MAMEWorld Forums - The Loony Bin - Re: Confused. Minecraft. Ping.

> For quite a while I've had a very poor connection, especially to minecraft servers
> (the only multiplayer gaming I do, actually).
> My normal ping as shown by minecraft has been 2-3 thousand ms. As much as 3 seconds.
> MC updated to 1.4.2 before the recent storm, and I played on the server, experiencing
> the same connection quality.
> I connected to the server for the first time after the storm yesterday, and... ping
> was back to normal, mostly under 200.
>
> Don't jump yet.
> The software, MC1.4.2, that I was using before has NOT changed.
> OK, thinks me... either they fixed the line, or being turned off for 4 days straight
> allowed things to reset, and I'm connecting through a non-busted bit of hardware now.
>
> I have access to other servers. There's one that hasn't updated to 1.4.2, so I need
> to break out the alternate MC folder with the right version. I hop on that one. Ping
> 2900+. Carp. Back to the other one, ping 193.
>
> So, WTF?

You don't have satellite internet or something like that, do you? Because even 200ms seems high. I'm not that far from you (in Internet terms) and I can ping Gat's server in the mid-60s all day long.

Anyhow, it sounds like whatever improved the problem along one route didn't fix it for other routes. Have you tried running a tracert to the different servers? That might tell you where the problem is happening. If it's on your ISPs servers, you might even be able to get them to fix it, if you can fight your way through first-tier tech support.