[GUIDE] The Ping

SexyCoon

What is the ping, what Ping remains for, what's the value of a Ping. What is ping. Why is it related to the lag.

Here's the Answer.

Ping is an accronyme standing for Packet INternet Groper

How does work a Ping. It's an Administrative tool used to test the connection between 2 machines and to check if the network between those 2 machines is stable.

Ping operates by sending Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request packets to the target host and waiting for an ICMP response. In the process it measures the time from transmission to reception.

How work ping on Linux machine: (let's say z8game ip is 163.5.255.85)

ping forum.z8games.com
PING forum.z8games.com (163.5.255.85): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 163.5.255.85: icmp_seq=0 ttl=56 time=7.7 ms
64 bytes from 163.5.255.85: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=6.0 ms
64 bytes from 163.5.255.85: icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=5.5 ms
64 bytes from 163.5.255.85: icmp_seq=3 ttl=56 time=6.0 ms
64 bytes from 163.5.255.85: icmp_seq=4 ttl=56 time=5.3 ms
64 bytes from 163.5.255.85: icmp_seq=5 ttl=56 time=5.6 ms
64 bytes from 163.5.255.85: icmp_seq=6 ttl=56 time=7.0 ms
64 bytes from 163.5.255.85: icmp_seq=7 ttl=56 time=6.0 ms
--- forum.z8games.com ping statistics ---
8 packets transmitted, 8 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 5.3/6.1/7.7 ms

And on a Windows machine.

ping forum.z8games.com
Sending a request 'ping' on forum.z8games.com [163.5.255.85] with 32 data bytes :
Answer of 163.5.255.85 : bytes=32 time=34 ms TTL=54
Answer of 163.5.255.85 : bytes=32 time=37 ms TTL=54
Answer of 163.5.255.85 : bytes=32 time=32 ms TTL=54
Answer of 163.5.255.85 : bytes=32 time=33 ms TTL=54
statistics Ping for 163.5.255.85 :
Package : transmitted = 4,received = 4, loss = 0 (loss 0%),
Approximative round-trip transmission time in milliseconds :
Minimum = 32ms, Maximum = 37ms, Average = 34ms


So why higher ping mean higher lag, it mean you receive the data sent by crossfire later than other people with lower ping and also your own machine is sending them later at the same time, it cause delay in the data, delay cause lag. So yes if you have an higher ping you might lag in the game but it will look like the same from a higher ping to a lower one. So for people who claim that ping has nothing to do with lag go educate yourself.

FIREAGLE

hur der .

jk nice guide (even though I knew what ping meant) nice for those who don;t

L0LSmilyFace

I haz question 4 u. Does FPS lag affect your reg or not?

Awesome_pK

yeah nice guide

FIREAGLE

L0LSmilyFace wrote: »

I haz question 4 u. Does FPS lag affect your reg or not?

nope shouldnt as that has to do with the processor and not the connection though if it's you shooting then MAYBE because "you" will lag and ur mouse clicks won't reg to your own PC because well, you lag

SexyCoon

L0LSmilyFace wrote: »

I haz question 4 u. Does FPS lag affect your reg or not?

fps mean: Frame Per Seconds, it's used to say the motion of your picture has

"**" pictures per seconds. So if your ping became lower than 20 you might get 'lags issue' but not from an out coming machine but from your own machine. It mean your own computer can't handle the graphic and the rate of the motion of the image at a good rate.

Unlike ping which is about the data shared between 2 machines.

0xBoF

When I ping z8games I just get request timed out.

SexyCoon

First the data used for the tutorial are fake, secondly T/O: timed out means there's a limit to the time in miliseconds your computer is going to wait for a respond. So 3000 ms ping > T/O

DarkReload

Great Guide.

RuSTalt

Ok ping-internet man, answer this to me.


How can I get my sister off the net [by cutting her off] when i'm trying to play a league match. Asking pleasantly doesnt work. Hopefully you have a solution..........

em...connected by modem btw - wireless

ChocDrizzle

L0LSmilyFace wrote: »

I haz question 4 u. Does FPS lag affect your reg or not?

Nope, it only affects your ROF + Spray Pattern.

SAULLL

Next time, give props to the actual person who wrote this.

SexyCoon

SAULLL wrote: »

Next time, give props to the actual person who wrote this.

This guide come from myself and the knowledge I got from my college Network Class. But I used the test from copy past over that.

RuSTalt wrote: »

Ok ping-internet man, answer this to me.


How can I get my sister off the net [by cutting her off] when i'm trying to play a league match. Asking pleasantly doesnt work. Hopefully you have a solution..........

em...connected by modem btw - wireless

About that what kind of router you use ? And are you plugged on the broadband and her on the wireless or both on the wireless ?

RawrJafrikan

Thank god for this guide.

I was thinking about making one myself. So many high pingers who think that low pingers are the ones lagging...

RawrJafrikan

Why isnt this a STICKY!!!

SERIOSLY!

DavPL

i have 100 ping+ ;/

iMMaBoo

i have a question
i have 94-120 ping on uk server 4
i got a faster connection but my ping is still the same
why does this happen?

KiwiDek

I already knew what it was, but still nice guide.

crocop007

¨Put password on connection and don't tell her xD
Act dumb hehe

Lumic

L0LSmilyFace wrote: »

I haz question 4 u. Does FPS lag affect your reg or not?

Higher FPS gets you better reg. Happens in* CS too, eg: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=20677057&postcount=4

egoemouemoie wrote: »

i have a question
i have 94-120 ping on uk server 4
i got a faster connection but my ping is still the same
why does this happen?

Because you're a certain distance from the servers and it takes time for data to travel

RawrJafrikan

This should be stickied... SERIOSLY!

Mods yeah yea?

vKonrad

RuSTalt wrote: »

Ok ping-internet man, answer this to me.


How can I get my sister off the net [by cutting her off] when i'm trying to play a league match. Asking pleasantly doesnt work. Hopefully you have a solution..........

em...connected by modem btw - wireless

Set your Router to only allow your MAC address.

MrFail343

Finally, a guide on ping. Somebody called me a tanker for having horrible FPS. I said he had 51 ping and I had 18 ping but eh, he didn't listen and complained at me. >.> Hope he reads this guide.

PrizrakDemAn

nice.................................