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[Phoenix2k]

Hi,
Just wondering if ThePlanet is any good for hosting games, so that Central users would ping nicely to?

Thanks

[kerplunk]

I live in Minnesota. Give me an IP to traceroute/ping.

[Phoenix2k]

64.5.48.46

[Xanith]

Here is a tracert and ping from Wisconsin on a cable modem:

Tracing route to gaming1.edgehost.com [64.5.48.46]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms 10.36.32.1
2 8 ms 8 ms 7 ms 172.18.98.129
3 29 ms 162 ms 212 ms 172.18.98.8
4 13 ms 13 ms 13 ms 172.18.97.54
5 18 ms 19 ms 18 ms 12.125.142.101
6 14 ms 13 ms 13 ms gbr5-p80.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.123.5.218]
7 16 ms 15 ms 16 ms tbr2-p013501.cgcil.ip.att.net [12.122.11.57]
8 * * * Request timed out.
9 43 ms 36 ms 36 ms tbr2-p012501.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.10.89]
10 43 ms 42 ms 52 ms gbr2-p100.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.122.12.82]
11 40 ms 36 ms 35 ms gar1-p370.dlstx.ip.att.net [12.123.16.237]
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 36 ms * 37 ms car1-1-v2.dllstx2.theplanet.com [12.96.160.43]
14 38 ms 37 ms 39 ms gaming1.edgehost.com [64.5.48.46]

Trace complete.

Ping:

Pinging 64.5.48.46 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 64.5.48.46: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=48
Reply from 64.5.48.46: bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=48
Reply from 64.5.48.46: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=48
Reply from 64.5.48.46: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=48

Ping statistics for 64.5.48.46:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 35ms, Maximum = 38ms, Average = 36ms

[Mrdredd]

Usin my IPs, eh?

[Phoenix2k]

Problem?

[Haddy]

Ususally give a +/- 10ms with the pings...Certain games add a few ms...

[Mrdredd]

I've never noticed that... most likely only happens if you have a computer with low specs.

[mushrew]

Originally posted by Mrdredd
I've never noticed that... most likely only happens if you have a computer with low specs.

No the game engine always adds overhead thus your icmp ping will always be lower than the actual in-game ping. A 10-20ms or sometimes much more (such as early instances of UT2k3) increase over the icmp ping is normal regardless of computer speed.

[Mrdredd]

...my ping is always the same as in DOS or ASE

[vour]

Originally posted by Mrdredd
Usin my IPs, eh?

you should be flattered

[innova]

MrDredd.

ASE IS essentially a DOS ping.

ASE != ingame ping.

!= does not equal.

Thank you.

[Mrdredd]

uh, i wasnt comparing those 2, i was saying the Ping i get in DOS AND ASE, is the same I get in-game.

Sorry.

[Ryan32]

I'm in KS, and i used to ping like 30-40 to my server located at ThePlanet, but then ATT made some changes, and now i'm lucky to be pinging under 100 to Theplanet.

I'm not very happy about that..... More than doubled my ping.

[Mrdredd]

yeah, if I go in on ATT or QWEST from Palm Beach, FL, my ping averages 80-90, but recently I've been going in on MFN, and I get a beautiful 50-60