higher ping gaming on a lan

wgmellon · Post by **wgmellon** » Wed Mar 14, 2001 7:40 pm

I hooked up a netgear rt314 and my 2 computers. playing a game (kingpin) my ping is up from 67-70 to 90-100.i have a toshiba cable,modem with the installed tweaks from speedguide.net , service is from @home. What can i do to reduce the pings? thx

glc1 · Post by **glc1** » Thu Mar 15, 2001 1:43 am

What was your LAN latency like before the router?
Are you playing online or over the LAN?

wgmellon · Post by **wgmellon** » Thu Mar 15, 2001 10:08 pm

i am playing Kingpin online thru the rt314 , pin was about 67-70 before when computer was connected directly to cable modem, is that what you mean by latenc? thx Bill

glc1 · Post by **glc1** » Thu Mar 15, 2001 10:47 pm

Have you tried directly attaching the modem to one system to see if the latency drops off again?

wgmellon · Post by **wgmellon** » Thu Mar 15, 2001 11:03 pm

yes....a direct connection to modem returns me to my normal ping....

glc1 · Post by **glc1** » Thu Mar 15, 2001 11:05 pm

Originally posted by mellon:
yes....a direct connection to modem returns me to my normal ping....

Are other games affected the same way?

wgmellon · Post by **wgmellon** » Thu Mar 15, 2001 11:42 pm

I really dont know I havent played Quake 3 on a cable modem to get a feel for what my standard pin is/was. i have the 3.2 rt314 firmware, should i upgrade to 3.22? Also i tried to get a pc to pc connection over internet but wont connect...at all

wgmellon · Post by **wgmellon** » Thu Mar 15, 2001 11:44 pm

re: above...i couldnt get a pc to pc connection over the internet for kingpin which i left out in last post

glc1 · Post by **glc1** » Fri Mar 16, 2001 12:08 am

If you are going to flash a new firmware, you might as well use the latest one, which is 3.24. To find it on netgear.com, type "314" instead of "RT314".

wgmellon · Post by **wgmellon** » Fri Mar 16, 2001 8:51 pm

yes thks gl for the "search for 314 instead of rt314" tip to get to the most current firmware. updated the router but still get a big difference with ping if connected to router as compared with direct modem connection. main kingpin server i use i am getting 53-65 ping with direct modem but 90-105 ping with the router and the other computer not operating, any ideas plz?