... I need help with Steam.

Ten · Registered User Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 636

Argh, this is what happened:

I usually ping at about 80-150.

I joined a server that I've never joined before and I got about 45-80 ping.

After joining that server, suddenly I ping at 600-1000 on every other server EXCEPT for that one I joined last night - where I get like 80. On TV1 I get about 115 ping, but on TVIV I get like 550 - even though last night I was getting 80 before I joined that server.

So, did it overwrite some of my settings or something? I tweaked around with cl_updaterate and my rate and whatever, they seem to be fine. My connection speed is set to < 256K DSL (still) but I swear something is screwed. Is it something in my config file?

Stevo · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 4:16 pm Post subject:

Did you try doing a tracert?
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Ten · Registered User Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 636

I don't know what that is. It sounds edible.

Blue Ruler · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 4:21 pm Post subject:

Humm another reason to do like my wife says" get your appetite up out but come home to eat".

No idea Ten Yard, did you notice anything being downloaded as you signed on the OUTSIDE server.
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Azrael · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 4:27 pm Post subject:

open your command prompt, then type tracert then an ip addy (use one of the servers, that way you can see what your ping is to it

) then copy and paste what you see, if there's a problem in your route, you'll notice immediately when the ping jumps up from one hop to another

Use this thread for reference and stuff

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Ten · Registered User Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 636

Okay, well this is the IP I joined last night:

Ten · Registered User Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 636

Ten · Registered User Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 636

Okay, by using the principles of deduction that my brain affords me, I've figured out two things:

1) If I download a file from Regina (70 Miles from me) I get normal download speed.

2) If I download a file from anywhere further than that, I get like 1/8th speed.

3) That means that the bloody IP/server: 64.230.231.141 is screwing things up for me.

4) It's not Steam, it's the path in which information travels from my computer to the server that I'm playing.

5) When I was still getting 110 ping on TV I an hour ago, it was bypassing the bottleneck server/IP and/or using a different path.

6) Deduction is FUN STUFF OMG!1

How do I get rid of that server in my path?

Shovel me Silly · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 5:19 pm Post subject:

I am now unable to connect to the ville 4. It says that the server could not validate me or something like that. I tried getting onto theville 1 and it worked. Steam is acting weird for Fluffy and another one of my friends. I think I'll just hang it up for awhile. (the day)

Ten · Registered User Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 636

Yea good plan. I'm gonna play some Super Punch-Out... Nick Bruiser is nothin' but a bitch.

Azrael · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 5:29 pm Post subject:

well, I think the only real big thing you can do is call your ISP and tell them about that bad hop. Yes, you deduced correctly that that particular ip is what's hosing you down. Give them a call and let them know it's bad, then see what they can do about it.
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Ten · Registered User Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Posts: 636

Okay, thanks Azrael and everyone else. I'll keep checking it over the next few days and see if it remains to be a peice of crap.

Stevo · Posted: Sat Mar 27, 2004 6:38 pm Post subject:

Do you have cable?
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