7 MBps connection needs tweaking for gaming.

[Rezidentpeanut]

I'm still quite the newb to this. I have no issues whatsoever with browsing the internet, but I play World of Warcraft. The problem I've been having is that at around 7pm - 12 am'ish my ping spikes anywhere between 64 ms - 1800 ms where the game is completely unplayable.

Here is the information you'll be needing, and if you can give me a bit of clarity on my situation it would be much appreciated. As you may have noticed I've been trying to do some tweaking on my own please do call me a newb .

« SpeedGuide.net TCP Analyzer Results »
Tested on: 11.16.2009 23:02
IP address: 75.179.xx.xxx
Client OS: Windows XP

TCP options string: 020405b40103030201010402
MSS: 1460
MTU: 1500
TCP Window: 186880 (multiple of MSS)
RWIN Scaling: 2 bits (2^2=4)
Unscaled RWIN : 46720
Recommended RWINs: 64240, 128480, 256960, 513920, 1027840
BDP limit (200ms): 7475kbps (934KBytes/s)
BDP limit (500ms): 2990kbps (374KBytes/s)
MTU Discovery: ON
TTL: 15
Timestamps: OFF
SACKs: ON
IP ToS: 00000000 (0)

[Rollingstone]

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
Windows Scaling - check
TCP Receive Window - 128480
MTU Discovery - Yes
Black Hole Detect - No
Selective Acks - Yes
Max Duplicate ACKs - 2
TCP 1323 Options:
Timestamps - uncheck

Advanced Settings tab:
Max Connections per Server - 10
Max Connections per 1.0 Server - 10
LocalPriority - 5
Host Priority - 6
DNSPriority - 7
NetbtPriority - 8
Lan Browsing speedup - optimized
QoS: NonBestEffortLimit - 0
ToS: DisableUserTOSSetting - 0
ToS: DefaultTOSValue - 0
MaxNegativeCacheTtl - 0
NetFailureCacheTime - 0
NegativeSOACache Time - 0
LAN Request Buffer Size - 32768

[Rezidentpeanut]

Is Nagle's Algorithm present even in Xp SP2?

[trogers]

Is Nagle's Algorithm present even in Xp SP2?

Referring to this? - http://smallvoid.com/article/winnt-nagle-algorithm.html

[Rezidentpeanut]

I've gotten rid of the Hiccups while gaming, yet I still have a rediculously high ping. I am currently running the numbers that Rollingstone suggested. What would I want to put in if I was less interested in throughput, but more interested in a stable low ping? Cause currently it goes anywhere from 40-300ms, and I'm playing on an East Coast Server.