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| 318910 | 2005-01-28 09:07:00 | Hi, I have a D-Link DSL 504g router and have 2 computers connected to it. I have Telecom Jet-Stream at 256 kb/s and get around 60 ms ping playing games on NZ servers. When I'm playing online and someone uses the other computer to view web pages my ping jumps to around 500 to 600 ms. I think this may be because the computer I play games on is 20 m away from the router and the other is only 2 m. Is there something I can do so the router evenly shares the bandwidth and my ping only goes to 120. | ad_267 (6193) | ||
| 318911 | 2005-01-28 11:04:00 | Hi, I have a D-Link DSL 504g router and have 2 computers connected to it. I have Telecom Jet-Stream at 256 kb/s and get around 60 ms ping playing games on NZ servers. When I'm playing online and someone uses the other computer to view web pages my ping jumps to around 500 to 600 ms. I think this may be because the computer I play games on is 20 m away from the router and the other is only 2 m. Is there something I can do so the router evenly shares the bandwidth and my ping only goes to 120. The difference in distance should not make much of a difference in pings when the other PC is on the net. I had a quick look at the spec sheet for your router - it doesn't appear to have any way to throttle or shape bandwidth between clients. |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 318912 | 2005-01-28 15:12:00 | I'm not really sure that the distance would make a difference, but if you think that might be the problem you could try using identical length network cable to each computer. | 4bes (2848) | ||
| 318913 | 2005-01-28 20:45:00 | ok thanks for that. i might just get a longer phone line for the router so i can put it close to my computer and see if that helps; otherwise i'll just have to live with it. | ad_267 (6193) | ||
| 318914 | 2005-01-28 23:54:00 | Telecom have been working their way through the country changing their exchanges (can't remember the actual device name), from packet dropping to packet queing. This allows Telecom to squeeze more performance out of the system for the average user but, it will increase pings dramitcally when bandwidth is tight and especially when your sharing a connection. There was a bit of discussion at OCNZ, Jetstream Games, etc. Gaming people were not happy :( |
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