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deee12   08-17-2002 at 02:39:10 AM

I have a cable connection and was wondering if it was possible to tweak or somehow decrease my ping rates/lag in games....I have heard this is possible ....I have already changed my TCP registry setting I think it's called.

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by deee12 on 08/16/02 08:40 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

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Anonymous   08-17-2002 at 02:51:02 AM
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you never mention how bad your pings are and what your expectations are.

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deee12   08-17-2002 at 09:00:08 AM
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well lemme see guess there usually around 200ish during the day and in the evening avg about 150 but it varies somewhat of course.Expectations ...not sure... better is good I guess...I know these are probably normal pings but is it possible to impove these rates with tweaks etc?

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dstell   08-29-2002 at 05:04:02 AM
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It is possible to tweak the IP stack to improve performance by changing the MTU value in the registery, but first and for most, the NIC and the gateway/router can also effect the performance. We need to know more about your setup and configuration before we can make a good suggestions.

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lagger   08-30-2002 at 05:26:12 PM
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go to <A HREF="http://dslreports.com" target="_new"> DSL reports </A> run the tweak test from the tools section on the left side of the page, look at the recommendations it gives and then download DrTPC ( it's free) to set up your MTU's acks etc etc for your nic card then re run the tweak test ( ping numbers are part of the results) and repeat as needed until you are satisfied .. a little tip sometimes by slightly lowering the mtu's from the max ( 1500 for a normal connection not ppoe or rasppoe) you can reduce latency ( ping) at the cost of a little download speed ... luck

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mwgorecki   10-03-2002 at 05:40:22 AM
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Try <A HREF="http://speedguide.net/" target="_new">http://speedguide.net/</A> also.


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