[cod] Ping issue

Sun Feb 6 16:00:40 EST 2005

setting sv_fps is going to make your system work even harder.  Have
the two or three guys that are in your server with high pings to use
"traceroute" if on linux, or from Windows, get to a command dos prompt
and type

tracert 62.141.63.159 

Watch for normal pings, and then a few to jump really high.  Most
likely, it appears that your server and your connection are fine.  If
EVERYONE was having high ping problems, then I would think it was a
configuration issue, but being that two or three guys are having
issues, Im thinking one, its either on their end, or two, the routing
from where they are to the server is screwed.   Meaning (and you will
see exactly where when you use tracert) you will see the part of the
connection that goes bad by the sudden high ping jumps in the tracert
output.

The two people that have high pings in your server, it seems their
ping is very alike if not mostly equal most of the time in the 300's. 
Are they coming from the same IP, or are they sharing their Internet
connection to your server?  Are they using broadband?  You mentioned
that their pings were fine in other servers, so I recommend this:

Have them both do tracert to your servers' IP address:

tracert 62.141.63.159 

Then, have them tracert to a server that they get better pings on and
then you can compare them.

Unfortunately, if they dont have anything misconfigured on their side
(the guys of yours that have high pings), then its most likely
routing, which you probably dont have control over, rather its a
conglamoration of several ISPs.

What you can do is wait a week or so and try again, routing is always
(usually) changing between routers on the Internet, so in a short
period of time, things might correct themselves.

I had this happen long ago, I used to ping 20 to a server, and all of
a sudden its locked at 150.  I could do nothing about it, then one
day, I had a 20 ping again after several weeks.

Routing issues suck, but at least they give you some idea on what
might be going wrong.   You might be able to drop their ping down a
little with having them adjust their rate, or you might adjust the
sv_maxrate on the server to be like 10000 and then test things out,
but thats really all.

I run a 40 player TDM COD:UO server, and its packed 24/7  - I had to
lower the sv_fps to be 16, otherwise the game chunks and lags, which
this probabably isnt relevant to your server, just commenting on
someone changing it to 25.

Best of luck,

BludGeonT[EUG]
EarthLink Ultimate Gaming
40 Player TDM on ELNK Backbone 209.179.23.37:28960

On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 20:28:45 +0000 (GMT), Richard Harrison
<richardnharrison at btinternet.com> wrote:
> I find anything over 18 players and pings go high on my 2 coduo servers
> 
> "J.Miribel" <admin at nitroserv.com> wrote: 
> I've had a ping issue on coduo, dunno it'll help but my mistake was to set 
> sv_fps to 25 instead of 20 ..
> 
> Regards
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Edwin Terlouw" 
> To: 
> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 9:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [cod] Ping issue
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Thx for the reaction,
> >
> > Here is some information of my server:
> >
> > The server is dedicated, and running in a datacenter in Germany with 9GB
> > connection in total. I have a dedicated 100Mbps connection for my server. 
> > So
> > that should not be a problem
> >
> > The pings are high also when the server is not full, only it hits a few
> > people over and over again (always same people have high ping around 300)
> > Thaths the strange issue on it. I have some screens, look at the
> > attachements
> >
> > The IP of the server is 62.141.63.159 running on port 28960.
> > Same IP only in name is match3.coda-clan.org
> >
> > I hope you guys now something because iam out of my options (re installed
> > cod, even the whole server)
> >
> > Thx again in advance for your help
> >
> > Edwin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "BludGeonT[EUG]" 
> > To: 
> > Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 8:57 PM
> > Subject: Re: [cod] Ping issue
> >
> >
> >> Its called bandwidth limitations in most cases. What kind of pipe is
> >> your server running on. If youre running it from home on your own
> >> Internet connection, then there is your problem, and the solution
> >> should be easy. Co-locate your server someplace where there is
> >> sufficient bandwidth.
> >>
> >> Are the pings that high with only just a few people in it? or when
> >> its full? Is it a dedicated server, or are you playing on the same
> >> machine that youre hosting from. What is the IP the server is running
> >> on? Perhaps we could put some traceroutes to your IP in here or
> >> something.
> >>
> >> Ya need to share a little more information before we can help, good luck
> >>
> >> BludGeonT[EUG]
> >> EarthLink Ultimate Gaming
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:31:19 +0100, Edwin Terlouw
> >> wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I have a P4 3,2 Ghz server with 2GB ram running a 24 private server for
> >>> CoD
> >>> UO
> >>>
> >>> Each time we some guys have a ping of 300 or higher, and the same guys
> >>> doesnt have that in other servers. Is this an error or something, what
> >>> can i
> >>> do about it
> >>>
> >>> thx in advance,
> >>>
> >>> Edwin
> >>
> > 
> 
>