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higher ping gaming on a lan
Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2001 7:40 pm
by wgmellon
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
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2001 1:43 am
by glc1
What was your LAN latency like before the router?
Are you playing online or over the LAN?
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2001 10:08 pm
by wgmellon
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
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2001 10:47 pm
by glc1
Have you tried directly attaching the modem to one system to see if the latency drops off again?
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2001 11:03 pm
by wgmellon
yes....a direct connection to modem returns me to my normal ping....
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2001 11:05 pm
by glc1
Originally posted by mellon:
yes....a direct connection to modem returns me to my normal ping....
Are other games affected the same way?
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2001 11:42 pm
by wgmellon
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
Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2001 11:44 pm
by wgmellon
re: above...i couldnt get a pc to pc connection over the internet for kingpin which i left out in last post
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2001 12:08 am
by glc1
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".
Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2001 8:51 pm
by wgmellon
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?