need some advice

[blue262]

i was reading some threads and found one where an individual did a tracert to a site pcmaglabs.com for analysis...i did the same thing and i have noticed that my ping times are much higher...take a look

Tracing route to pcmaglabs.com [64.0.229.170]

over a maximum of 30 hops:



1 56 ms 192 ms 94 ms 00.000.000.0

2 130 ms 189 ms 216 ms 00.000.000.3 189 ms 139 ms 41 ms 10.0.185.1

4 420 ms 83 ms 62 ms c1-pos9-0.bflony1.home.net [24.7.74.29]

5 198 ms 156 ms 172 ms c1-pos1-0.clevoh1.home.net [24.7.65.5]

6 155 ms 75 ms 199 ms c1-pos2-0.dtrtmi1.home.net [24.7.64.177]

7 262 ms 89 ms 115 ms c2-pos2-0.chcgil1.home.net [24.7.64.169]

8 203 ms 83 ms 64 ms p4-0.edge1.chi-il.us.xo.net [207.88.50.177]

9 152 ms 126 ms 139 ms ge9-0.tran1.chi-il.us.xo.net [64.220.0.177]

10 28 ms 186 ms 129 ms ge10-0.tran2.chi-il.us.xo.net [64.220.0.178]

11 174 ms 92 ms 176 ms p1-0.tran2.nwk-nj.us.xo.net [64.0.0.46]

12 501 ms 117 ms 141 ms p2-0.dist1.hud-ny.us.xo.net [64.0.0.62]

13 363 ms 112 ms 180 ms ge12-0-0.access1.hud-ny.us.xo.net [64.220.3.86]

14 243 ms 102 ms 138 ms rb-209-220-116-42.hud-ny.us.xo.net [209.220.116.42]

15 95 ms 140 ms 75 ms w155.z209220187.nyc-ny.dsl.cnc.net [209.220.187.155]

16 194 ms 136 ms 218 ms pcmaglabs.com [64.0.229.170]



Trace complete.


does anyone know what this means? is this why i get more lag in online gaming?

[blue262]

forgot to mention that i do have a cable connection

[MosDef112]

Your latency does seem a bit high, but it is rather consistent from the first hop all the way to the remote host. Are you running any applications on your PC, or in your network (if you have one in place) that are transferring data consistently? Examples: any server, FTP, HTTP, mail, Napster, EDonkey, Kazaa. If so, this is why your connection lags, and you need to turn off these applications in order to get optimal network response time when gaming.

[blue262]

Thanks for your insight...but i tried the tests a few more times without other applications running and the results were not any better....the results were actually worse and more inconsistent but this i asume is only because i did it a 5PM....yesterdays test was around 5AM

Tracing route to pcmaglabs.com [64.0.229.170]

over a maximum of 30 hops:



1 168 ms 207 ms 240 ms 00.000.000.0

2 403 ms 199 ms 172 ms 00.000.000.0
3 293 ms 317 ms 160 ms 10.0.185.1

4 200 ms 270 ms 287 ms c1-pos9-0.bflony1.home.net [24.7.74.29]

5 43 ms 190 ms 239 ms c1-pos1-0.clevoh1.home.net [24.7.65.5]

6 77 ms 281 ms 159 ms c1-pos2-0.dtrtmi1.home.net [24.7.64.177]

7 117 ms 165 ms 284 ms c2-pos2-0.chcgil1.home.net [24.7.64.169]

8 49 ms 178 ms 176 ms p4-0.edge1.chi-il.us.xo.net [207.88.50.177]

9 211 ms 269 ms 215 ms ge9-0.tran1.chi-il.us.xo.net [64.220.0.177]

10 138 ms 232 ms 254 ms ge10-0.tran2.chi-il.us.xo.net [64.220.0.178]

11 353 ms 160 ms 204 ms p1-0.tran2.nwk-nj.us.xo.net [64.0.0.46]

12 1028 ms 128 ms 192 ms p2-0.dist1.hud-ny.us.xo.net [64.0.0.62]

13 42 ms 315 ms 364 ms ge12-0-0.access1.hud-ny.us.xo.net [64.220.3.86]

14 431 ms 137 ms 158 ms rb-209-220-116-42.hud-ny.us.xo.net [209.220.116.42]

15 832 ms 241 ms 160 ms w155.z209220187.nyc-ny.dsl.cnc.net [209.220.187.155]

16 362 ms 160 ms 200 ms pcmaglabs.com [64.0.229.170]



Trace complete.

I know this is definately not normal...but i am not knowledgable enough to see what this means? i plan to call my isp but i need to be more informed..my logic says that my isp will not care about this since i get decent download speeds..but i am more into games than downloading

[MosDef112]

Yeah.. Your pings are yet more inconsistent now, since they range from 49ms to about 1021ms. Is your Internet line connected to an internal home network? If so, are you running any servers or are there any hosts within your network that may be creating the traffic? It seems to me like there is some kind of application running in the background that's taking up some considerable bandwidth. If not so, then I would need you to post several traces throughout different times of the day. That way I can assess if it's a problem with your equipment, or the node in your area.

[blue262]

i do have a home network but i have disconnected it and pluged the cable modem directly into my computer before each test....unless theres an invisible application that im not aware of there hasnt been any applications running in the background...i have tried many things within my home...including bringing my cpu into the basement plugging the main cable coming into the house directly into the modem...i have tried quite a few tweaks..including raising and lower the rwin...also tried reformatting installing various operating systems...dont seem to notice any slight difference during my tests...i am almost convinced the prob lies outside of my home...i think it is because i live in an area with a highly concentrated population since my speed tests and latency are noticebly better around 4 am..i will post various tracings throughout the day for more info....just wondering though say it was a problem with a node? if i called my isp and argued is it possible for this problem to be fixed?

[blue262]

was reading some more somewhere and got an idea to try pinging my default gateway...i dont think this is normal..i got

minimum = 21 ms
maximum =985 ms
average =389 ms

again not sure of the relevance of this but this could be the heart of my problem

[MosDef112]

Oh yeah.. There's definitely an issue with your line, it's not in your end. Pings to your gateway should not surpass 65ms at it's worst. It seems to me that the node you're on is very crowded. This is affecting you more than your ISP's network's ability to handle the traffic, since your latency is high, but rather consistent in your traces. I would talk to your ISP, and try to convince them to split your node.

[blue262]

thank you