means they block ping which is why you were getting that 'timed out' stuff. You are on IOLBB I'm right?.

angelofdeath

no, first one was isdn at work, second one was dsl in a caf

Töpher

Data,

150ms is fine for 56k. Not the best game playing experience ever, but for 56k is good enough.