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NTL ping times

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  • 21-03-2008 3:31pm
    #1
    silvine
    Registered Users Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭


    What kind of ping time should I expect on a 3mb NTL connection? How does this look?

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    #2
    stanley1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,520 ✭✭✭stanley1


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    #3
    christophicus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,969 ✭✭✭christophicus


    NTL are still routing through the netherlands so ping will not be the best to some places.

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    #4
    silvine
    Registered Users Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭silvine


    What's a good ping time?


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    Moriarty
    Registered Users Posts: 6,007 ✭✭✭Moriarty


    christophicus wrote: »
    NTL are still routing through the netherlands so ping will not be the best to some places.

    They're also routing through INEX. In any case, it doesn't make much of a difference to latency. I still get <40msec pings to the uk internet for instance.

    On the 6mbit/512kbit package..
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    A "good" ping time is relative silvine - for FPS games (probably the most latency-sensitive thing you'll be doing) anything below 40-50ms is perfect.


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    #6
    Freddie59
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭Freddie59


    Moriarty wrote: »
    anything below 40-50ms is perfect.

    Kinda says it all.:)


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    bricks
    Registered Users Posts: 443 ✭✭bricks


    Pinging www.boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data:

    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=185ms TTL=59
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=191ms TTL=59
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=219ms TTL=59
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=149ms TTL=59

    Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 149ms, Maximum = 219ms, Average = 186ms

    Wonderful isn't it!, and this is offpeak. I get packet loss and 300-400ms during peak hours.


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    #8
    AntiVirus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,395 ✭✭✭AntiVirus


    My pings to boards.ie looks good.
    Pinging boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=59
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=59
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=59
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=59

Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0&#37; loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 8ms, Maximum = 11ms, Average = 9ms

    Running a trace route show I'm being routed through dublin. :)
    Tracing route to www.boards.ie [89.234.66.107]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     6 ms     5 ms     6 ms  10.91.128.1
  2    12 ms     6 ms     7 ms  089-101-162177.ntlworld.ie [89.101.162.177]
  3     6 ms     7 ms     6 ms  213.46.165.81
  4     8 ms     6 ms     7 ms  to-inex-dub-deg-gw.digiweb.ie [193.242.111.20]
  5     8 ms     9 ms     9 ms  89.234.66.107

Trace complete.


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    #9
    Snaga
    Registered Users Posts: 1,562 ✭✭✭Snaga


    Erm.

    Your supposed to x-out your ip address - not the ip address of boards.ie :)


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    #10
    AntiVirus
    Registered Users Posts: 2,395 ✭✭✭AntiVirus


    Me be stupid :o


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    #11
    silvine
    Registered Users Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭silvine


    So if upgrade to a 6mb NTL package I should see my ping time decrease?


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    Clover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,856 ✭✭✭Clover


    silvine wrote: »
    So if upgrade to a 6mb NTL package I should see my ping time decrease?


    don't count on it , i have the 6 meg ntl package and the ping time can go from low 20 ms to high 80 ms ping times on the speed test.

    pings to boards are good though:

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

    C:\Documents and Settings\Matt>ping www.boards.ie -n 32

    Pinging www.boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data:

    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=58

    Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107:
    Packets: Sent = 32, Received = 32, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 9ms, Maximum = 46ms, Average = 15ms

    C:\Documents and Settings\Matt>


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    #13
    silvine
    Registered Users Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭silvine


    Why is the upload speed not more important when it comes to gaming online? Surely the faster the speed my computer uploads information to the server I am playing on will benefit me? i.e. my response time will be quicker


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    #14
    Praetorian
    Registered Users Posts: 3,712 ✭✭✭Praetorian


    I'm surprised to see even a hint of an erratic ping from NTL. Seems like DSL ping times are a bit more reliable. Here is mine =

    ping www.boards.ie -t

    Pinging www.boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data:
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=58
    Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=58

    Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107:
    Packets: Sent = 14, Received = 14, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 11ms, Maximum = 13ms, Average = 12ms
    Control-C
    ^C
    C:\Users\Damien>


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    bricks
    Registered Users Posts: 443 ✭✭bricks


    Tracing route to www.boards.ie [89.234.66.107]
    over a maximum of 30 hops:

    1 181 ms 159 ms 148 ms 10.92.0.1
    2 194 ms 188 ms 172 ms 089-101-162065.ntlworld.ie [89.101.162.65]
    3 225 ms 212 ms 223 ms 213.46.165.73
    4 241 ms 220 ms 331 ms 213.46.165.62
    5 228 ms 228 ms 199 ms to-inex-dub-deg-gw.digiweb.ie [193.242.111.20]
    6 198 ms 162 ms 147 ms 89.234.66.107

    Trace complete.


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    #16
    Clover
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,856 ✭✭✭Clover


    Praetorian wrote: »
    I'm surprised to see even a hint of an erratic ping from NTL. Seems like DSL ping times are a bit more reliable. Here is mine

    the DSL pings seem more consistent , below is my 3 meg BT DSL line stats :

    Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107:
    Packets: Sent = 14, Received = 14, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 12ms, Maximum = 15ms, Average = 12ms


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