Weird Ping Problem

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

I'm having a weird problem where my ping will go from 70 to like 400 and back down all the time - an it's not like 70 400 70 it's like it counts up to 400 and then back down. I'm not losing pakets or choking...and my rate is set to 20000...any other suggestions?

[LA_MERC_Captain_Obvious]

are you on cox cable? if so, disconnect the service and try to get dsl. I'm on cox and my ping goes from 60 - 250 and I'm pretty close to the server. when I lived in an apt I had dsl and pinged average 40 to servers in TX. and the connection was stable.

anyway, enough of that rant, what kind of connection system specs etc. are you dealing with?

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

I'm on Time Warner Road Runner - have been for about 3 years and this just started...

System specs
AMD 2400
1 gig ram
128mb ati 8500
Netgear 8129 nic...
XP Pro

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

and look at this load of crap trace:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Jayson Rowe>tracert 209.209.214.5

Tracing route to lamerc.bayou.com [209.209.214.5]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 58 ms 100 ms 111 ms 10.56.128.1
2 2016 ms 12 ms 11 ms 24.31.193.137
3 * 443 ms 281 ms pop1-cha-P3-1.atdn.net [66.185.149.21]
4 301 ms 524 ms 327 ms bb2-cha-P0-0.atdn.net [66.185.138.66]
5 459 ms 279 ms 401 ms bb2-atm-P6-0.atdn.net [66.185.152.30]
6 380 ms * 100 ms pop1-atm-P1-0.atdn.net [66.185.147.195]
7 183 ms 265 ms 33 ms CandW-atm.atdn.net [66.185.150.14]
8 229 ms 113 ms 278 ms agr2-loopback.Atlanta.cw.net [208.172.66.102]
9 268 ms 340 ms 474 ms dcr2-so-7-1-0.Atlanta.cw.net [208.172.75.197]
10 59 ms 75 ms * dcr1-loopback.Dallas.cw.net [208.172.130.99]
11 263 ms 329 ms * agr1-so-0-0-0.Dallas.cw.net [208.172.139.50]
12 399 ms * 383 ms aar1-loopback.Dallas.cw.net [208.172.130.2]
13 71 ms 98 ms * bayou-internet.Dallas.cw.net [208.172.135.6]
14 773 ms 637 ms 205 ms lamerc.bayou.com [209.209.214.5]

Trace complete.

C:\Documents and Settings\Jayson Rowe>^A

[LA_MERC_Captain_Obvious]

ouch, looks like you're hurting right off the bat there.

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

A new wrench in the whole problem, Maverick, when connected to the same router doesn't have the ping issue, and mine is the faster machine, he's running a 1600 w/ 512 ram...

HELP!!!

[SnAkEbItE]

Try a different nic cable or try re installing you nic and tcp/ip protocalls.

[LA_MERC_Dirge]

just get BellSouth ADSL! w00t and contribute to Diesel and Dirge's 401K! w00t

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

I just might do that - I start a new job in the morning - even though it's through a temp agency, the pay is excellent, so when i get the $$$ for the modem saved up I might just do that...I'm sick of RR they have P'ed me off for the last time!

[Captain]

I am having that same problem... i will ping high in cs but at the same moment go play bf1942 and runa smooth 40 ping... its cs not your net conection

[LA_MERC_MadMAX]

Ok, I had at first started to think this but how do you explain the pings when tracing the route to the server's ip???

[SnAkEbItE]

I tell you it's the h4x's man it's the h4x's..