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  • 04-08-2003 11:38am
    #1
    Vincent
    Registered Users Posts: 625 ✭✭✭


    I wasnt allowed post this in a utv thread so i thought id post it here. For anyone that plays games have a gander at this.

    Pinging games2.iol.ie [193.120.201.112] with 32 bytes of data:

    Reply from 193.120.201.112: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=248
    Reply from 193.120.201.112: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=248
    Reply from 193.120.201.112: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=248
    Reply from 193.120.201.112: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=248

    And to a uk server:

    Pinging server.four-kings.com [193.201.70.214] with 32 bytes of data:

    Reply from 193.201.70.214: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=247
    Reply from 193.201.70.214: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=247
    Reply from 193.201.70.214: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=247
    Reply from 193.201.70.214: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=247

    Its perfect, its very stable, its the exact same as iol's subscription a/c which most quaker's use in ireland because it gives the lowest pings and most stability.


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    #2
    shinzon
    Registered Users Posts: 5,458 ✭✭✭shinzon


    is that on ISDN


    Shin


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    #3
    Vincent
    Registered Users Posts: 625 ✭✭✭Vincent


    yup on an asus TA


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    #4
    BKtje
    Registered Users Posts: 8,035 ✭✭✭BKtje


    Lol its gotta be ISDN

    i know mods hate people posting pings and stuff but since this will probably be moved to net/comms ne way i thought id throw my ping times in.

    Pinging 193.120.201.112 with 32 bytes of data:

    Reply from 193.120.201.112: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=247
    Reply from 193.120.201.112: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=247
    Reply from 193.120.201.112: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=247
    Reply from 193.120.201.112: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=247

    Ping statistics for 193.120.201.112:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 20ms, Maximum = 20ms, Average = 20ms


    Reply from 193.201.70.214: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=248
    Reply from 193.201.70.214: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=248
    Reply from 193.201.70.214: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=248
    Reply from 193.201.70.214: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=248

    Ping statistics for 193.201.70.214:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 40ms, Maximum = 40ms, Average = 40ms

    What i dont get is how im getting a lower ping to the first server even tho i aint on the IOL network :p (using netsource dial up)


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    #5
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,556 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    yeh i notice this i'm on the eicon diva and anytime is brilliant for gaming espically to 4u servers in england


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    #6
    Zombrex
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,848 ✭✭✭✭Zombrex


    I get pings of between 90 and 120 ms to games2.iol.ie on Anytime :(

    Single Line 64k ISDN (Trust PCI ISDN which according to WinXP is actually a TigerJet card)

    What am i doing wrong??

    I have quite a long cable going from my ISDN connection point to my PC, but it is good quality LAN cable, and anyways I think long cable only harms Modem connections.

    Anyone got any ideas? Is it possible to have a crap ISDN setup (it was installed years ago, one of the earliest when Eircom was still TE).


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    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,556 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    more or likely your rates are set wrong.


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    bugler
    Registered Users Posts: 3,436 ✭✭✭bugler


    Well what is your performance like on other ISPs? If it's good on some other ISP then look at anytime as being the problem. If your performance in general is bad then it's possible it could be hardware/line related, but I'd imagine that provided you connect at 64k then there's not much you can have done. I don't know anything about that TA, so can't comment on it.

    I just ordered Anytime over UTV XL today, so fingers crossed I'm as happy with it as most people seem to be.


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    BArra
    Registered Users Posts: 4,030 ✭✭✭BArra


    ur ping problem is ur ISDN modem, its probably an eircom job... ie a totally **** modem for gaming, ull prob get 8k downloads but ****e pings

    ull only ping low on a asus or an eicon diva isdn modem

    u can get em both from www.komplett.ie, the asus is around 30 euro and diva is 60, both great isdn modems, both ping roughly the same, i have both and there is no major differance from the two!


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    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,556 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    bugler if u play games anytime is worth the extra 5 euros a month. whey better than utvipXL for games


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    #11
    Scruff
    Registered Users Posts: 4,222 ✭✭✭Scruff


    well my anytime connection is utter ****e :(

    Pinging 193.120.201.112 with 32 bytes of data:

    Reply from 193.120.201.112: bytes=32 time=159ms TTL=252
    Reply from 193.120.201.112: bytes=32 time=142ms TTL=252
    Reply from 193.120.201.112: bytes=32 time=135ms TTL=252
    Reply from 193.120.201.112: bytes=32 time=133ms TTL=252

    Ping statistics for 193.120.201.112:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 133ms, Maximum = 159ms, Average = 142ms

    Pinging 193.201.70.214 with 32 bytes of data:

    Reply from 193.201.70.214: bytes=32 time=144ms TTL=247
    Reply from 193.201.70.214: bytes=32 time=143ms TTL=247
    Reply from 193.201.70.214: bytes=32 time=136ms TTL=247
    Reply from 193.201.70.214: bytes=32 time=148ms TTL=247

    Ping statistics for 193.201.70.214:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
    Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 136ms, Maximum = 148ms, Average = 142ms

    connect at 28,800bps, max download 3.2kb\sec

    :(


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    #12
    BArra
    Registered Users Posts: 4,030 ✭✭✭BArra


    i signed up for iol anytime today, processed the fax thru at 3pm and talked to the account manager and he said id be set up by tommorow ( friday ), but when filling in the form i used the 2nd number on the ISDN line

    i cant help but feel i read somewhere on here that this might cause problems, does anybody know any differant or can i get away with it? ive the asus isdn modem in this pc

    cheers


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    #13
    Chief
    Registered Users Posts: 450 ✭✭Chief


    There should be a wee configuration program which comes on your isdn driver disk. It lets you set the phone numbers for each channel / port / msn whatever it's called :) set that up and bob will be your uncle....


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    #14
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,556 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    i'm on isdn aswell and esat said to me while ordering anytime that i had to had the primary number. it's ok though calls still come though on my secondary number


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