Path: deathrow.com!news.webspan.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!209.94.128.13!news.javanet.com!not-for-mail From: Temujin Newsgroups: alt.binaries.games.quake,alt.games.quake2,rec.games.computer.quake.misc,rec.games.computer.quake.quake-c,rec.games.computer.quake.servers Subject: Re: bad pings with 56k Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 09:06:06 -0500 Organization: Frontiers Lines: 19 Message-ID: <353753BE.7EB94126@frontiers.wcsu.ctstateu.edu> References: <6h6bds$hjg@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> <6h6bj3$5np$1@ionews.ionet.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: ct-hartford-us707.javanet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; Linux 2.0.33 i686) Xref: deathrow.com rec.games.computer.quake.misc:27810 rec.games.computer.quake.quake-c:5804 rec.games.computer.quake.servers:8933 cball wrote: > Turn the compression OFF!!!! It isnt the 52000 speed bothering the pings its > compression screwing up the packets so quake qw and q2 cant read them > proberly > > Scott Croom wrote in message <6h6bds$hjg@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>... > >I currently have a x2 modem...im connecting at 52000, which is good. When > >I try to play quake1 over quakeworld or quake2 over a server....I get > >MASSIVE pings. In excess of 1500 sometimes...its unplayable. I have even > >turned of x2 and connected at 31200 fine... But when I play still I get > >the same prob....can someone help me? > >-- > >Scott Croom > >scroom@mindspring.com how is this done in linux? (slack 3.4, k2.0.33)