How do you check your ping?

[Ulathskullsplitter]

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.

[DSanchez]

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.

[Ulathskullsplitter]

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?

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.

[Hobo]

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

[DSanchez]

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.

[DanteMog]

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..

[Kisik]

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.

[Pygar]

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.

[AdvancedWind]

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.

[Hamada]

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.

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)