ping probs..any ideas

[dekade]

hey kids finally got farcry working...

but im having some trouble with my ping...its so HIGH! and i have no idea why..i restart my comp, connect to dls..then log onto my game...my ping is like at 203...this cant be right..its higher that when i was on dial up!! does anyone have any ideas on how i can bring this down?

thanks guys help a girl out hehe

 

[poertner_1274]

Well ping has a lot to do with the distance between you and the server. Are you playing on the same servers as you used to? Try changing servers to one with a lower ping rate on the server list screen.

 

[DelJo63]

big ISPs use round-robin DNS servers. This means each time someone asks
for a name->IP address, a different result occurs. For example earthlink;

$ nslookup earthlink.net
Address: 24.48.217.227
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: earthlink.net
Addresses: 209.86.93.205, 209.86.93.206, 209.86.93.207, 209.86.93.208
209.86.93.209, 209.86.93.210, 209.86.93.211, 209.86.93.201

Notice all the 209.86.x.y addresses? the requester will peel off the first one
and use that as the DNS address, even thought it may be in New York and
the requestor is in Los Angeles.

Ping by-address times will be ridiculous. Ping by name will vary.

How does this occur? DHCP renewal. IF you're always at home,
you can manually set the Preferred DNS address. The DHCP gateway
'should' be the closest (and therefore the quickest) site to you.

You can affect the outcome by run->cmd and issue
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew