Improving conn for online games?

[deee12]

I have a cable connection and was wondering if it was possible to tweak or somehow decrease my ping rates/lag in games....I have heard this is possible ....I have already changed my TCP registry setting I think it's called.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by deee12 on 08/16/02 08:40 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[Guest]

you never mention how bad your pings are and what your expectations are.

 

[deee12]

well lemme see guess there usually around 200ish during the day and in the evening avg about 150 but it varies somewhat of course.Expectations ...not sure... better is good I guess...I know these are probably normal pings but is it possible to impove these rates with tweaks etc?

 

[dstell]

It is possible to tweak the IP stack to improve performance by changing the MTU value in the registery, but first and for most, the NIC and the gateway/router can also effect the performance. We need to know more about your setup and configuration before we can make a good suggestions.

 

[lagger]

go to <A HREF="http://dslreports.com" target="_new"> DSL reports </A> run the tweak test from the tools section on the left side of the page, look at the recommendations it gives and then download DrTPC ( it's free) to set up your MTU's acks etc etc for your nic card then re run the tweak test ( ping numbers are part of the results) and repeat as needed until you are satisfied .. a little tip sometimes by slightly lowering the mtu's from the max ( 1500 for a normal connection not ppoe or rasppoe) you can reduce latency ( ping) at the cost of a little download speed ... luck

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[mwgorecki]

Try <A HREF="http://speedguide.net/" target="_new">http://speedguide.net/</A> also.


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