Latency problems

[ManBearPig]

Right, so for about the last 2 weeks, ive had ping of ~350 , except every so often it just drops down to under 100. I have no idea why its like this
Nobody downloading, reset the router countless times. and its starting to really piss me off because i cant come on css
Can anyone help me?

[Redddraggon]

Wireless? Is it protected? Anybody that shouldn't be on your network?

[ManBearPig]

Sorry, forgot to say that its wired

[Stueh]

doesnt matter, if the router has wireless built in, you havent set up up to be secure (even if you dont use it) people can sponge your tinterwebs

[IXL]

Check for spyware....

Also, does it do it on other servers, other games?

Have you got steam setup to do updates automatically?

What about X-fire, is that set the same?

Whats your ping responce times to say, bbc.co.uk for example... or even better a ping trace to the server?

[Stan]

I have exactly the same problem, have had for 2 weeks.

I'm a wired connection with BT broadband, wireless is completely disabled.

I join OFc server 1 with a ping of 350, which gradually reduces, but not quickly enough to stop and autokick.
Occasionally it settles at about 80-85 latency and I dont get kicked, but I still can't hit anything (not even Highway).

I have checked viruses, nothing else is connected, and I have checked through all running processes - I can't see anything wrong.

I can connect to other servers (non OFc) and get a healthy ping of 35 and play - but why the hell would I want to do that?

Im going to keep shutting my router down for 10 mins at a time in the hope that I get a better path to the OFc servers, it the only thing I can think to do.
Any other ideas.

Stan Stillalot

[SimplyMe]

open cmd and type in this:tracert www.google.co.uk
and see the result. u should see where the problem is.

[Slartibartfast]

I have exactly the same problem, have had for 2 weeks.

I'm a wired connection with BT broadband, wireless is completely disabled.

I join OFc server 1 with a ping of 350, which gradually reduces, but not quickly enough to stop and autokick.
Occasionally it settles at about 80-85 latency and I dont get kicked, but I still can't hit anything (not even Highway).

I have checked viruses, nothing else is connected, and I have checked through all running processes - I can't see anything wrong.

I can connect to other servers (non OFc) and get a healthy ping of 35 and play - but why the hell would I want to do that?

Im going to keep shutting my router down for 10 mins at a time in the hope that I get a better path to the OFc servers, it the only thing I can think to do.
Any other ideas.

Stan Stillalot

Me and mankey had the same problems last year stan . when we ran a tracert to the server's ip the major block was when it passed through rapidswitch .
Righted itself after about 2 weeks . Someone else here had problems with rapidswitch aswell ( Myth or Morg maybe?) .

[Stan]

Yey, its fixed.

I left my router off on Saturday night, tested it sunday morning and hey presto - great ping - and I can hit stuff again too!

I dont know if downing my router overnight helped.
Stan

[snoopy]

i have been having the same problem, but its been longer than 2 weeks. when i join the server( any server, come to think of it) i get autokicked, and then rejoin, and its fine, and i kick ass(especially slartis).

i know responses have been posted, but can someone explain what to do in laymans terms.

(im a genious but never spent time on technical problems)

i just did the test, test 1 9ms 7ms 13ms
test 2-12 request timed out
test 13 69ms 68ms 70ms

can someone translate?

[Thundercat]

Yey, its fixed.

I left my router off on Saturday night, tested it sunday morning and hey presto - great ping - and I can hit stuff again too!

I dont know if downing my router overnight helped.
Stan

This sounds like IP cycling, looks like you had a dud IP assigned from the ISP to your router. When you downed the router for a good few hours it released the IP back into the free pot to be reassigned. When you switched back on you got a new IP.

Why you get some dud IP's sometimes Im never sure but it happens.

[smithster]

yeah you need to leave the router off for around 15 mins usually so that the exchange releases your ip and dishes u out a enw one.