any tips on how to lower it?????


Mine is hovering between 220-280 ms.

If this is what I think it is, about computers and your IP address or something....I will have to ask the expert when he comes home.

Is this about urination??

MrsMdiver said:

that's exactly what it is. lol.

play online games like chess and ping wont be an issue...

JerseyKRS said:

OMG..... my brain is absorbing too much from the office in this house. Scary.
I will find out for you if you can wait a little bit if no one here has the answer first.

If switching your computer off, then back on again doesn't lower it, then I'm out....

I'll wait til someone posts a viable solution, then co-sign it.

mcmeekle said:

read here http://goo.gl/jnCM

and if above doesn't work change to an isp who has a better connection to a backbone

It's all about your internet service and connection. A good provider, good short-run ethernet cables, a quality network interface card, etc. The only software you really have to worry about is maybe loosening up your firewall, but the risk might not be worth it in the long run. If your NIC card is elderly, it might be time for an upgrade. They're cheap.

squirrelgrease said:

thanks SG. I'm getting ready to upgrade the net service through roadrunner. I'm going to get a DOCSIS 3 modem and a new router instead of what they provide. Am I correct in assuming that I run a cat6 cable from the router to the PS3 to get a fast wired connection to it? I'm looking at gigabit routers btw.

this modem:

http://www.motorola.com/B...6120_US-EN


one of these three routers:

http://www.netgear.com/Pr...R3700.aspx
http://www.linksysbycisco...ts/WRT610N
http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=643

JerseyKRS said:

Yep Cat6E. Cat6a would be overkill unless you're wiring your house for future compliance. Roadrunner has different tiers of throughput, so make sure to get quotes on the speeds that you'll need.

squirrelgrease said:

I believe it is 40Mbs d/l, something like 5 u/l

JerseyKRS said:

All I know about Ping is that the PGA outlawed the square grooves on their irons.

JerseyKRS said:

Wait - this is about watching porn online, isn't it?

RodeoSchro said:

JerseyKRS said:

Are you having speed issues with the wireless on the PS3? I have yet to run a wire, cause I don't use it online enough, but its wireless connection is slower than a turd after a week of cheese consumption, no matter what router or ISP you use.

Phil told me to tell you this:

First of all you are a fuckwad!

Ok now that is out of the way what you really need to do is work out where the actual latency in the network is.
A 230ms ping return is a slow a your nan on a cold day so lets work our where the bottleneck is.
Do a tracert from the command prompt to a known web address for instance 67.19.128.163 although the server response there is historically slow (i got 2 timeouts just trying)
from there you will see where the holdup is, if you are connecting to a portal then try a tracert to there.

As far as cabling from your router to your device goes, if you have a 40mb service then even cat5e is ok as the eia/tia ratification for channel on that is 100mbps so the bottleneck will be out to the ISP not internally. Chances are that the router will only have 10/100 ports anyway.

Personally I would try a Draytek router. They are topnotch and really easy to get the best out of.

My guess is this will be latency on the out leg so shout at your ISP and tell them they are shit.
Try a speedtest site and see what is returned.

Mars23 said:

that's part of it. It certainly is usable, but I would really like to have as fast as a connection as possible. I'm going to keep the router and modem close to the tv and ps, run a cable to the ps from the gigabit router, hopefully that improves things.

MrsMdiver said:

I'm positive it's the ISP, and they're the only game in town.

I was hoping there was something I could do to improve it on my end.

JerseyKRS said:

Go to www.speedtest.net

then post the results back mate.

* I added the mate.

MrsMdiver said:

did that yesterday, current ul - .45 Mbs, dl - 7.29 Mbs, 238 ms ping.

current is UL - .70, DL - 9.86, Ping - 128 ms

talk to your ISP. i just changed my provider - call centre lass had so much script to get through it demeaned us both!

http://www.youtube.com/wa...TWv63RyLP8
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[Edited 2/16/10 13:34pm]

JerseyKRS said:

Your DL speed is decent, I would seriously look to the PS3 as the culprit. Do you notice your computers speed or is it only the PS3?

Mars23 said:

pc speed is ok, it's the ps online connection that is slow. I'm hoping the wired connection takes care of it.

JerseyKRS said:

Oh... that's exactly the problem. The non-hardwired PS3.

squirrelgrease said:

Yep. It's odd, the PS3 can handle online gaming with a fair performance wirelessly, but any type of download runs at about 14,400 speed.