Lowering Ping

[Cyber]

Hi , I have recently started playing online games such as battlefield 2, however the admin kick's me alot of the times because i have a very large "PING" not sure why, can anyone tell what ping is and how to lower it??
Thank you

[Neilzulu1]

Thats not right, the lower the ping, the more likely you will cause lag. People with high pings are usually welcomed on all on line games.

[Mattk]

Ping is measured in microseconds so the lower the ping the better.Ping is the time it takes the server to talk to your machine and your machine to 'ping' back the response. Cyber, what are the nationality of the servers in which you play ? Maybe you are playing in American servers? Try looking out for EU servers to minimise any lag.

One final thing - you are on broadband, right?!

[Neilzulu1]

I have played on line games via my pc and the xbox 360. In both cases people with high pings were always welcome in rooms and players with low pings were booted out as they cause lag.

[:pagan:]

Errm no actually the second poster is right. A low number is better than a high one.

[Mattk]

when i played online using dial-up, my ping would be in the 300-400 region.when i switched to broadband my ping dropped to 30-50 ie the lower the better.

[Cyber]

Well Guys' I dont know what to say, I get a message saying

" User Demonic Judge been kick for one min for a average high ping admin decision"

Yes i'm on broadband and the servers are all in the eu.


Thank you all very much

[Mattk]

Very peculiar.Can you play online with other games ?
Do you have downloads running in the background ?

[SlackAlice]

I help run a game server called Day of Defeat Source which has an automatic kicker for anyone with a 'ping' higher than 250. The trouble with people with high pings is that the game server attempts to level out everyone's gameplay and therefore high pingers slow everyone else down. Get a few high pingers on and the game becomes almost impossible to play.
To help reduce your ping you should have nothing unneccessary running in the background and certainly no downloads. Make sure your firewall is set up with the neccessary permissions.
Are you sharing your Broadband with another pc in the house?
BF2 is quite a demanding game for a pc, is your pc well above the minimum spec?
Also, you can join some of the BF2 forums, they will have a lot of info to help you and will no doubt assist you if you ask.