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SNYPE00 · 10-25-2002, 08:49 AM

You probably have a connection problem somewhere. Do some tests using tracert command. You will need an IP or hostname to use tracert, get the IP of your ISP. Open a dos prompt and type tracert xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (use your ISP's IP). Heres one I did for a guy yesterday:
Tracing route to dsl-216-227-90-165.telocity.com [216.227.90.165]

over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <10 ms 10 ms <10 ms 192.168.144.254

2 10 ms <10 ms <10 ms 192.168.145.2

3 <10 ms <10 ms <10 ms 65.105.194.177

4 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms 65.105.194.225

5 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms ge5-0-0.MAR1.SanDiego-CA.us.xo.net [207.88.81.113]

6 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms p5-2-0-1.RAR1.LA-CA.us.xo.net [65.106.5.37]

7 10 ms 20 ms 10 ms ge1-0.edge1.lax-ca.us.xo.net [64.220.0.85]

8 10 ms 10 ms 20 ms p6-0.dist1.stv-ca.us.xo.com [206.111.14.214]

9 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms so-4-0-0.mp2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [209.247.10.201]

10 110 ms 101 ms 100 ms so-0-1-0.mp1.Miami1.Level3.net [64.159.0.1]

11 110 ms 100 ms 110 ms gige9-0.hsipaccess1.Miami1.Level3.net [64.159.0.10]

12 100 ms 110 ms 100 ms 100m-core1.mia.tlct.net [63.209.144.6]

13 100 ms 100 ms 120 ms e13-1.amux1.mia.tlct.net [216.227.80.66]

14 120 ms 121 ms 120 ms dsl-216-227-90-166.telocity.com [216.227.90.166]

15 150 ms 130 ms 121 ms dsl-216-227-90-165.telocity.com [216.227.90.165]

Trace complete.

Each line represents one "hop", its a router somewhere along teh line back to your destination. It pings each hop 3 times. As long as the pings are less than about 50 youre ok, once they get about 100, theres a problem. Once youve done some tests, if teh trouble persists, notify your ISP and give them the info on teh offending hop. Note- in the example above the 10th hop has a problem. All hops after this will appear "bad" also, teh first bad ping is usually the offender.
Routes to various IP addresses are different just as you dont always drive the same highway to 2 different places. You can have good pings to one server and bad pings to another.
If GSpy is showing your server with a high ping I would find their IP they use for their data server and ping it.

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SNYPE00 is Offline Senior Member Posts: 114 Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: San Diego, CA	10-25-2002, 08:49 AM You probably have a connection problem somewhere. Do some tests using tracert command. You will need an IP or hostname to use tracert, get the IP of your ISP. Open a dos prompt and type tracert xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (use your ISP's IP). Heres one I did for a guy yesterday: Tracing route to dsl-216-227-90-165.telocity.com [216.227.90.165] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <10 ms 10 ms <10 ms 192.168.144.254 2 10 ms <10 ms <10 ms 192.168.145.2 3 <10 ms <10 ms <10 ms 65.105.194.177 4 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms 65.105.194.225 5 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms ge5-0-0.MAR1.SanDiego-CA.us.xo.net [207.88.81.113] 6 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms p5-2-0-1.RAR1.LA-CA.us.xo.net [65.106.5.37] 7 10 ms 20 ms 10 ms ge1-0.edge1.lax-ca.us.xo.net [64.220.0.85] 8 10 ms 10 ms 20 ms p6-0.dist1.stv-ca.us.xo.com [206.111.14.214] 9 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms so-4-0-0.mp2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net [209.247.10.201] 10 110 ms 101 ms 100 ms so-0-1-0.mp1.Miami1.Level3.net [64.159.0.1] 11 110 ms 100 ms 110 ms gige9-0.hsipaccess1.Miami1.Level3.net [64.159.0.10] 12 100 ms 110 ms 100 ms 100m-core1.mia.tlct.net [63.209.144.6] 13 100 ms 100 ms 120 ms e13-1.amux1.mia.tlct.net [216.227.80.66] 14 120 ms 121 ms 120 ms dsl-216-227-90-166.telocity.com [216.227.90.166] 15 150 ms 130 ms 121 ms dsl-216-227-90-165.telocity.com [216.227.90.165] Trace complete. Each line represents one "hop", its a router somewhere along teh line back to your destination. It pings each hop 3 times. As long as the pings are less than about 50 youre ok, once they get about 100, theres a problem. Once youve done some tests, if teh trouble persists, notify your ISP and give them the info on teh offending hop. Note- in the example above the 10th hop has a problem. All hops after this will appear "bad" also, teh first bad ping is usually the offender. Routes to various IP addresses are different just as you dont always drive the same highway to 2 different places. You can have good pings to one server and bad pings to another. If GSpy is showing your server with a high ping I would find their IP they use for their data server and ping it.