Lower ping *HELP*

[Bluddd]

hi, i am currently paying for sky max package 16 meg download and 768kbs ulpoad (limit)

I live around 2km away from my broadband exchange and I get 2meg down 650kbs up. ( during peak hours ).

As you can see my ping is 79ms, i have really got to lower this. I play on my PS3 quite alot and i never get a good connection. I went around my freinds house who is on tiscali broadband service, he gets around the same speed as me and his ping to the same server is 25ms!

I really need to improve my ping ( not for computer but for PS3 ), how can i do this?

« SpeedGuide.net TCP Analyzer Results »
Tested on: 04.18.2008 13:17
IP address: 90.209.xx.xx

TCP options string: 020405b401030303
MSS: 1460
MTU: 1500
TCP Window: 500000 (NOT multiple of MSS)
RWIN Scaling: 3
Unscaled RWIN : 62500
Reccomended RWINs: 64240, 128480, 256960, 513920
BDP limit (200ms): 20000kbps (2500KBytes/s)
BDP limit (500ms): 8000kbps (1000KBytes/s)
MTU Discovery: ON
TTL: 107
Timestamps: OFF
SACKs: OFF
IP ToS: 00000000 (0)

[trogers]

Ping times can only be lowered if it is due to some signal problem at your end. If it is due to network routing, there is nothing you can do.

Try the following with TCP Optimizer:

General Settings tab:
Custom settings - check
Modify All Network Adapters - check
network adapter selection - your NIC
MTU - 1500
TTL - 64
TCP Receive Window - 128480
MTU Discovery - Yes
Black Hole Detect - No
Selective Acks - Yes
Max Duplicate ACKs - 2
TCP 1323 Options:
Windows Scaling - checked
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

[Bluddd]

« SpeedGuide.net TCP Analyzer Results »
Tested on: 04.18.2008 20:13
IP address: 90.209.xx.xx

TCP options string: 020405b40103030101010402
MSS: 1460
MTU: 1500
TCP Window: 128480 (multiple of MSS)
RWIN Scaling: 1
Unscaled RWIN : 64240
Reccomended RWINs: 64240, 128480, 256960, 513920
BDP limit (200ms): 5139kbps (642KBytes/s)
BDP limit (500ms): 2056kbps (257KBytes/s)
MTU Discovery: ON
TTL: 43
Timestamps: OFF
SACKs: ON
IP ToS: 01010000 (80)
Precedence: 010 (immediate)
Delay: 1 (low delay)
Throughput: 0 (normal throughput)
Reliability: 0 (normal reliability)
Cost: 0 (normal cost)
Check bit: 0 (correct)
DiffServ: AF22 010100 (20) - Assured Forwarding class 2, medium drop precedence (RFC 2597).



:s

[trogers]

Do a tracert to your game server and post.

To do a tracert, click 'Start' and then 'Run'. Type "cmd" into the box and click 'ok'.

A DOS black screen will appear. Type after the C:\>

tracert URL of game server (eg. www.bbc.co.uk)

and press enter key

When test is completed, move mouse cursor to the DOS black screen, click right and choose 'select all'.

Move mouse cursor to the Quick Reply box of this forum, click right and 'paste'.

[Bluddd]

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

C:\Documents and Settings\Axxxxx Mxxxxxx>tracert www.bbc.co.uk

Tracing route to www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.253.70]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms myrouter.home [192.168.0.1]
2 87 ms 62 ms 61 ms cr0.emnewar.uk.easynet.net [87.87.250.54]
3 58 ms 57 ms 59 ms ip-87-87-149-161.easynet.co.uk [87.87.149.161]
4 61 ms 63 ms 63 ms be2.er10.thlon.ov.easynet.net [195.66.224.43]
5 72 ms 62 ms 62 ms bbc-gw0-linx.prt0.thdoe.bbc.co.uk [195.66.224.10
3]
6 62 ms 62 ms 62 ms 212.58.238.129
7 64 ms 65 ms 63 ms te12-1.hsw0.cwwtf.bbc.co.uk [212.58.239.222]
8 64 ms 63 ms 64 ms www1.cwwtf.bbc.co.uk [212.58.253.70]

Trace complete.

C:\Documents and Settings\Axxxxx Mxxxxxx>

[trogers]

Originally Posted by Bluddd

:

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms myrouter.home [192.168.0.1]
2 87 ms 62 ms 61 ms cr0.emnewar.uk.easynet.net [87.87.xxx.xxx]
3 58 ms 57 ms 59 ms ip-87-87-149-161.easynet.co.uk [87.87.149.161]
4 61 ms 63 ms 63 ms be2.er10.thlon.ov.easynet.net [195.66.224.43]

High and irregular ping times at your modem in hop 2.

Modem is giving out bad signals due probably to interference from some nearby device(s).

Turn off power to the modem and relocate it to a place a few feet away from ALL other electrical devices.

Make sure you do not coil up any signal or power cables.

[Bluddd]

Originally Posted by trogers

High and irregular ping times at your modem in hop 2.

Modem is giving out bad signals due probably to interference from some nearby device(s).

Turn off power to the modem and relocate it to a place a few feet away from ALL other electrical devices.

Make sure you do not coil up any signal or power cables.

my modem is plugged into the same socket as my phone, would this be the problem?

[trogers]

Originally Posted by Bluddd

my modem is plugged into the same socket as my phone, would this be the problem?

Same wall socket? Is the phone using the same telephone number as your internet connection?

[Bluddd]

Originally Posted by trogers

Same wall socket? Is the phone using the same telephone number as your internet connection?

yes it is.

[trogers]

Originally Posted by Bluddd

yes it is.

The phone set should not be connected to the same wall socket. Instead, you should have been given a splitter by your ISP and the phone set should be connected to the phone socket of the splitter.

The splitter would have 3 sockets named as follow:

Phone - for connecting the phone set
Modem - for connecting to the modem
Line - for connecting the splitter to the wall socket.

[Bluddd]

Originally Posted by trogers

The phone set should not be connected to the same wall socket. Instead, you should have been given a splitter by your ISP and the phone set should be connected to the phone socket of the splitter.

The splitter would have 3 sockets named as follow:

Phone - for connecting the phone set
Modem - for connecting to the modem
Line - for connecting the splitter to the wall socket.

i do ive got a modem dsl pulg + a phone line. i put the phone line into the back of the dsl splitter and then put it in the wall.

[trogers]

Originally Posted by Bluddd

i do ive got a modem dsl pulg + a phone line. i put the phone line into the back of the dsl splitter and then put it in the wall.

In this case, there should be a microfilter between the phone set and the wall socket.

See this: http://www.getonlinebroadband.com/faqs/faq08.html

[Bluddd]

everything looks fine :s i dont know what is causing it.

[Bluddd]

hey trogers i was wondering could i change my line to fastpath by calling sky, because ive heard this improves your speed + ping

[trogers]

When ping times at the modem in hop 2 is above 35ms, your DSL line has interleave enabled. You can try convincing your ISP to disable interleave, and that will automatically put you on fastpath. But I doubt they will.

See this: http://www.dslreports.com/faq/2182

[Bluddd]

Originally Posted by trogers

When ping times at the modem in hop 2 is above 35ms, your DSL line has interleave enabled. You can try convincing your ISP to disable interleave, and that will automatically put you on fastpath. But I doubt they will.

See this: http://www.dslreports.com/faq/2182

ty, ive been browsing skyuser.co.uk and it says to get a good ping you need to get your max delay setting from 32 to 8 ( i have sent an email, and awaiting reply ) i hope this works its been working for alot of people in that forum.

EDIT: see this - http://www.skyuser.co.uk/forum/gamin...-fastpath.html