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NicKatina^
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PostPosted: 11-24-2005 11:05 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


hey anyone know how i can lower my ping
i have dsl
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PostPosted: 11-24-2005 11:45 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


/rate 8000
/cl_maxpackets 80
/snaps 30

get all-seeing eye and find servers that are closer to you. only other solution is to change ISP's... ping is almost entirely dependent on the routing of your network, as in how many meters of cable your signal has to go through between you and the server. once you've checked the basics (no kazaa running in the background, no bad wires/connections) you're basically SOL.
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PostPosted: 11-24-2005 12:08 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


shouldn't his rate be higher i.e. 25000?
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PostPosted: 11-24-2005 12:10 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Yep. Even budget DSL should easily be able to handle 25,000 bytes per second. It will be capped by the server at any rate (usually 10,000 to 15,000). PS: you might want to try setting cl_maxpackets to 125.
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PostPosted: 11-24-2005 01:31 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


what does that do? never used it o.o
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PostPosted: 11-24-2005 04:07 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Fjoggs wrote:
what does that do? never used it o.o


a good connection don't duplicate packets "0"
a bad connection where packets are lost use "1" so they can be resent

btw ping is ping .. not much you can do.
what people have posted is settings that match you upload/download rate and type of connection.
the ping displayed in quake3 is flawed



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PostPosted: 11-24-2005 05:57 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


i was on dsl for a year in europe that absolutely choked out at about 12000 rate, and my dsl when i moved back to the US (standard 1.5Mb/382kb) got sad at around 15000. :shrug:
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