June 8, 200322 yr :idea: Well many things can cause this......The first that comes to mind is your internet connection with cable. The 180 ping is not to good for cable. Is this what you have always had while playing? You may want to download a program called neotrace and trace to the server. Watch it for an hour or so and see what kind of ping ranges you get. If they spike note where they are. Also do it at the same time you normally play. If your ping stays stable and low during peak internet usage hours then you can most likely rule out your cable modem. You really need to post your computer specs also....If you are running a slow computer and have things running in the background this can cause the game to lag. To the point of a connection problem I am not sure. I have a strong gaming rig with a gf4 card and have seen this happen to me when I was trying to run a movie recording program in the back ground while playing. My ping went up from 50 to 1500 just by running the program. So that maybe something to look into. You can type msconfig in your run menu to see what is running at startup. Just a simple defrag can also help.......but there are so many things that can cause these problems you really need to post more info like the following: Has this just started? If so what was your ping before? :arrow: What is your computer specs and OS? (a must have) :arrow: Are you networked? If so what kind of router? :arrow: What times are you seeing these problems? :arrow: Have you traced your internet connection to the server with neotrace? If so are there any spikes?I will be more than happy to help you anyway I can but I need to know the above listed things to kind of rule some of them out. I am sure most everyone is going to tell you the same thing.
June 8, 200322 yr Author can i make i point... it may turn out to be stupid coz i don't know my geography but here it goes... where is Ancaster, Ontario ? is it anywhere near america where the server is? whats the ping of all these servers ur trying to connect to. coz if its a high ping then thats the problem. i live in england and the server ping from my end is 120 and i get 100 - 120 ping on dsl. try playing a server with a decent ping to see if that fixes owt. This is true BUT thats the reason why I ask what his ping was before the problem. Chances are good that he is not hitting a dish to get to the server even though its in another country for him. Another reason for the neotrace program. If you see spikes and packet loss. I could be wrong but I think there is a fiber back bone in for him in Canada. Dexter do you know if there is fiber backbone across the the ocean floor? I am no expert at broadband by far but for you to have a 120 ping that is really good for the distance. I would almost be certain in saying you are not hitting a dish in the sky either (again I could be wrong). The reason I say this is because I had broadband over a satelite connection for a while before I moved and could get dsl. The ping wouldnt get much better than 600ms. Even though I could hit 3 Mbits down stream.
June 8, 200322 yr Author just my 2 cents as you americans like to say.... lol....I use that term all the time!You have a very valid point.
June 9, 200322 yr Author RiPpEr-,Talk to Mac in our clan he can most likely track down your problem fast and I could but I think he will most likely want to know some of the same info but more detailed.... ie. driver info...ect.
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