Please help with my high ping problem, thx!

[mrcards]

Hi all,

I'm having a problem getting onto an SOF2 server that I really enjoy. I used to be able to get on, but something seems to have changed, not sure if it's my side or the server's side, but it says my ping is too high.

Here's the TCP analysis:

« SpeedGuide.net TCP Analyzer Results »
Tested on: 01.08.2008 20:50
IP address: 67.158.xx.xxx

TCP options string: 020405ac01010402
MSS: 1452
MTU: 1492
TCP Window: 31944 (multiple of MSS)
RWIN Scaling: 0
Unscaled RWIN : 31944
Reccomended RWINs: 63888, 127776, 255552, 511104
BDP limit (200ms): 1278kbps (160KBytes/s)
BDP limit (500ms): 511kbps (64KBytes/s)
MTU Discovery: ON
TTL: 51
Timestamps: OFF
SACKs: ON
IP ToS: 00000000 (0)


I'm on DSL, I think it's a 3 meg line. I'm also hooked up via a wireless router, Realtek RTL8187 Wireless 802.11g

I'm also wondering if my high ping would have anything to do with my installing a program called VMWare on my computer. It puts a virtual drive on it and I was running Linux. Not sure if this program is running in the background, or if that would affect it at all.

Anyway, any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm not an expert with anything when it comes to computers, so please bear with me.

Thanks,

mrcards

[mrcards]

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>tracert www.yahoo.com

Tracing route to www.yahoo-ht3.akadns.net [69.147.114.210]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 1 ms 3 ms 192.168.0.1
2 14 ms 13 ms 12 ms i.lns-system.ip.execulink.net [209.183.132.10]
3 15 ms 16 ms 14 ms 209.183.132.97
4 14 ms 15 ms 15 ms static-64-187-25-233.gtcust.grouptelecom.net [64
.187.25.233]
5 14 ms 15 ms 14 ms GE5-2.WANB-TOROON.IP.GROUPTELECOM.NET [216.18.63
.13]
6 29 ms 25 ms 24 ms GE0-1.WANB-TOROONXN.IP.GROUPTELECOM.NET [66.59.1
91.33]
7 32 ms 39 ms 40 ms POS15-0.PEERA-CHCGIL.IP.GROUPTELECOM.NET [66.59.
191.86]
8 40 ms 42 ms 39 ms exchange-cust1.ch1.equinix.net [206.223.119.16]

9 40 ms 40 ms 40 ms ge-0-0-9.p811.pat1.dce.yahoo.com [216.115.98.81]

10 72 ms 59 ms 46 ms ge-2-1-0-p150.msr2.re1.yahoo.com [216.115.108.21
]
11 40 ms 40 ms 40 ms gi1-22.bas-a2.re3.yahoo.com [66.196.112.27]
12 39 ms 43 ms 40 ms f1.www.vip.re3.yahoo.com [69.147.114.210]

Trace complete.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>

[trogers]

Try the following with TCP Optimizer:

General Settings tab:
Custom settings - check
Modify All Network Adapters - check
network adapter selection - your NIC
MTU - 1492
TTL - 64
TCP Receive Window - 63888
MTU Discovery - Yes
Black Hole Detect - No
Selective Acks - Yes
Max Duplicate ACKs - 2
TCP 1323 Options:
Windows Scaling - uncheck
Timestamps - uncheck

Advanced Settings tab:
Max Connections per Server - 10
Max Connections per 1.0 Server - 20
LocalPriority - 1
Host Priority - 1
DNSPriority - 1
NetbtPriority - 1
Lan Browsing speedup - optimized
QoS: NonBestEffortLimit - 0
ToS: DisableUserTOSSetting - 0
ToS: DefaultTOSValue - 80
MaxNegativeCacheTtl - 0
NetFailureCacheTime - 0
NegativeSOACache Time - 0
LAN Request Buffer Size - 32768
Then select "Apply Changes" and reboot to take effect

[mrcards]

Thanks for your help trogers! My ping has dropped from 250-300 down to 190-200. Is there anything else I should try? Here's the updated trace:


Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>tracert www.yahoo.com

Tracing route to www.yahoo-ht3.akadns.net [69.147.114.210]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 2 ms 2 ms 1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 30 ms 28 ms 22 ms 209.183.132.10
3 52 ms 40 ms 26 ms i.core1.ip.execulink.net [209.183.132.97]
4 20 ms 21 ms 19 ms static-64-187-25-233.gtcust.grouptelecom.net [64
.187.25.233]
5 15 ms 21 ms 15 ms GE5-2.WANB-TOROON.IP.GROUPTELECOM.NET [216.18.63
.13]
6 29 ms 30 ms 31 ms GE0-1.WANB-TOROONXN.IP.GROUPTELECOM.NET [66.59.1
91.33]
7 30 ms 26 ms 24 ms POS15-0.PEERA-CHCGIL.IP.GROUPTELECOM.NET [66.59.
191.86]
8 44 ms 41 ms 45 ms exchange-cust1.ch1.equinix.net [206.223.119.16]

9 68 ms 70 ms 63 ms ge-2-0-9.p550.pat1.dce.yahoo.com [216.115.97.21]

10 67 ms 68 ms 47 ms ge-3-1-0-p141.msr1.re1.yahoo.com [216.115.108.59
]
11 72 ms 56 ms 68 ms gi1-22.bas-a2.re3.yahoo.com [66.196.112.27]
12 121 ms 109 ms 101 ms f1.www.vip.re3.yahoo.com [69.147.114.210]

Trace complete.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>

[trogers]

If you are on a wireless connection, try the tips in the Wireless section of our forum:

http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?t=203247

If wired connection, ensure your router and modem are placed a few feet apart and that both are a few feet away from all other electical devices.