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Lower ping times - DSL
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2001 11:21 pm
by Cerwin_Vega
I have DSL from Bellsouth with a consistent download of 1240kbps/220kbps. My ping times in Unreal Tournament jump frequently from 50-60ms up to 150-200ms. Is there a way to keep these consistent and low. My downloads are consistent, but my ping times are very unreliable. Willing to sacrifice download speed for low consistent ping times.
I have a Alcatel Speed Touch USB PPPo
A under Win XP Pro Build 2600 (same prob in ME) powered by an AMD 1700+ XP (1.47Ghz) on an ASUS A7M266 mobo w/256 megs DDR 2100. I have tweaked my services.msc to run XP faster.
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TCP options string = 020405b401010402
MTU = 1500
MTU is fully optimized for broadband.
MSS = 1460
Maximum useful data in each packet = 1460, which is equal to MSS.
Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 64240
RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 0 bits
Unscaled Receive Window = 64240
RWIN is a multiple of MSS
Other values for RWIN that might work well with your current MTU/MSS:
513920 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 8)
256960 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 4)
128480 (MSS x 44 * scale factor of 2)
bandwidth * delay product:
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 2569.6 kbps (321.2 KBytes/s) @ 200ms
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 1027.84 kbps (128.48 KBytes/s) @ 500ms
MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON
Time to live left = 113 hops
TTL value is ok.
Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF
Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON
IP type of service field (RFC1349)= 00000000
Thanks.
Ping results
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2001 11:33 pm
by Cerwin_Vega
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Pinging [url]www.speedguide.net[/url] [161.58.189.81] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 161.58.189.81: bytes=32 time=67ms TTL=240
Reply from 161.58.189.81: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=240
Reply from 161.58.189.81: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=240
Reply from 161.58.189.81: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=240
Ping statistics for 161.58.189.81:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 67ms, Maximum = 70ms, Average = 69ms
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2001 9:20 am
by Carla C
Hiya!!
Stay away from USB modems
Ask for an alcatel speedtouch home ethernet modem =)
Carla
P.S. Try to get the new drivers from Alcatel's homepage for their modems
http://www.alcatel.com/
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2001 11:01 am
by Lee_Nover
Pings look consistant. Perhaps it's the server hosting the game. Bandwidth becomes increasingly shared as new users join and your ping may jump with additional players joining. If the server is using a cable modem, his upload (usually 128-480 KB/s) is shared with the amount of users playing. UT requires approx. 50-60 KB/s per user. Pings will increases if you cannot have that much bandwidth from that particuliar server.
Thanks for responses
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2001 11:05 am
by Cerwin_Vega
Carla: I'm downloading the 1.4 updated drivers. I will install and see if that helps any. If not, I will call Bellsouth and see what they can do as a replacement along the lines of a PCI.
Lee_Nover: I don't play on only 1 server, I play on several. Including a server on an OC48. Most of the servers i play on are T1 or greater.
Weird!
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2001 8:51 pm
by Cerwin_Vega
Huh.. I downloaded and updated my drivers for the Alcatel and reinstalled it... Now instead of having PPPoA... I have PPPoE. I still have to dial in though.
Is this possible? Is it an error or ...? It seems to work just the same as with the older drivers except I connect at 1.4Mbps instead of 1.472Mbps. My downloads are down from 1240 to around 1220... pings seem a little more stable, but I need to test more to be for sure.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2001 9:40 pm
by HalfLifer
Originally posted by Lee_Nover
Pings look consistant. Perhaps it's the server hosting the game. Bandwidth becomes increasingly shared as new users join and your ping may jump with additional players joining. If the server is using a cable modem, his upload (usually 128-480 KB/s) is shared with the amount of users playing. UT requires approx. 50-60 KB/s per user. Pings will increases if you cannot have that much bandwidth from that particuliar server.
Kbps. Not KBps.