why am I pinging?

[redeyejedi]

For some reason whenever I try and play multiplayer my game is always choppy. Even though I have DSL and I try joining games that have less than 100 ping. Anyone know why I might be pinging so bad and how I can fix it?

[redeyejedi]

btw i am playing on my ps3.

[Munkerz]

Just been on DSL doesnt mean your internet connection is good. What your connection speed? Mines 11MB, though my area only allows 8MB.

[yabbering yeti]

common mistake there. A higher bandwidth, ie 11MB, doesnt mean better latency (ping). The bandwidth is simply how much data you can cram down your line at once, resulting in downloads completing faster.

Ping is a measure of the time it takes to communicate back and forth with a server. Electricity takes time to travel, and its signals takes time to be generated encoded and read.

The greater the distance between client and server, the longer the process takes - regardless of bandwidth size (unless you get down to the extremes, like 56k/64k... which is another matter).

Also a large problem with latency is the quality of local telecommunication lines. If you connection to a major backbone is dicy it can add a large delay. For example, my connection recieves an instant 70ms penalty anywhere further than ~1km from my house... pretty lousy!

[Xvoid8f]

common mistake there. A higher bandwidth, ie 11MB, doesnt mean better latency (ping). The bandwidth is simply how much data you can cram down your line at once, resulting in downloads completing faster.

Indeed. Imagine an uplink to a rover on Mars. Let's say that the connection to that rover from Earth is a massive 100 Gb/s. It is still going to take 15 minutes to get that mega-packet out there.

[NitrousOxide]

Indeed. Imagine an uplink to a rover on Mars. Let's say that the connection to that rover from Earth is a massive 100 Gb/s. It is still going to take 15 minutes to get that mega-packet out there.

I do believe electromagnetic waves take only EIGHT MINUTES to reach the Sun, so I would suspect pinging to Mars will not take 15 minutes.

[W!zzard]

I think you guys got a little off topic here.. What does the sun have to do with the guy's ping?? Anyways, whenever i have an unjustified high ping, i reset my internet connection. it often helps reduce my ping. also i close any downloads i have going before starting a game.

[-=D0n0v4n=-]

For some reason whenever I try and play multiplayer my game is always choppy. Even though I have DSL and I try joining games that have less than 100 ping. Anyone know why I might be pinging so bad and how I can fix it?

You could have packet loss. Go to the link below to test your line.

http://www.dslreports.com/linequality

[xerofighter]

I do believe electromagnetic waves take only EIGHT MINUTES to reach the Sun, so I would suspect pinging to Mars will not take 15 minutes.

don't forget planets circle around the sun with different velocities, mars may just one day be that far away

i have been experiencing some massive packet losses recently also, sometimes it helps to enable DMZ on your router and point it to the PC your gaming one, on several ocassions packet loss dropped to zero as soon as i pointed DMZ to the right PC (or it could be the router reset which occurs when you change settings i don't know)

[redeyejedi]

don't forget planets circle around the sun with different velocities, mars may just one day be that far away

i have been experiencing some massive packet losses recently also, sometimes it helps to enable DMZ on your router and point it to the PC your gaming one, on several ocassions packet loss dropped to zero as soon as i pointed DMZ to the right PC (or it could be the router reset which occurs when you change settings i don't know)

My internet speed is 11mbps. Do you think installing the game to my ps3 will help cut down on my ping?

[Henrik]

Indeed. Imagine an uplink to a rover on Mars. Let's say that the connection to that rover from Earth is a massive 100 Gb/s. It is still going to take 15 minutes to get that mega-packet out there.

I always wondered why ONS-RedPlanet seemed laggier than most maps.