High Ping Rate!!

Midnight_Oil · 5th Sep 2001, 10:31 AM

HELP!! My ping won't stay down low enough to play UT or any of the MODS. I have a 256K Wirless internet connection and it clocks regularly @ 245K download and 100K upload. I have tried adjusting the netspeed in the system console...nothing seems to bring the ping down. My system is a DP 450mhz G4 running OS9.1 with a ATI Rage128 w/16MB vram. CAN ANYONE HELP ME?!

el Gato · 5th Sep 2001, 11:18 AM

Being wireless, you may victim of poor latency:

Quote:

Originally posted my SimplyCosmic

... there are two components to a connection, that of bandwidth (the amount of data that can be transferred per second) and latency (the time it takes for one packet to travel from server to server, related to ping).

...

A prime example of a broadband connection where you can increase bandwidth while actually decreasing your latency performance are satellite broadband. You can easily get over a Mb/s download, but due to the amount of time for the signal to bounce off a satellite, you will never get a ping less than 400ms.

Toolvana · 5th Sep 2001, 11:27 AM

Exactly what kind of wireless connection do you have? I doubt satellite considering you get 100k upload. What are your average pings to a UT server?

Rooster · 5th Sep 2001, 06:12 PM

There are plenty of upload Satellite connections now-days.

100kbit would be about right as well.

If it IS satellite, you'll never get a low ping.

If it's just to the local receiving tower - you got a chance.

What kind of Ping ARE you getting?

Midnight_Oil · 5th Sep 2001, 09:23 PM

My wireless account is not satelite. It goes only a bout a mile to a tower similar to a cellular phone tower. It runs off a 2+ GHZ signal. My PING in UT ranges from 145 which is great, all the way up to 4000. The sad thing is it used to always stay low...now I can't keep a low ping for nothing. I did some packet loss tests using DSL Reports and my ISP has a zero packet loss test every time. Any other questions fellas? (sorry if there are fems responding)

Rooster · 5th Sep 2001, 09:41 PM

They may have changed something..

try running tracert's to various places.

Get uotrace - great for figuring where problems lie.

DeaJae · 6th Sep 2001, 03:23 PM

hmm, im suspecting the technology is the same when 56k was first being "consumerized" that the connection is totally dependent on software. what connection is the modems interface? is it USB? check for conflicts with the USB port.
[edit] read post properly and saw Mac-like words.... good chance its USB and totally software controlled.
when you have a software 56k modem, after 20 minutes of UT the sae happens what you described, thats when the modem is becoming too much for the CPU to keep it running. i think the same might be happening to your connection, but im not totally sure because wireless connections here (even tho designed for my area... thank you BT) are never gonna be deployed. [/edit]

/me runs away from mac-like words!

Midnight_Oil · 7th Sep 2001, 12:11 AM

The interface that the connection uses is a CAT5 connection between me and the antenae. I have a gigabit card so there should be nothing lacking there...and the protocal for connection to the isp is simply a DCHP Server set-up through TCP/IP. I am starting to think that I just have crappy routings to the servers. Therefore crappy PINGS.

5th Sep 2001, 10:31 AM	#1
Midnight_Oil Registered User Join Date: Sep. 3rd, 2001 Location: MONTANA, USA Posts: 3	High Ping Rate!! HELP!! My ping won't stay down low enough to play UT or any of the MODS. I have a 256K Wirless internet connection and it clocks regularly @ 245K download and 100K upload. I have tried adjusting the netspeed in the system console...nothing seems to bring the ping down. My system is a DP 450mhz G4 running OS9.1 with a ATI Rage128 w/16MB vram. CAN ANYONE HELP ME?!

5th Sep 2001, 06:12 PM	#4
Rooster Local Legend Join Date: Jan. 4th, 2000 Location: Fort Mill, SC Posts: 5,287	There are plenty of upload Satellite connections now-days. 100kbit would be about right as well. If it IS satellite, you'll never get a low ping. If it's just to the local receiving tower - you got a chance. What kind of Ping ARE you getting? __________________ "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty." John F. Kennedy My Rig(s)

5th Sep 2001, 09:41 PM	#6
Rooster Local Legend Join Date: Jan. 4th, 2000 Location: Fort Mill, SC Posts: 5,287	They may have changed something.. try running tracert's to various places. Get uotrace - great for figuring where problems lie. __________________ "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty." John F. Kennedy My Rig(s)

6th Sep 2001, 03:23 PM	#7
DeaJae taking a month's break Join Date: May. 7th, 2001 Location: England Posts: 2,882	hmm, im suspecting the technology is the same when 56k was first being "consumerized" that the connection is totally dependent on software. what connection is the modems interface? is it USB? check for conflicts with the USB port. [edit] read post properly and saw Mac-like words.... good chance its USB and totally software controlled. when you have a software 56k modem, after 20 minutes of UT the sae happens what you described, thats when the modem is becoming too much for the CPU to keep it running. i think the same might be happening to your connection, but im not totally sure because wireless connections here (even tho designed for my area... thank you BT) are never gonna be deployed. [/edit] /me runs away from mac-like words! __________________ I SellZ computers naow Still down, not out.. fighting the creek of life with no paddles.

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5th Sep 2001, 11:27 AM	#3
Toolvana RL hostage Join Date: Nov. 24th, 1999 Location: Satellite of Love Posts: 1,048	Exactly what kind of wireless connection do you have? I doubt satellite considering you get 100k upload. What are your average pings to a UT server?

5th Sep 2001, 09:23 PM	#5
Midnight_Oil Registered User Join Date: Sep. 3rd, 2001 Location: MONTANA, USA Posts: 3	My wireless account is not satelite. It goes only a bout a mile to a tower similar to a cellular phone tower. It runs off a 2+ GHZ signal. My PING in UT ranges from 145 which is great, all the way up to 4000. The sad thing is it used to always stay low...now I can't keep a low ping for nothing. I did some packet loss tests using DSL Reports and my ISP has a zero packet loss test every time. Any other questions fellas? (sorry if there are fems responding)

7th Sep 2001, 12:11 AM	#8
Midnight_Oil Registered User Join Date: Sep. 3rd, 2001 Location: MONTANA, USA Posts: 3	The interface that the connection uses is a CAT5 connection between me and the antenae. I have a gigabit card so there should be nothing lacking there...and the protocal for connection to the isp is simply a DCHP Server set-up through TCP/IP. I am starting to think that I just have crappy routings to the servers. Therefore crappy PINGS.