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Title: Survey of ping times!
Post by: jehu on September 11, 2000, 04:58:00 PM
I had some funky things going on with my DSL connection today   (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/frown.gif)

When trouble-shooting what the problem might be I pinged several sites I normally use.  The HT site gave me an average of 86mls.  I was curious what others here might be getting. I will continue to ping it several times today to get an over all average.

Have any here done the same?

I’m not real savvy on what the ping really tells me other that how many packets come n go as well as how long it takes.  Any input on that would be nice.

Once again mine was 86mls 4 0ut of 4 received.

NOTE: To test you ping rate:

In windows 98:

Click start

Run

Type (Do not type quotations): “command.com” <enter>

At the C: prompt type: “ping -n 100 216.192.19” <enter> (Notice the spacing)

(The above address is for the actual game server)

When doing the above I got:
96 out of 100 I.e. lost 4 packets
Minimum = 46mls Max.=336mls Ave.=114

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jehu
Airwolves

[This message has been edited by jehu (edited 09-12-2000).]
Title: Survey of ping times!
Post by: snafu on September 11, 2000, 05:13:00 PM
289  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/frown.gif) 4 out of 4 recieved  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

TTFN
snafu
Title: Survey of ping times!
Post by: Pongo on September 11, 2000, 05:31:00 PM
90 ms  4 out of 4
i just ping www.hitechcreations.com (http://www.hitechcreations.com)  right?
Title: Survey of ping times!
Post by: jehu on September 11, 2000, 06:15:00 PM
 
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Originally posted by Pongo:
i just ping www.hitechcreations.com (http://www.hitechcreations.com)  right?[/B]

That's what I did Pongo. However, I wonder if there is a different IP for the game?



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jehu
Airwolves
Title: Survey of ping times!
Post by: DrSoya on September 11, 2000, 06:39:00 PM
Yes, the game server is not the same as the Web server. The IPs for the game routes are:

beta.hitechcreations.com   (standard route)

alt.hitechcreations.com  (alternate route)


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DrSoya
308 (Polish) Squadron "City of Cracow" RAF
Part of the Northolt Wing (http://www.raf303.org/northolt) (First Polish Fighter Wing)
Title: Survey of ping times!
Post by: Camel on September 11, 2000, 07:45:00 PM
216.91.192.19

206.149.40.141   (alt)
Title: Survey of ping times!
Post by: DrSoya on September 11, 2000, 10:06:00 PM
You're right Camel, those were domain names, not IPs.  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)

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DrSoya
308 (Polish) Squadron "City of Cracow" RAF
Part of the Northolt Wing (http://www.raf303.org/northolt) (First Polish Fighter Wing)
Title: Survey of ping times!
Post by: jehu on September 11, 2000, 11:11:00 PM
Thanks Camel! That is a big help!


On 216.91.192.19   I got an average of 43mls at 11:15 CST.

Keep in mind where people are pinging from. I.e. city, state, country etc.


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jehu
Airwolves
Title: Survey of ping times!
Post by: Jigster on September 11, 2000, 11:23:00 PM
90 mls , 4 outta 4.

56k, dialing into Sprint Net in Houston, Texas (otherwise known as Earthstink)

 (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

- Jig
Title: Survey of ping times!
Post by: StSanta on September 11, 2000, 11:58:00 PM
180ms here, from Denmark

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StSanta
JG54 "Grünherz"
"If you died a stones throw from your wingie; you did no wrong". - Hangtime
Title: Survey of ping times!
Post by: funked on September 12, 2000, 12:18:00 AM
If you want significant data on packet loss, do something like ping -n100 www.hitechcreations.com. (http://www.hitechcreations.com.)

Mine are about 40 ms but I have something a lot better than DSL or cable modem.
Title: Survey of ping times!
Post by: LLv34_Snefens on September 12, 2000, 11:09:00 AM
On 30 pings it averaged to 173ms, 176ms to Alt, no loss. The jump over the Atlantic is 100ms of those.
Title: Survey of ping times!
Post by: Harppa FM on September 12, 2000, 11:18:00 AM
Average 236ms, sent 4 received 4 :-(

Hmmm, something to envy, no ?  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)

Harppa
III/JG5 'Eismeer'
Title: Survey of ping times!
Post by: miko2d on September 14, 2000, 11:43:00 AM
 The ping gives you the best case or alerts to the worst problems.

 I have tried a DSL (Juno) several times - connection with a ping less then 115ms and no ping packets loss.
 In the evening it is not delivering UDP packets used by AH, so it is completely unplayable.
 Hosts on the route are not obligated to deliver UDP traffic timely or at all. Even though they respond to ping perfectly...

 Fortunately I have another DSL through another provider (Mindspring) that seems to work.

miko
Title: Survey of ping times!
Post by: MiG Eater on September 14, 2000, 01:45:00 PM
48k Dialup:  430 ms avg
DSL: 136 ms avg

From Seattle

MiG
Title: Survey of ping times!
Post by: Sancho on September 15, 2000, 12:53:00 AM
 
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Originally posted by DrSoya:
Yes, the game server is not the same as the Web server. The IPs for the game routes are:

beta.hitechcreations.com   (standard route)

alt.hitechcreations.com  (alternate route)

Hmm...

$ nslookup beta.hitechcreations.com
Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    beta.hitechcreations.com
Address:  216.91.192.19

$ nslookup www.hitechcreations.com (http://www.hitechcreations.com)
Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    www.hitechcreations.com (http://www.hitechcreations.com)
Address:  216.91.192.19

Sure looks like they are the same.  (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/frown.gif)

Of course, there's probably a firewall in there doing port forwarding to different boxes for the game and the webserver.
Title: Survey of ping times!
Post by: jehu on September 18, 2000, 07:01:00 PM
Could be.

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jehu
Airwolves
Title: Survey of ping times!
Post by: Sharky on September 21, 2000, 01:39:00 AM
63-67 ms

None lost

Sharky
Title: Survey of ping times!
Post by: MaxQ on September 21, 2000, 03:41:00 AM
...From Cozumel, western Caribbean, 33.6 modem:

min 237
max 339
avg 253

no packet loss...

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MaxQ
The Cozumel Putting Course...Golf with a Latitude!
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