Improving my Ping..

nintenjo · 16 Jan 2009 at 19:11

Hi,

I got an 8mb Connection with UKOnline, and although i get a great connection DSL connects at 8230kbps my ping seems to be pretty bad whcih slows the whole process down..

A ping to - google.co.uk shows: 42ms
- bbc.co.uk: 44ms
- ebay.co.uk: 54ms..

Most HL2 and L4D servers ping at about 90ms..

Anything i can do about this??

Using a Linksys WAG200G ADSL router.

Wiggins · 16 Jan 2009 at 19:14

Are you getting any fragments when you ping these sites?

Give www.speedtest.net a bash and see what your ping times are.

Seaniboy · 16 Jan 2009 at 19:18

Do you know if interleaving is on or off?

yashiro · 16 Jan 2009 at 19:19

Most HL2 and L4D servers ping at about 56ms

And this is particularly bad?

Most servers I connect to via cable give me 25-60ms. I'd say your ping is OK but not the best.
Run a tracert/tracepath and see where it slows down.

nintenjo · 16 Jan 2009 at 19:19

By fragments you mean spikes?? I do get random spikes of 100+ms pings.

Got 28ms to the maidenhead server and 2132kbps.. which wasn't as bad as i had thought.

ON my BE connection i had at my old house with a different router i used to get about 12ms on most UK servers.

Wiggins · 16 Jan 2009 at 19:23

nintenjo said:
Got 28ms to the maidenhead server and 2132kbps.. which wasn't as bad as i had thought.

It may just be congestion.

Do you regularly reboot your router. That can be a cause also as the exchange can take a number of days to find the exact thoroughput of your line, including ping times.

UberGT · 16 Jan 2009 at 19:30

whats your line attenuation?

nintenjo · 16 Jan 2009 at 19:33

UberGT said:
whats your line attenuation?

20:1 i think? How do i check.

Wiggins · 16 Jan 2009 at 19:44

nintenjo said:
20:1 i think? How do i check.

It should show it on the main page of your router when you login.

nintenjo · 16 Jan 2009 at 19:58

Nope no mention of line attenuation.. But the status page shows this:

Device Serial No: none
Hareward Version: Unknown
Fast Mode Downstream Rate: 8128 Kbps
Fast Mode Upstream Rate: 448 Kbps

Here is the setup page:

gillywibble · 16 Jan 2009 at 20:00

Login to your router.

Click on status and then DSL Connection. Your stats will be there.

nintenjo · 16 Jan 2009 at 20:28

Ahh my bad i didnt see it there:

DSL Status: Connected
DSL Modulation Mode: G.dmt
DSL Path Mode: Fast
Downstream Rate: 8128 kbps
Upstream Rate: 448 kbps
Downstream Margin: 6 db
Upstream Margin: 27 db
Downstream Line Attenuation: 28 db
Upstream Line Attenuation: 15.5 db
Downstream Transmit Power: 11 db
Upstream Transmit Power: 19 db

MikeHunt79 · 16 Jan 2009 at 20:34

I'm with UKOnline also, I get crap (100+) pings on many servers, yet other servers are fine! This is with CS:S and TF2 btw

nintenjo · 16 Jan 2009 at 20:47

Strange.. It just seems as if the connection is fluctuating a lot.. sometimes a page loads in 1 second.. sometimes the same page take 20 seconds. Almost like its spiking a lot..

Nick1881 · 16 Jan 2009 at 21:40

Probably bad traffic, I'd change ISP.

nintenjo · 16 Jan 2009 at 22:21

mr_x_plosion said:
Probably bad traffic, I'd change ISP.

That's not the most useful information even if it is true. Plus i cant for 6 month as that's when my contract is up afaik.

gillywibble · 17 Jan 2009 at 10:37

Your attenuation and SNR are pretty good. As someone else mentioned, check with your ISP whether interleaving (fastpath) is on or off.

If it is off, ask for it to be switched on.

Interleaving should reduce ping times although it can make your connection unstable. With those stats I would doubt it however.

tolien · 17 Jan 2009 at 10:38

Interleaving on will make your pings higher but more stable.

gillywibble · 17 Jan 2009 at 10:49

tolien said:
Interleaving on will make your pings higher but more stable.

Oops, my bad. Looks like i've got it completely the wrong way round. I read it somewhere, honest.

There's a good article on interleaving here.

DIABLO · 17 Jan 2009 at 11:20

Look at the stats he posted above from his ADSL router "DSL Path Mode: Fast" he already has interleaving turned off.