Author Topic: Help (Read 802 times)

paulobrien6969 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 18, 2004, 10:23:18 AM »

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Makeu sure your firewall is not blocking the pingplotter application

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Check if you have not forbid ICMP in your FireWall.

ty worked

paulobrien6969 · « **Reply #16 on:** October 18, 2004, 04:42:40 PM »

scuzzy hitech ,anyone know what these mean?

Skuzzy · « **Reply #17 on:** October 18, 2004, 04:58:36 PM »

Actually, that is a respectable ping plot. If you feel you are lagging badly, it could be something running locally on your computer, such as Windows Media Play 9 or 10 (even when it is shut down, it has a background process that kills your performance in online games).

Of course, the best time to run a ping plot is immediately after/during the occurence of perceived network problems.

SNO · « **Reply #18 on:** October 18, 2004, 05:58:36 PM »

Skuzzy, do you know the name or identifier for the this background process of wmp???? ie "svchost.exe"

Skuzzy · « **Reply #19 on:** October 19, 2004, 06:54:06 AM »

It is hidden and does not show up in the process list. The only way to disable it, is to remove the entry from the registry, which also disables Windows Media player.
It has been too long since I discovered this and cannot remember the exact name of the file in the registry.

There a number of things Microsoft runs in the background that do not show up in the process list. Go figure.

svchost is a pseudo program which must run (handles a lot of the resources involved with each process).

paulobrien6969 · « **Reply #20 on:** October 19, 2004, 08:17:34 AM »

i use enditall before each time i play ah and have not installed anything apart from windows updates in the last few weeks
this problem suddenly happened when the fester map came on so i thought it was that causing it but the problem has continued
i also cant remember the last time i used wmp but this has also never caused a problem before
ive defragged ,run norton,run adaware and got a higher connection speed(700k, i l8r found out speed makes no difference)
im managing to play, but im not having as much fun because of nmes warping out of my sights:(
thanx for the reply
and if you think of anything else i would be grateful

SNO · « **Reply #21 on:** October 19, 2004, 03:46:50 PM »

Thanks, Skuzzy

paulobrien6969 · « **Reply #22 on:** October 19, 2004, 03:52:12 PM »

heres a ping plot after coming off of ah when it was lagging bad

Skuzzy · « **Reply #23 on:** October 19, 2004, 04:12:59 PM »

Ok, now we are getting somewhere. See that second hop? It is showing a significant amount of packet loss. Everything after that is moot due to that hop.
You need to shoot a copy of this to your ISP and ask them what is going on. Packet loss that high is going to cause no end of problems with many things.

At least you know where the issue is now.

paulobrien6969 · « **Reply #24 on:** October 20, 2004, 10:07:01 AM »

ty i will send them a copy

214thCavalier · « **Reply #25 on:** October 20, 2004, 01:50:43 PM »

Lol and NTL keep trying to get me to sign up for that crap with free cable tv connect.

Sod the cable tv i am happy with a good clean route to AH.

paulobrien6969 · « **Reply #26 on:** October 21, 2004, 09:05:50 AM »

well im considering changing my isp
ive just read a few articles on ntl and i already knew they are dodgy as
most stating the fact they have bad connections bad ping lost packets due to ntl having more people using 1 cable than should be in other words oversubscribing
if when i get through to ntl they blame my pc (which i expect them to)i will change my isp any suggestions?(english based)