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meanstreakuk · 17-02-2006, 08:20

Hi people! First post here so go easy.

My setup is...

1) NTL 2mb

2) Ebuyer Extra Value 108MBPS 4 Port Wireless Cable/DSL Broadband Router 40 VPN Tunnels, UPNP with USB Print Server (802.11G+):

3) Belkin 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter:

4) P4 2Ghz, 1GB RAM, GeForce 4 Ti4600 128MB, XP Pro

I am suffering from regular 'ping spikes'. For example, I will ping -t to www.ntlworld.co.uk and it will be OK most of the time (13-15ms), except that occasionally (every 30-40 seconds) one ping will shoot up to something like 1450ms. It is incredibly frustrating and, as you can imagine, is making online gaming incredibly difficult. The connection is absolutely fine apart from this and surfing the web is (obviously) not affected by this, so our lass is happy enough. I'm sick of having my mate lined up in my crosshairs in IL2 only for it to ping spike and in the second it's done it he's had time to escape.

Any of you gaming veterans know what might be causing the problem? I could move my PC downstairs and pluf it directly into the router to see if it's a wireless problem. The router and PC are around 8-10 meters apart (straight line) but the router is downstairs and across one room. The walls aren't particularly thick and I have either 'Very Good' or 'Excellent' connection.

Or, is this a common NTL issue? Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers!

17-02-2006, 08:20	#29
meanstreakuk Inactive Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 5	Re: online gaming and NTL Hi people! First post here so go easy. My setup is... 1) NTL 2mb 2) Ebuyer Extra Value 108MBPS 4 Port Wireless Cable/DSL Broadband Router 40 VPN Tunnels, UPNP with USB Print Server (802.11G+): 3) Belkin 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter: 4) P4 2Ghz, 1GB RAM, GeForce 4 Ti4600 128MB, XP Pro I am suffering from regular 'ping spikes'. For example, I will ping -t to www.ntlworld.co.uk and it will be OK most of the time (13-15ms), except that occasionally (every 30-40 seconds) one ping will shoot up to something like 1450ms. It is incredibly frustrating and, as you can imagine, is making online gaming incredibly difficult. The connection is absolutely fine apart from this and surfing the web is (obviously) not affected by this, so our lass is happy enough. I'm sick of having my mate lined up in my crosshairs in IL2 only for it to ping spike and in the second it's done it he's had time to escape. Any of you gaming veterans know what might be causing the problem? I could move my PC downstairs and pluf it directly into the router to see if it's a wireless problem. The router and PC are around 8-10 meters apart (straight line) but the router is downstairs and across one room. The walls aren't particularly thick and I have either 'Very Good' or 'Excellent' connection. Or, is this a common NTL issue? Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Cheers!