network connectivity experts needed

so i have noticed that recently my ping has gone to shit

my download speed and upload speeds are steady like they should be (~about 800kb/s download speed is about right for my dsl connection) but whenever i ping things, i get ridiculous values

like ill ping google.com with 150 to 200 ms latency.. wtf it should be like 20 or 30 ms latency ..

so basically im thinking my packages are being sent through somewhere they are not.. could this be a possibility?

ping google.com:

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C:\Users\PumpkiN>ping google.com

Pinging google.com [74.125.225.37] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 74.125.225.37: bytes=32 time=141ms TTL=56
Reply from 74.125.225.37: bytes=32 time=145ms TTL=56
Reply from 74.125.225.37: bytes=32 time=179ms TTL=56
Reply from 74.125.225.37: bytes=32 time=150ms TTL=56

Ping statistics for 74.125.225.37:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 141ms, Maximum = 179ms, Average = 153ms

tracert for google.com:

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C:\Users\PumpkiN>tracert google.com

Tracing route to google.com [74.125.225.37]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms dslrouter.westell.com [192.168.1.1]
2 91 ms 93 ms 95 ms 184-17-64-1.lfyt.in.frontiernet.net [184.17.64.1]
3 58 ms 45 ms 42 ms ge--2-1-0---0.car01.ftwy.in.frontiernet.net [184.17.0.69]
4 44 ms 55 ms 70 ms ae5---0.cor01.chcg.il.frontiernet.net [74.40.2.205]
5 80 ms 38 ms 38 ms ae0---0.cbr01.chcg.il.frontiernet.net [74.40.4.138]
6 90 ms 92 ms 89 ms 72.14.212.143
7 * 68 ms 70 ms 209.85.254.120
8 39 ms 41 ms 39 ms 209.85.250.28
9 39 ms 38 ms 87 ms ord08s06-in-f5.1e100.net [74.125.225.37]

Trace complete.

now i know my router sucks ass, i dont have enough money currently to get a new one.
the fronteir nodes are fine, since they are my isp. But wtf are those thre ip addresses that i go through before hitting google itself??

my normal ping at iow is about 98ms... not 200.. wtf
ping iowclan.net:

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C:\Users\PumpkiN>ping iowclan.net

Pinging iowclan.net [50.23.91.144] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 50.23.91.144: bytes=32 time=212ms TTL=116
Reply from 50.23.91.144: bytes=32 time=188ms TTL=116
Reply from 50.23.91.144: bytes=32 time=208ms TTL=116
Reply from 50.23.91.144: bytes=32 time=95ms TTL=116

Ping statistics for 50.23.91.144:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 95ms, Maximum = 212ms, Average = 175ms

tracert iowclan.net:

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C:\Users\PumpkiN>tracert iowclan.net

Tracing route to iowclan.net [50.23.91.144]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms 1 ms <1 ms dslrouter.westell.com [192.168.1.1]
2 57 ms 49 ms 45 ms 184-17-64-1.lfyt.in.frontiernet.net [184.17.64.1]
3 58 ms 62 ms 61 ms ge--2-1-1---0.car01.ftwy.in.frontiernet.net [184.17.0.73]
4 80 ms 80 ms 86 ms ae5---0.cor01.chcg.il.frontiernet.net [74.40.2.205]
5 125 ms 90 ms 91 ms ae0---0.cbr01.chcg.il.frontiernet.net [74.40.4.138]
6 100 ms 101 ms 98 ms te1-7.bbr01.eq01.chi01.networklayer.com [206.223.119.63]
7 113 ms 114 ms 113 ms ae7.bbr02.eq01.chi01.networklayer.com [173.192.18.171]
8 97 ms 113 ms 117 ms ae1.bbr02.cs01.den01.networklayer.com [173.192.18.131]
9 94 ms 131 ms 148 ms ae1.bbr01.eq01.sjc02.networklayer.com [173.192.18.148]
10 133 ms 135 ms 98 ms ae5.dar01.sr01.sjc01.networklayer.com [173.192.18.249]
11 147 ms 94 ms 168 ms po1.fcr01.sr01.sjc01.networklayer.com [50.23.118.131]
12 160 ms 156 ms 95 ms 50.23.91.144-static.reverse.softlayer.com [50.23.91.144]

Trace complete.

not sure what tho think of this cuz i have never traced a rout to our new server..

anywho.. i need to get my ping to normal levels before i can play normally again. Sad

You have posted in this forum: Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:13 pm Post subject:

Just guessing - looks like your route to the server goes through Chicago then to Denver ( Cool

) then on to San Jose. Anyway, not a lot you can do about that.

I'll have to run these from my house because my work ones are kinda funny --- 1 hop for each of them. I'd get AMAZING ping (28ms) to the server from my office Sad

my xfire profile · You have posted in this forum: Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:11 pm Post subject:

Are you connecting through a proxy or VPN setup?

You have posted in this forum: Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:14 pm Post subject:

no, not on purpose at least.

shouldn't the trace rout show if its going through a proxy? and i do not own a vpn fast enough to game with..

You have posted in this forum: Wed Mar 20, 2013 4:52 pm Post subject:

tracert should show all the hops. You might need a new demultiplexer(the thing that your cable/telphone connects into) or maybe the router is kaput(try a different ethernet port...maybe the port is shot?).

Another sudo-question...I assume you are a wired connection; but if not, the wireless may be dying on either end. I know allagor had serious 50-100 ping spikes with a dying wireless card.

(edit) beck: 1 hop, You dick. Razz

You have posted in this forum: Wed Mar 20, 2013 5:47 pm Post subject:

no, im wired to the router. ill try switching ports on the router.
edit: switched ports, it seems to be a bit faster now.. i really am thinking it is because of the poor quality of the router. could this really be the case? i want to be positive before i throw out another 50 to 100 on a good router..

yeah i bet thats the real reason we moved servers Very Happy

just so beck could get to the server with one hop. hah!

You have posted in this forum: Wed Mar 20, 2013 6:14 pm Post subject:

router is usually the shittiest part of the home network, sadly.

See if someone has a router you can use temporarily to see if it is the router; but thats what I'm guessing.

Honestly a router 30-50$ should do you right. Go Netgear, Linksys, D-link. In that order.

You have posted in this forum: Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:27 pm Post subject:

I actually paid money to buy my own Cable modem/router from best buy so i didnt get the cheap freebie from comcast

You have posted in this forum: Wed Mar 20, 2013 9:41 pm Post subject:

next question. say i get a new router. will i be able to completely swap out the one i have currently (the crap one that verizon, now frontier gave me)?

i previously had a netgear router that i used, but the wireless on it gave out, so i had to go back to what they gave me. but when i had the netgear router, i also had the verizon one hooked up, just as a routed bridge.. i have not tried to only have the netgear one hooked up (now in the trash), so i am not entirely sure if there is some special verizon shit on the verizon router that does something special to make the dsl connection happen.. would make sense that this is not the case, but who knows.. i sure as hell dont! lol

You have posted in this forum: Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:39 am Post subject:

Nort wrote (View Post): › I actually paid money to buy my own Cable modem/router from best buy so i didnt get the cheap freebie from comcast

Same. Everyone should be doing this.

PumpkiN wrote (View Post): ›
next question. say i get a new router. will i be able to completely swap out the one i have currently (the crap one that verizon, now frontier gave me)?

You should be able to use any router with your dsl. & setting up wireless (& other functions) usually is done through a web browser gui. _{Don't qoute me here; there may be some bottom barrel routers that only support cable or dsl.}
Also you need to switch modes on your dsl modem so the signal goes through properly.
Info

You have posted in this forum: Thu Mar 21, 2013 6:27 am Post subject:

the info link shows how to get the router into bridge mode, thats what i had it in when i had the netgear router..

anywho, im planning on buying a new router some time this next week so ill get back to you guys on what happens.

I'll have to break out the college books from when I did my associates of science in computer network systems. But I am pretty sure there is a way to contact your isp and change the path of your hops. Getting ready for work at a pretty fubar photovoltaic install so my mind is preoccupied at the moment. But we used to have people adjust their routing paths do to connection issues too connect to Final Fantasy XI when I was tech support with S.O.E. We often would run into servers down the path that were port blocking and what not that we had no control over so the ISP would have to route around that hop.

Almost positive now that I think about it a little bit that you can for sure contact your ISP and have your route reconfigured. If you tell them that this is why you have internet connection and if they fail to adjust your routing that you will leave to a more customer service oriented service provider who will assist in maximizing your game play.

Port forwarding?

You have posted in this forum: Thu Mar 21, 2013 8:39 am Post subject:

thanks 2stowned. ill give that a go (although sad thing is that this is the only isp in this area that i can use, i cant get cable here because my complex made a deal with another cable company about 10 years back that disallowed all other cable companies from servicing this complex. needless to say the cable company that they made a deal with, sucks way worse for internet than my current dsl)

@existance, i have no firewall on the router what-so-ever. sad, but true. only because this router is not able to forward ports so its either all blocked or all not blocked. they router documentation shows that port forwarding should be available with this hardware, but googling reveals that this functionality is just not existent for this router. (hence why it is considered to be one of the worst routers ever made) ALSO i think if my ports were being blocked, i would not be able to connect at all to any servers on any et port. since i can, i know that the ports are open.

Quote: › Honestly a router 30-50$ should do you right. Go Netgear, Linksys, D-link. In that order.

I've not used Netgear in years, but I'm not impressed with Linksys. I always issues with them. The best router I've owned and still own is a Belkin. I'm sure everyone has a different opinion on a router though.