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Offline dizman

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« on: February 17, 2006, 02:14:43 PM »
Well, heres my problem. I have a cable internet connection(I use ethernet if that matters). Theres a 50ft cable that runs from the start of the cable line to my computer. I go on Aces High MA and have no problems with lag, maybe occasional spirts here and there. Well, i go to DA and those smaller arenas and the lag is horrific. My framerate thing goes up about 40 points in the DA and other small places. Keep it in mind that i work fine in the MA. There ya go, cant give you a better explanation than that. Hope you can help.
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Offline OOZ662

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« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2006, 05:12:32 PM »
Well, the 50 ft cable isn't a problem. And the ethernet is a good thing; USB bites. I don't have a solution though. Other than those arenas are on a different server.
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« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2006, 05:35:07 PM »
Technically they're not. All arenas are on the same machine, from what I gather, they're just different ports, or different routings from that server. When the MA resets it resets all arenas, it seems. So it might have something to do with the map itself and not the connection. What kind of lag, like "out of position" lag or like "low fps slideshow" lag?
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« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2006, 05:46:57 PM »
No, I'm pretty sure that they're on two servers. I've never seen the TA reset due to a war win. I've been there while one happened because guys were coming in saying "Aww man, we lost."
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« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2006, 05:56:51 PM »
IIRC, there are 2 servers.  Which one does what I cant say, but I was somewhat under the impression the MA was all by itself, and the other arenas share a server?  I know for a fact on my machine that the MA has a different ping time.  All other servers even fluctuate exactly the same.  MA is different.
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« Reply #5 on: February 17, 2006, 10:14:17 PM »
My framerate sky rockets and i'm outta position, thats all i can tell ya.
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« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2006, 11:20:29 PM »
I really doubt it has anything to do with your connection.  If you are good to one server you should be good to the other.  If I were you I'd start with your Direct X diagnostic report.  Send it to skuzzy with a description of your problems.  Or post it in the Tech Support forum with same.  The DX Diagnostic report will help narrow down any problem issues with drivers or hardware.  If nothing shows itself, at least you rule those out.
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« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2006, 09:11:00 AM »
Anytime your having a connection issue, the first place to start is to pin down exactly what is happening and where.

The way to do that is to download & install either a free version of Ping Plotter, or Visualroute. A google search for either should get you where you need to be.

Then start AH, look at the arena select screen, click on "ping details" write down the IP # for the arena thats giving you trouble.

Put that in your pingplotter/visual route, hit enter.

It will send a series of packets to that address, and back to you.
Then graph the results. After a few minutes where the problem is should be quite obvious.

Export/save the result, and either email skuzzy or post in the internet connection forum.

Once he has the data to work with he can give you some good pointers on dealing with the problem.

All Internet service providers are NOT equal.
I'm on DSL, been here for 5 years, had 3 isp's in that time.

Qwest first, they are the DSL/phone providers for the whole area.
Left them when they sold their accounts to MSN (went to web based msn.com email)
Ping to HTC with qwest was pretty steady in the 80- 85 range 24/7 seldom much change.

BTInet.net next, price drop from qwest, pop email, and initially the ping was about the same. But after 9 months ping went up to 120, then 160, finally 180 to 200. Packets were going to New Jersey, then Denver, then San Fran, back to Denver, back to NJ, then maybe St Louis, then down to HTC.

After 3 months of fighting with their customer support, yelling about routing changes, and being told I was wrong. (which I wasn't) I gave up and quit.

Switched to Mcloedusa.net price dropped again down to 26$ a month.
Ping dropped to 45 - 65.

Nothing changed on this end, nothing changed with the actuall provider.
Everything is in the routing and what backbones they use.
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