How do you check your ping?

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10-17-2013, 04:34 AM
Nagashi

How do you check your ping?

How do you check your ping?
10-17-2013, 04:48 AM
Rexcaldur

Windows Key + R
Type "resmon"
Tab "Network"
Click "FFXIV"
Look under "TCP Connections" and you will see two FFXIV entries showing you the ping.

A fc mate showed me this.
10-17-2013, 04:53 AM
Nagashi

Thanks you!
10-17-2013, 04:55 AM
Ulathskullsplitter

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rexcaldur

Windows Key + R
Type "resmon"
Tab "Network"
Click "FFXIV"
Look under "TCP Connections" and you will see two FFXIV entries showing you the ping.

A fc mate showed me this.

Interesting. So according to that mine is between 150-160ms. Thought it would be better from the chicago area to montreal.
10-17-2013, 05:09 AM
DSanchez

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ulathskullsplitter

Interesting. So according to that mine is between 150-160ms. Thought it would be better from the chicago area to montreal.

Anything higher than 40-50 is high and you can do a pathping {ip address} from your command prompt to see where that latency is coming from.
10-17-2013, 05:31 AM
Ulathskullsplitter

Quote:

Originally Posted by DSanchez

Anything higher than 40-50 is high and you can do a pathping {ip address} from your command prompt to see where that latency is coming from.

Ok so how do i interpret this. It looks like the problem is right at the end with SE?

Quote:

Tracing route to 199.91.189.25 over a maximum of 30 hops

0 .in.comcast.net. [10.0.0.5]
1 10.0.0.1
2 24.12.32.1
3 68.86.114.229
4 te-1-8-0-4-ar01.area4.il.chicago.comcast.net [68.87.230.157]
5 he-3-6-0-0-cr01.350ecermak.il.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.95.9]
6 ix-0-2-2-0.tcore1.CT8-Chicago.as6453.net [64.86.137.45]
7 if-22-2.tcore2.CT8-Chicago.as6453.net [64.86.79.1]
8 if-3-2.tcore1.W6C-Montreal.as6453.net [66.198.96.45]
9 66.198.96.50
10 192.34.76.2
11 199.91.189.234
12 199.91.189.25

Computing statistics for 300 seconds...
Source to Here This Node/Link
Hop RTT Lost/Sent = Pct Lost/Sent = Pct Address
0 .in.comcast.net. [10.0.0.5]
0/ 100 = 0% |
1 0ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 10.0.0.1
0/ 100 = 0% |
2 12ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 24.12.32.1
0/ 100 = 0% |
3 11ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 68.86.114.229
0/ 100 = 0% |
4 15ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% te-1-8-0-4-ar01.area4.il.chicago.comcast.net [68.87.230.157]
0/ 100 = 0% |
5 14ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% he-3-6-0-0-cr01.350ecermak.il.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.95.9]
0/ 100 = 0% |
6 13ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% ix-0-2-2-0.tcore1.CT8-Chicago.as6453.net [64.86.137.45]
0/ 100 = 0% |
7 13ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% if-22-2.tcore2.CT8-Chicago.as6453.net [64.86.79.1]
0/ 100 = 0% |
8 42ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% if-3-2.tcore1.W6C-Montreal.as6453.net [66.198.96.45]
0/ 100 = 0% |
9 107ms 3/ 100 = 3% 3/ 100 = 3% 66.198.96.50
0/ 100 = 0% |
10 38ms 1/ 100 = 1% 1/ 100 = 1% 192.34.76.2
0/ 100 = 0% |
11 111ms 5/ 100 = 5% 5/ 100 = 5% 199.91.189.234
0/ 100 = 0% |
12 36ms 0/ 100 = 0% 0/ 100 = 0% 199.91.189.25

Trace complete.
10-17-2013, 05:36 AM
Pygar

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ulathskullsplitter

Interesting. So according to that mine is between 150-160ms. Thought it would be better from the chicago area to montreal.

I am not sure, but I believe it is at this point, a Comcast problem.

If you check routes to comcast.com (not.net) and you will see some issues there as well. I have someone looking into it from dslreports.com but Comcast are doing some major network updates nation wide that probably account for routing issues.

I'm in Chicago as well and have the exact same problem.
10-17-2013, 05:48 AM
AdvancedWind

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ulathskullsplitter

Interesting. So according to that mine is between 150-160ms. Thought it would be better from the chicago area to montreal.

Something must be wrong there, I sometimes get this ping all the way from Brazil.
10-17-2013, 05:50 AM
Hobo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ulathskullsplitter

Ok so how do i interpret this. It looks like the problem is right at the end with SE?

Well now we know your name is Tom or ... at the very least you're using Tom's computer haha :)
10-17-2013, 05:52 AM
Eli_Jin

PingPlotter freeware is also a nifty tool that does min/max/avg ping with tracert showing packet loss at each router hop, and has nifty graphs.

All you need to do is plug in the FFXIV IP (199.91.189.25 from above) and enjoy. A while back I let it run each night at different times. I'm with Time Warner and the last hop out of their network space tbone.rr.com to atlas.cogentco.com routers is dropping between 2% up to a whopping 49% of packets, depending on time of day. The final hops to Montreal data center (via mtl.iweb.com) have no loss for me.

Good thing I'm switching ISPs very soon to a different fiber backbone than Time Warner's Road Runner. I bet much of the "server lag" people complain about is their own ISP, or the routing through eastern NA right now, dropping packets. I've seen definite lag on server side events as well, like demon wall push back delayed 5 seconds with battle continuing normally, so their servers aren't perfect either.
10-17-2013, 05:56 AM
Hobo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eli_Jin

snip

Gotta get up on the Fiber :)

http://www.speedtest.net/result/3037905830.png
10-17-2013, 10:58 AM
DSanchez

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ulathskullsplitter

Ok so how do i interpret this. It looks like the problem is right at the end with SE?

Yes, the problem appears to be with one or more of their routers.
10-17-2013, 11:09 AM
Lisotte

It's 2013 and we still have major AAA online PC games that don't show your ping!?!?!?!?!
10-17-2013, 11:14 AM
Vantwan

So is 170 ping bad for FFXIV? Because that's what my ping is and I have zero problems with dodging aoe attacks like in Titan HM.
10-17-2013, 11:40 AM
DanteMog

Quote:

Originally Posted by DSanchez

Anything higher than 40-50 is high and you can do a pathping {ip address} from your command prompt to see where that latency is coming from.

If thats true try being Aussie with 250 - 400+ in every mmo, that would open your eyes on whats a good ping time..
10-17-2013, 12:12 PM
Jynx

I sit around 200 ping to the Japanese servers from Canada, hasn't bothered me much but I'm not much of a raider so...

The effects can be felt in all activities but it's pretty slight.

By the by I ping around 100 to the NA servers.
10-17-2013, 12:20 PM
raging_samurai

You can also do this

Start menu type in "CMD"
In CMD type in
"ping 184.107.107.176" for NA/EU data center
"ping 202.67.53.202" for JP data center
10-19-2013, 10:40 AM
Nagashi

Yeah! That works great! Thanks!
10-19-2013, 11:38 AM
Sixmp

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lisotte

It's 2013 and we still have major AAA online PC games that don't show your ping!?!?!?!?!

Ping is that much of a deal on MMO's, I have played MMO's with a ping of 250-300 and it still has been fine. Now if this were a FPS i would agree with you.
05-17-2017, 08:04 PM
Hetchy

My latency doubled. I'm glad I haven't invested too much in this game.
05-17-2017, 09:27 PM
Kyouki

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rexcaldur

Windows Key + R
Type "resmon"
Tab "Network"
Click "FFXIV"
Look under "TCP Connections" and you will see two FFXIV entries showing you the ping.

That is interesting. I never noticed the ping section there. According to that my ping is between 200 and 220 now O.o, while ping plotter shows an avarage 170...
05-17-2017, 09:41 PM
Maero

Question to those that know this stuff, lol
How do those with PS4 check out our latency?
I knew how to do it on windows
05-18-2017, 12:18 AM
Amelia_Pond_Behemoth

I'm at 94. I have no idea what it was before the move. But I imagine that because I'm in Denver, I have a lower ping now.
05-18-2017, 12:20 AM
Canadane

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maero

Question to those that know this stuff, lol
How do those with PS4 check out our latency?
I knew how to do it on windows

Grab a computer and do it from the sane network.
05-18-2017, 12:30 AM
Stormfur

My average is 56. Still doesn't tell me where the server is though...
05-20-2017, 12:47 AM
Mendalas

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rexcaldur

Windows Key + R
Type "resmon"
Tab "Network"
Click "FFXIV"
Look under "TCP Connections" and you will see two FFXIV entries showing you the ping.

A fc mate showed me this.

Thanks a lot! No idea what my ping was before the move but my average is 96 right now.
05-20-2017, 10:12 AM
Kisik

Quote:

Originally Posted by DSanchez

Anything higher than 40-50 is high and you can do a pathping {ip address} from your command prompt to see where that latency is coming from.

I think perhaps, anything under 40-50 is low, that's no where near what high ping is considered.
05-20-2017, 10:33 AM
Hamada

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ulathskullsplitter

Interesting. So according to that mine is between 150-160ms. Thought it would be better from the chicago area to montreal.

drop Comcast or get wtfast.

Comcast is like the biggest net ripoff in the USA

Also you assume wrong, you are not far from monteral at all, that is a 35-50 ping, same with any decent ISP in the north, central, and east USA. Have a friend on the SE side and got 35 ping. Going to the west sucks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kisik

I think perhaps, anything under 40-50 is low, that's no where near what high ping is considered.

Depends on the game but 50 and under is supposed to be smooth for anything, 100+ is high for how this game is coded though. (though you still have delays at 0 ping because they put delays on abilities for some reason)
05-21-2017, 03:42 AM
Steady

idk, i use comcast from Indiana and my avg ping is 48sec

http://www.speedtest.net/result/6313113561.png

not sure if it matters, but did that on my pc which has a wireless connection to my router. (play on ps4)