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i have something going on i havent seen posted about before. i am on cable,
running win xp. what happens is when i first go in an online game i have a
big ping spike as i start moving, like up to 1000, which gradually comes
back down to a very playable high double digit, low triple digit ping and
remains there throughout the duration of the game. it will happen in
spectating or playing mode and of course i drop packets and lag during that
time. as i said, if i wait for it to settle everything is fine. i hate
giving up like that 30 seconds or minute of play though that it takes it to
settle. could this be a settings issue, or maybe an increase in folks on
this node? any replies appreciated.

sguyster

 

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www.pingplotter.com

try using large size packets (500 bytes or more, std ping packet is 56
bytes) and trace your route with the pingplotter program, tell us what
you see.

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"Sguyster" <steven@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:420c3dce$0$11740$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com...
| i have something going on i havent seen posted about before. i am
on cable,
| running win xp. what happens is when i first go in an online game i
have a
| big ping spike as i start moving, like up to 1000, which gradually
comes
| back down to a very playable high double digit, low triple digit
ping and
| remains there throughout the duration of the game. it will happen
in
| spectating or playing mode and of course i drop packets and lag
during that
| time. as i said, if i wait for it to settle everything is fine. i
hate
| giving up like that 30 seconds or minute of play though that it
takes it to
| settle. could this be a settings issue, or maybe an increase in
folks on
| this node? any replies appreciated.
|
| sguyster
|
|

 

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Sguyster enlightened us with:
> i have something going on i havent seen posted about before. i am
> on cable, running win xp. what happens is when i first go in an
> online game i have a big ping spike as i start moving, like up to
> 1000, which gradually comes back down to a very playable high double
> digit, low triple digit ping and remains there throughout the
> duration of the game.

Try scanning for viruses and spyware.

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On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:23:46 -0600, "Sguyster" <steven@nospam.com>
wrote:

>i have something going on i havent seen posted about before. i am on cable,
>running win xp. what happens is when i first go in an online game i have a
>big ping spike as i start moving, like up to 1000, which gradually comes
>back down to a very playable high double digit, low triple digit ping and
>remains there throughout the duration of the game. it will happen in
>spectating or playing mode and of course i drop packets and lag during that
>time. as i said, if i wait for it to settle everything is fine. i hate
>giving up like that 30 seconds or minute of play though that it takes it to
>settle. could this be a settings issue, or maybe an increase in folks on
>this node? any replies appreciated.
>
>sguyster

Does this happen on every server? I get lagged out initially when I
enter an Anti-TCC protected server.

 

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> try using large size packets (500 bytes or more, std ping packet is 56
> bytes) and trace your route with the pingplotter program, tell us what
> you see.

kyle how would i go about changing that, would that be a registry edit? or
is there an app that i could do it via?

sguyster

 

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"Sguyster" <steven@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:420d286d$0$11754$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com...
| > try using large size packets (500 bytes or more, std ping packet
is 56
| > bytes) and trace your route with the pingplotter program, tell us
what
| > you see.
|
| kyle how would i go about changing that, would that be a registry
edit? or
| is there an app that i could do it via?
|
| sguyster
|
|

Have a look at the "edit/advanced options" dialog, under the packet
options tab.
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Best regards,
Kyle