We did a little testing on the Deadmen Racing server last night. It's been running on port 27000 and my ping was 3000+, we changed it to the default 63392 and ping went back to under 60. I've asked my ISP about 27000 as it's a well known CS port and they'd be mad to shape it. Other players' ping stayed the same across both ports.
We're going to test some more and see what we find.
It would be nice to be able to see what port a server is running on, I'd like to see what it's like on the STCC Public S2(1b?) but that's over 3000 too, does anyone know what port that runs on?

Are you seeing large ping increases? I've put my example in another tech assistance thread. It's be useful for me to compare my master browser pings with yours.

Well, I cheat a little as my X850, when overclocked (540/590) runs at 40-42C on load, but that's due to the DangerDen waterblock on it. I used to run a Zalman vf-700 on it, which was quiet and did a reasonable cooling job.

Yes, I see that.

Curious thing is other games are OK(CS:S and BF2), and I've just completed a race on conedodgers2 without incident.

I wonder if it's a peering issue with different ISPs?

The 6600GT is good on a budget, for a bit more see if you can find a 7600GT.

I went from an nVidia 6600GT to an ATI x850 XT PE, a lot quicker and I've had no bother with it, it cost more but that's life. If you're stuck with that one supplier, then you haven't a lot of scope and you'll suffer with value for money.

More a wail than a squeak! My MS Sidewinder was much quieter, but not a patch on the DFP.

I'm normally OK but since a few days ago, my normal server's ping has increased twentyfold. If I get a list of servers, I get 390 responses, ranging from 30 to 3000 or so. I've 112 hosts under a 100, geographically spread and 159 under 450.
There then is a vast jump to the 160th server on a ping of 1800. My normal web traffic isn't affected, tracerts to servers return in quick times and name resolution is normal. LSF traffic is crippled on my regular server, others can join without suffering the lag I get. My ISP shows zero dropped gaming packets, I've nothing untoward running and I've tried a fresh reinstall of LFS. Steam apps and other games are fine to the same hosts that my usual LFS server runs on. I've rebooted my router and it always syncs where I'd expect it to.
Is anyone else getting the same trouble? My ISP (plus) shows no problems so I'm kind of stuffed for an answer. I'd like to carry on racing on the usual Deadmen server, but I might have to be unleashed on an unsuspecting world if this carries on.

A cappuccino with an extra espresso shot?

Any neons would require a patch to add a track set in a Tesco car park, plus setup options for subwoofer size and amplifier wattage. Then watch the Saxo skins multiply.

S478 P3.2Ghz HT P4
Epox 4PDA5+
2GB Corsair CL2 PC3200
ATI X850 XT PE
Hiper Type-R PSU
Alphacool and DangerDen watercooling
Audigy 4 Sound, Medusa 5.1 earmuffs
DFP (new, tonight) to replace the aged Sidewinder FF

Last edited by BigFatCat, Thu 11 Jan 2007, 14:51.