High pings in counterstrike source

[guest7789]

My pings in counter strike source are quite high, around 40-50 and I was wondering if there is anything I can do to reduce it, as it makes my game laggy. That ping is on UK and european servers and I've tried quite a few, the lowest I get is around 45 ping or so.

I'm on an 8 Mb connection with plus net and I've also tried it with my firewall and anti virus turned off but it makes no difference. I would really like to get rid of the lag as it messes up the recoil, so I can't hit anything.

I've also opened up the number of ports I can connect to to around 100 (as I have sp 2).

Are there any settings I can choose to help my ping go down, my rates are fine, around 25000 100 100.

Thanks in advance

[SexyMF]

What is wrong with 40-50? In NZ best we get is 70-110.

[guest7789]

other people in the uk who have 2 Mb connections are getting 5 ping and getting no lag, I get lots of lag and would like to get rid of it!

[SexyMF]

A ping of 5 is better than LAN.

Ping isn't really something you can tweak....however there are other things

http://v2.tlab404.com/forum/forum_po...494&PN=1&TPN=1

[billy1]

Try your rates at :

rate 18000

cl_updaterate 60

cl_cmdrate 60

[guest7789]

Thanks for the responses, changing my rates has no effect, I haven't had time to try your suggestions sexymf, but I would be a bit scared to touch registry entries for my internet especially as I'm on a router because my internet has a habit of messing up when I touch stuff like that!

I'll probably just phone plusnet tomorrow and see if it's something to do with the line and see if they can do something about that.

[nodnod]

Yeah 5 ping and they have to be right where the server is, not outside the building. 40-50 ping is excellent and going lower won't make that much of a difference.

[guest7789]

The ping makes a lot of difference on counterstrike source though, I notice it a lot. I'm going to get the isp to turn off interleaving and see if that makes any difference.

[thecrow785]

I have 8mb wireless broadband in the UK, I usualy get a ping of 16-32 and I lagg a lot!

[guest7789]

The ISP has finally managed to turn interleaving off, but the pings are still the same... I'm at my wits end, I'm thinking it's either that I've set some option in counter strike wrong or it could be some setting in my router, or even the router itself! I'm also thinking that it could be that the ISP has a really poor network and that's why my pings are high...

Anybody have any other ideas?

[guest7789]

Could the high pings have anything to do with the fact that my internet goes through a router?

I'm going to try reinstallilng counter strike source to see if that fixes anything.

[The CandyMan]

I know that custom maps can cause high pings, and you want to make sure your settings are correct (in or cfg file). Also, check for things that cause problems outside of the game like viruses or spyware. If you're running any im progs (MSN, Yahoo, etc.) shut those off as well. And do a search for smaller servers with less people on them, those will have lower average pings. Also, do you know if your connection is working at full speed? I use online sites like Wugnet and Internetfrog.com in checking mine, not 100% accurate but gives you some idea if your reading are low. Last, if you're using a bit torrent program, that will cause lags as well, expecially on your upload, so turn it off as well.

[guest7789]

The high ping is on any map on any server, even UK servers with no people on them, it's still 50 ping. I've run virus scans and spyware/adware scans with a few different programs. Turned off all IM and BT programs, so it's just CSS using the bandwidth. My connection is working at full speed between 6-8Mbps. I've just reinstalled it as a last desperate act, but still the lowest my ping will go is 50. I've tried doing lots of tweaks through the CSS console like changing rates and things like that, but none of it works. I even turned off auto update and that didn't work, so I'm now turning my attention towards my router. Are there any settings on it that might cause the high pings, or would it be the ISP? Or is this one of the things that I have to put up with in sharing my connection?

[guest7789]

I was just thinking that one of the things that could be causing the high ping that I get might be that my ethernet cable to my router is a 10m one. Could that cause high pings? Would getting a 3m or 5m cable make any difference?