Maybe a dumb question... but I need help from the gurus.


(Dies Irae) #1

this is my problem:

From a week to present I have a big trouble, my ping is going crazy (only on E.T.) :banghead:

If I do a traditional ping to a server (eg: ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -t) I have a 50 to 75 ping, I can do that ping for several minutes without having anything bigger than 80; but playing on that server, my ping goes from 50 to 500+, with serious lag problems. (is a server where I play always and my highest ping was 200 in a day when I haven’t paused a download)

So, my question is: What’s the difference between a regular ping and a ping on E.T? and how I can fix that lag problems?

I have done:
Uninstalled E.T. and reinstalled again,
Changed the quality/resolution to a lower
Installed new video drivers
Used some tcp/ip tweaks
Uninstalled and reinstalled Direct X
Defragmented the hdd (with windows and norton)
Clossed any running process in background
Dissabled/enabled sound accelaration.
:???:

But that didnt fixed the problem :banghead:

Help, I want to be able of playing E.T. again :frowning:


(Majin) #2

Did you tweak your ET internet settings?


(Dies Irae) #3

no, deffault settings (I have also changed in the config from cable connection to modem -really don’t know what it does, but didnt help)


(colic) #4

possibly a worm!

Download the stinger from http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/

You may be getting flooded by ICMP pings.

You realy dont notice any effect until playing online games. As web browsing isnt realy effect.

I would say the nachi worm out of anything is the worst for this. Worst thing about this worm is it doesnt have any noticeable effects apart from ping wise but will self destruct Jan 2004 anyway.

Worth a go :wink:


(twiFight) #5

jep might be some virus/worm/spyware

try a virusscan and ad aware and that thingy the guy above me said :slight_smile:


(Dies Irae) #6

Ok seems that i have fixed that :clap:

It was not a worm… worst! It was Norton and his 50 background programs that you can’t close/kill.


(Wraith2k3) #7

OMG TEH NORTAN!!! 3v1Lz!!!

:smiley: