Any way to lower ping?

[Holy Shit]

Ok so when i am in a server my pc tends to ping at whatever the server is pinging at....different servers have different ping and what not...it doesnt matter what server i am in my ping mirrors the server...I have a Cable 256 or 500k (cant remember) direct line internet connection...so i ask is there any way to lower my ping, because in gg it always hovering around 70 (the ping of the server as it appears to me)  The only program that i run in the background is vent and when i dont run it there is no change..

[Hitman Smurf]

I have a similar problem, although my system specs may be at fault as well. I'm pretty sure my ISP sucks so it may be that. If I could get into the router I might be able to fix that.

[MR|337]

I'd say it's your route to the server. I just upped to twice my speed, and notice nothing game-wise. I'm getting 12k up and 768 down. Noobinhood did the same with like results, but we ping in the high 30's to mid 40's....

[Hitman Smurf]

Well, if this helps any

[MR|337]

I'm running a little slow tonight...

[Hitman Smurf]

I'm running a little slow tonight...

Way better than me.

[MR|337]

Better..

[Hitman Smurf]

I changed a few things and got a slightly improved result

New York Server (close to our servers)



Cincinnati Server (recommended)



Wish our servers were closer to me LOL

[MR|337]

Usually a Washington DC server shows up, it's more inline with my pings I get on our servers.

The Fredrick MD one is an alternate but not quite as close.

[Hitman Smurf]

The Fredrick MD one is an alternate but not quite as close.

Same ping but bad download speed....maybe I need to change my cl_updaterate?

[Giant Flying Head]

I got a new modem and got marginal better score, sort of. I was getting 9000 - 1200. I don't know why the upload speed is way down.

[Video_Master]

West Coast Test:



Central Test:



East Coast Test:

[WidowMaker]

your ping all depends on your hops to the server, you can change your rates a little to help slightly but nothing significant. Unfortunately your ISP controls your hops so there is really nothing much you can do about it. What you can do is udjust your rate so you can send/receive the right amount of info for the connection you have.

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C:\Documents and Settings\Ray>tracert 69.31.15.144

Tracing route to 69.31.15.144 over a maximum of 30 hops

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.1.1
  2     4 ms     4 ms     4 ms  L100.VFTTP-01.PRVDRI.verizon-gni.net [71.245.74.1]
  3     3 ms     4 ms     5 ms  P1-3.LCR-02.PRVDRI.verizon-gni.net [130.81.32.118]
  4     6 ms     7 ms     7 ms  130.81.28.128
  5     8 ms     7 ms     7 ms  0.so-6-2-0.XL2.BOS4.ALTER.NET [152.63.19.169]
  6    21 ms    22 ms    22 ms  0.so-6-0-0.XL4.IAD8.ALTER.NET [152.63.0.130]
  7    24 ms    24 ms    24 ms  152.63.41.25
  8    24 ms    24 ms    27 ms  . [209.9.224.153]
  9    26 ms    27 ms    27 ms  69.31.15.144

Trace complete.
only 9 hops and one of those is to my wireless router. When I had cox cable it was 16 hops.

by the way FIOS RULES!! check out the speed below

Weird how your speed changes video

Central


West


East is below

Widow

[Video_Master]

Trace Routes are very nice to see what is happening.  Like why in the hell are they sending me to Omaha and then to Denver and then to Chicago for my routes?  That is so screwed up.  They should go from Minnesota to Chicago and it would greatly improve my response.

C:\Users\Video Master>tracert 69.31.15.144

Tracing route to 69.31.15.144 over a maximum of 30 hops

  1     1 ms     1 ms    <1 ms  c-76-113-144-172.hsd1.mn.comcast.net [76.113.144.172]
  2     8 ms     7 ms     7 ms  192.168.1.1
  3     8 ms    10 ms     *     ge-9-2-ur01.hamlake.mn.minn.comcast.net [68.85.165.233]
  4     9 ms     *        8 ms  te-8-3-ur02.hamlake.mn.minn.comcast.net [68.87.174.66]
  5     8 ms     8 ms     *     te-2-2-ar02.roseville.mn.minn.comcast.net [68.87.174.69]
  6    40 ms    50 ms    39 ms  te-0-0-0-0-cr01.omaha.ne.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.84.29]
  7    42 ms    40 ms    42 ms  COMCAST-IP.car2.Denver1.Level3.net [4.79.82.54]
  8    41 ms    40 ms    40 ms  te-3-3.car2.Denver1.Level3.net [4.79.82.53]
  9    47 ms    53 ms    54 ms  ae-31-51.ebr1.Denver1.Level3.net [4.68.107.30]
 10    46 ms    53 ms    54 ms  ae-1-100.ebr2.Denver1.Level3.net [4.69.132.38]
 11    44 ms    52 ms    54 ms  ae-3.ebr3.Chicago1.Level3.net [4.69.132.62]
 12    63 ms    56 ms    55 ms  ae-2.ebr2.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.132.70]
 13    55 ms    69 ms    55 ms  ae-92-92.csw4.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.134.158]
 14    56 ms    56 ms    57 ms  ae-44-99.car4.Washington1.Level3.net [4.68.17.198]
 15    55 ms    57 ms    55 ms  GIGABIT-1-6.COLO2.ASH1.PTPTECH.NET [209.9.224.137]
 16    57 ms    57 ms    56 ms  69.31.15.144

Trace complete.

[Hitman Smurf]

thats why I wish I could get into the router and change the routing table.

Ventrillo Server

tracert tx1.leetvent.com

Tracing route to TX1.LeetVent.com [75.126.14.156]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.1.1
  2    43 ms    44 ms    44 ms  208.103.32.1.etczone.com [208.103.32.1]
  3    44 ms    44 ms    44 ms  208.103.6.161.etczone.com [208.103.6.161]
  4    58 ms    57 ms    57 ms  ip-64-184-0-99.indianafiber.net [64.184.0.99]
  5    58 ms    57 ms    57 ms  Gi4-0.CustomerD.IND.IQuest.net [206.53.231.1]
  6    55 ms    53 ms    55 ms  Gi2-4.RRB.IND.IQuest.net [206.246.181.13]
  7    54 ms    53 ms    53 ms  Gi7-0.GSRCoreA.IND.IQuest.net [206.246.181.2]
  8    55 ms    55 ms    55 ms  sl-gw20-roa-5-3.sprintlink.net [144.228.176.189]
  9    54 ms    55 ms    55 ms  sl-bb20-roa-2-2.sprintlink.net [144.232.17.189]
 10    59 ms    59 ms    58 ms  sl-bb22-chi-4-0-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.18.36]
 11    68 ms    68 ms    68 ms  sl-bb21-kc-3-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.20.129]
 12    68 ms    68 ms    70 ms  sl-bb20-kc-15-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.2.117]
 13    88 ms    86 ms    87 ms  sl-crs1-fw-0-4-0-1.sprintlink.net [144.232.20.56]
 14    88 ms    88 ms    87 ms  sl-st20-dal-12-0-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.9.193]
 15    78 ms    79 ms    79 ms  144.228.250.114
 16    78 ms    79 ms    80 ms  border3.tge3-1-bbnet1.ext1.dal.pnap.net [216.52.191.22]
 17   157 ms   215 ms   208 ms  softlayer-8.border3.ext1.dal.pnap.net [216.52.189.30]
 18    79 ms   124 ms    80 ms  po52.fcr01.dal01.dallas-datacenter.com [66.228.118.158]
 19    80 ms    81 ms    79 ms  leetvent11.com [75.126.14.156]

Trace complete.

Why am I going to dallas?


The Elders | Team Fortress 2 Part deux .:HLstatsX:.

tracert 69.31.15.143

Tracing route to 69.31.15.143 over a maximum of 30 hops

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.1.1
  2    44 ms    44 ms    42 ms  208.103.32.1.etczone.com [208.103.32.1]
  3    43 ms    43 ms    44 ms  208.103.6.161.etczone.com [208.103.6.161]
  4    57 ms    56 ms    57 ms  ip-64-184-0-99.indianafiber.net [64.184.0.99]
  5    57 ms    59 ms    57 ms  Gi4-0.CustomerD.IND.IQuest.net [206.53.231.1]
  6    57 ms    59 ms    57 ms  Gi2-4.RRA.IND.IQuest.net [209.43.90.13]
  7    57 ms    57 ms    57 ms  Gi2-0.GSRCoreB.IND.IQuest.net [209.43.90.6]
  8    57 ms    59 ms    59 ms  GigabitEthernet5-3.GW1.IND6.ALTER.NET [65.195.244.173]
  9    60 ms    59 ms    59 ms  0.so-1-0-1.XL1.IND6.ALTER.NET [152.63.68.170]
 10    88 ms    89 ms    88 ms  0.so-6-0-0.XL3.IAD8.ALTER.NET [152.63.0.138]
 11    88 ms    89 ms    88 ms  152.63.41.21
 12    87 ms    85 ms    85 ms  . [209.9.224.153]
 13    85 ms    86 ms    85 ms  69.31.15.143

Trace complete.

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