Xbox Live With 3mb Eircom Connection

Saltour Sossiez

I have an Xbox 360 and was thinking of going out and buying the wireless adapter and Xbox live subscription. I need to know firstly though, would my connection be ok for online gaming?

Thor

cant see any problems there should work fine. 3mb line more then inof its the ping that matters.

www.speedtest.net

check the ping on that and post the results.

anything upto 90 is perfect for gaming. lower being better.

Saltour Sossiez

So, which is it that matters? Is it the nearest server, Cork, or is it the servers abroad? I don't know.

Hank Scorpio

Saltour Sossiez wrote: »

So, which is it that matters? Is it the nearest server, Cork, or is it the servers abroad? I don't know.

Dont rely on speedtest to check your ping times.

Run a command prompt,

start->run->type "cmd"

A black box should appear, in there type

ping www.boards.ie

Once this is done type

ping www.utservers.nl

ping www.multiplay.co.uk

ping www.kplay.de

Post back the results here, you`ll receive 4 pieces of information for each ping

There should all be below 50 though

Saltour Sossiez

Pinging www.boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=59
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=59
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=59
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=59

Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 30ms, Maximum = 32ms, Average = 31ms



Pinging server1.utservers.nl [84.244.144.2] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 84.244.144.2: bytes=32 time=50ms TTL=59
Reply from 84.244.144.2: bytes=32 time=51ms TTL=59
Reply from 84.244.144.2: bytes=32 time=51ms TTL=59
Reply from 84.244.144.2: bytes=32 time=50ms TTL=59

Ping statistics for 84.244.144.2:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 50ms, Maximum = 51ms, Average = 50ms



Pinging core1.multiplay.co.uk [85.236.96.22] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 85.236.96.22: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=121
Reply from 85.236.96.22: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=121
Reply from 85.236.96.22: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=121
Reply from 85.236.96.22: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=121

Ping statistics for 85.236.96.22:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 39ms, Maximum = 40ms, Average = 39ms


Pinging www.kplay.de [81.3.59.4] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 81.3.59.4: bytes=32 time=56ms TTL=58
Reply from 81.3.59.4: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=58
Reply from 81.3.59.4: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=58
Reply from 81.3.59.4: bytes=32 time=54ms TTL=58

Ping statistics for 81.3.59.4:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 54ms, Maximum = 56ms, Average = 55ms

Saltour Sossiez

Should I be ok with those ping times?

Thor

yeah mate they seem fine but it also depends on the person you are connecting to during the game. some games will work perfectly some may lag, its really a hit miss for everyone.

on a side note its worth it as playing online is great fun!!!

rob808

Saltour Sossiez wrote: »

I have an Xbox 360 and was thinking of going out and buying the wireless adapter and Xbox live subscription. I need to know firstly though, would my connection be ok for online gaming?

it better througth wired since eircom wireless isnt much good i tried it on my ps3 could only manage 50% signal it be be ok doh u migth lag a bit but should be ok