Upgraded Internet Speed, Ping Stayed The Same

KingSubi · January 2010

Is there something wrong with this? I doubled my internet speed up to 6mb/s and i still have 97 ping.

Goddish · January 2010

Buying more bandwidth doesn't change your distance from the server.

KingSubi · January 2010

[MOD]Goddish wrote: »

Buying more bandwidth doesn't change your distance from the server.

So the game will run the same?

BlinMonkey · January 2010

yes unless u move to canada or something

[Greycloak] · January 2010

While the extra bandwidth may help with overall data throughput, like Goddish said, it doesn't change the latency to the server. Think about it this way: in order for a packet to go from your computer to the server it needs to pass through many nodes to get there. Some of those nodes are on your ISP's network, while others are just random systems and routers on the internet backbone. Even if you had 100mb service, if the path between you and the server is congested you will still have a high ping time. You could try contacting your ISP about the issue, although I'm not certain that anything can be done about it.

Grlmmjow · January 2010

i thought that theoreticly by increasing speed u decrease ping? my top download is 1500 kilobytes/sec and 46.6kilobytes is upload,if i were to say increase my download to 2500 and upload to 300 would their be a ping difference?

Edit:just saw ur post grey...

KhoatheCuc · January 2010

You should try to manually config your network profile/preset, some ISPs called it performance profile, some called it presets for tuning your network the way you want it. I just figured out mine by going to my account on the ISP webpage, changed it from Default to Extreme and I got less ping in CF, from 300+ down to 270+ (not much but still, wish West Coast will be back on soon Y_Y). It also depends on how far you are from your ISP's buidling or local point (or w/e you call it). I live about 10 km away from Adam ISP building and that's why I picked the top profile.

Belicose · January 2010

Can you explain why nothing has changed on my settings yet my ping has increased from 140-145 before X-Trap to 195-200 after it was introduced and the last week or so it has even gone up to 230 or so sometimes?

aWm_sLize · January 2010

when i play at home my ping is about 155-160, when i play in school my ping is 135, hows that? i thought because school's internet is faster than mine

Pokiiimon · January 2010

Precision666 wrote: »

when i play at home my ping is about 155-160, when i play in school my ping is 135, hows that? i thought because school's internet is faster than mine

yeah same here

home:150 (1mb)
other home:130 (10mb)
uncle's home:160 (512kb)
one friend: 124 (???)
I saw a guy from my country with 115 ping (optic fibre)

all from portugal

So explain that plz

MissA]Suzy · January 2010

uNtDraesar wrote: »

yeah same here

home:150 (1mb)
other home:130 (10mb)
uncle's home:160 (512kb)
one friend: 124 (???)
I saw a guy from my country with 115 ping (optic fibre)

all from portugal

So explain that plz

I get 110 ping with a 20MB connection, Im from UK.
My friend in clan gets 93 and he's also form England, (College Internet :P)

iPhoenixi · January 2010

I get 69 ping in vancouver, BEWE gets 60 ping in vancouver, wdfbbq, we got same ISP/Package too!

KimiKelKu · January 2010

Im from Portugal i have 150Mb fibre optic and my ping stays at 120/130
The good thing is that i can have utorrent, or downloading some thing else and my ping stays normal

RendoRazor · January 2010

simple explanation
k, lets say cross fire streams a average of 250 kbs to your computer. and your down stream is 512 kbs....... u can increase your downstream all u want thur your isp and it will not make a diff in ping 'cause you were already had a surplus in bandwidth to run the game.

now lets say you only have a 256 down stream, which prob only works out to 240... youll get a high ping with frequent spikes cause the amount of info being transfered ingame is greater then your total bandwidth. so increasing your downstream will improve your ping.

ALSO, switching isps "could" increase ping. They lease lines from the phone companys that are ran directly to the internet "backbone"... if your isp does not have sufficient bandwidth from them to the backbone in balance with their customer load, it will slow down your connection.
My isp had this problem for the past 4 months due to increased customer base, my ping doubled during peak useage hours... they bought a couple of t3 lines and wala, i am back to my steady 53....

in the end if your isp is well managed with sufficiant bandwidth the only way you can decrease your ping is to move closer to the server you wish to play on.

oODrcOo · January 2010

RendoRazor wrote: »

simple explanation
k, lets say cross fire streams a average of 250 kbs to your computer. and your down stream is 512 kbs....... u can increase your downstream all u want thur your isp and it will not make a diff in ping 'cause you were already had a surplus in bandwidth to run the game.

now lets say you only have a 256 down stream, which prob only works out to 240... youll get a high ping with frequent spikes cause the amount of info being transfered ingame is greater then your total bandwidth. so increasing your downstream will improve your ping.

ALSO, switching isps "could" increase ping. They lease lines from the phone companys that are ran directly to the internet "backbone"... if your isp does not have sufficient bandwidth from them to the backbone in balance with their customer load, it will slow down your connection.
My isp had this problem for the past 4 months due to increased customer base, my ping doubled during peak useage hours... they bought a couple of t3 lines and wala, i am back to my steady 53....

in the end if your isp is well managed with sufficiant bandwidth the only way you can decrease your ping is to move closer to the server you wish to play on.

after second line I got confused

Trisso · January 2010

saintNooby wrote: »

I get 110 ping with a 20MB connection, Im from UK.
My friend in clan gets 93 and he's also form England, (College Internet :P)

I get 95 ping from Southampton (Uni internet), my clanbuddie gets 90 ping from London(10MB) and my friend who lives in Southampton shockingly gets 95 ping(Uni internet). Seems to me it depends on location.

[MOD]Zzxq · January 2010

I have a 100mb internet lan dsl blah blah.I also have a pci wireless antenna that I can pick a signal and connect at 11mb.MY PING STAYS THE SAME BECAUSE OF MY LOCATION.It does not change rether you have a 11mb or if you could get 1000mb internet speed.The closer to the server located in canada depends on your ping.Mine is a constant 36.I live in Indiana(USA)right under canada.

Soulburst · January 2010

- Ping is a basic Internet program that allows a user to verify that a particular IP address exists and can accept requests. Ping is used diagnostically to ensure that a host computer the user is trying to reach is actually operating. Ping works by sending an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Echo Request to a specified interface on the network and waiting for a reply. Ping can be used for troubleshooting to test connectivity and determine response time.

Distance between you and server. I have 100MBIT of internet connection my ping still at 124

MarzBreeze · January 2010

I get 49-53 ping in Houston, Texas which is pretty dam far from Canada.

RendoRazor · January 2010

distance is the simple explanation, but everything i said in my first response is true.

Trixity · January 2010

my ping 27 (michigan) when i "use" my neighbors wifi its 20..

Delacos · January 2010

FaLLOuTT wrote: »

my ping 27 (michigan) when i "use" my neighbors wifi its 20..

Sometimes specific internet connections can get routed differently, causing a connect from a yard away from you to yeild siginificantly better ping to "specific" websites and games.

or your internet connection has alot of noise.

or the nic card is crappy

could be alot of things

doop51 · January 2010

RendoRazor wrote: »

simple explanation
k, lets say cross fire streams a average of 250 kbs to your computer. and your down stream is 512 kbs....... u can increase your downstream all u want thur your isp and it will not make a diff in ping 'cause you were already had a surplus in bandwidth to run the game.

now lets say you only have a 256 down stream, which prob only works out to 240... youll get a high ping with frequent spikes cause the amount of info being transfered ingame is greater then your total bandwidth. so increasing your downstream will improve your ping.

ALSO, switching isps "could" increase ping. They lease lines from the phone companys that are ran directly to the internet "backbone"... if your isp does not have sufficient bandwidth from them to the backbone in balance with their customer load, it will slow down your connection.
My isp had this problem for the past 4 months due to increased customer base, my ping doubled during peak useage hours... they bought a couple of t3 lines and wala, i am back to my steady 53....

in the end if your isp is well managed with sufficiant bandwidth the only way you can decrease your ping is to move closer to the server you wish to play on.

there is no way in hell crossfire uses 256kbs downstream anyways

Upgraded Internet Speed, Ping Stayed The Same

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