Why is my latency so damn high???

Karchiveur · Post by **Karchiveur** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:40 pm

Alright, I can download at 120 kb/s and upload at 1/2 of that.... Now what I do not understand is why When i play my beloved brood wars (b.net) it lags.. so bad... I can't even move my SCV around... no one can join my games... and I right out lag like worse than Dial up! but yet i can still play BF2 without a hitch!

why is this so?
I close DC

I close Limewire
I close F@H (i know.. i know..but i had to)

And i still lag on BW!

any idea's?

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:01 pm

What kind of connection is it? I've been lagging in WoW (another blizz. game) lately since the last patch.. So who knows..

Karchiveur · Post by **Karchiveur** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:12 pm

None of my friends lag tho...
I've got wireless I-net.. firbre optic cable runs to the tower.. than i-net via tower and my reciever. And the tower is about 150 yards away from my reciever.. i can see it perfectly from the reciever... so it's not the connection?

eGoCeNTRoNiX · Post by **eGoCeNTRoNiX** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:14 pm

Yah, but the latency is probably due to the distance the signal has to travel between your receiver and the tower.. I know with Sattellite internet you have constant latency because of the distance (I know it's a lot further but it's the same idea) between the dish and the sat. So that could be the issue.. But not 100% sure..

Karchiveur · Post by **Karchiveur** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:17 pm

Alright it makes sense...
until BF2 doesn't lag at all, and i'm sure it demands more latency than BW ever could...

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:40 pm

you keep comming in and out of DC and your speed is slow....

Karchiveur · Post by **Karchiveur** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:46 pm

yeah, I am testing my latency with different proggies open.. and my speed is slow due to the mass amounts I am downloading tonight.

123cool · Post by **123cool** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 8:29 am

try a traceroute to the server, it might be a router somewhere causing the problem.

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Wed Nov 30, 2005 9:09 am

try going to http://www.broadbandreports.com and running the diagnostics to make sure your settings are optimal