Ping spikes, how to stop them

Slinkie · 27 Aug 2008 at 21:48

Hi Folks,

Please see attached screen shot of me pinging the bbc news website.

how do I find out the reason for these ping spikes? Is it something to do with vista and something accessing the net (I have just built a new pc and have never used vista before). I first noticed these spikes playing CS:S, again I have nothing to compare it to since my old pc couldn't really play any games.

Any suggestions on how to fix this will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Matt

tolien · 27 Aug 2008 at 22:04

You could start by saying how you're connected to the internet, and who your ISP is.

Slinkie · 27 Aug 2008 at 22:15

Hi,

It's virgin media, I think it's 2mb service. I have just tried a to ping the same ip on my macbook and there is no loss or huge spikes. I am in another room though. Could a pcs location affect this is is it just down to vista?

tolien · 27 Aug 2008 at 22:25

So how are the two machines connected to the cable modem?

Slinkie · 28 Aug 2008 at 05:59

Both Wirelessly to a wrt54gl Linksys router, the router being on the ground floor and both the pc and laptop being on the first floor

Slinkie · 28 Aug 2008 at 23:10

Have moved my PC closer to my router (still the router is downstairs and the pc is upstairs) but now the PC is right on top of the router.

I have justtried pinging the router rather than a website/ server and I stil get loss, see below.

So it's either something to do with my pc or the router. When I ping using my macbook it seems fine and there is no loss.

Having never used Vista before I'm unsure what settings need to be checked/ changed to get the best out of it for networking.

Also, will changing my WRT54GL's firmware to Tomato help at all with the signal?

Thanks

Matt

Slinkie · 29 Aug 2008 at 09:31

Hi Folks,

Done a bit more messing around and it is deffinately the wireless connection from my pc to the router. I have also installed tomato on my router and upped the signal strength etc but it hasn't helped.

I had the router set up right next to my pc and pinged it and I got loss and high pings (see screen shot below). I then created a wired connection between the two and pinged it and it was fine.

What can I check on my vista install that could be causing this? Could it possibly be a virus/ malware (I have run a virus scan and adaware and it didn't find anything). How can I diagnose where the problem lies?

Thanks for all the help

Matt

edscdk · 29 Aug 2008 at 16:30

not read all the info but last time I saw a silly problem like that changing the wireless channel fixed the issue...