rec.autos.simulators

by **Christian Girou** » Wed, 25 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Open a DOS window, then type : ping xxx.xx.xxx.xxx.
Where the x's are the IP adress you want to ping (make one space between
ping and the first number). Then if you want to see if there are some bad
routers type tracert instead of ping.

Regards,

C.Giroux.

Colin Harris a crit dans le message

by **Colin Harri** » Thu, 26 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Could someone tell me how to check my ping rate before starting up a
particular game online?

Thanks

Bom

by **Matt Miragli** » Thu, 26 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Get yourself a copy of "PingPlotter" and it will do it all for ya.....
Type "pingplotter" in a yahoo search for site. Sorry I don't have the
address but I do have a registered copy :o)
Matt

> Could someone tell me how to check my ping rate before starting up a
> particular game online?

> Thanks

> Bom

by **Jason Mond** » Thu, 26 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Hi Colin,

I presume you want to check your ping to a potential host? Try this...

1. Open START | PROGRAMS | MS-DOS BOX
2. Type: ping -n 10 204.50.1.1 then press ENTER

The IP address 204.50.1.1 should be changed for the actual IP you want
to check.

Use the MIN/MAX/AVERAGE values to grade the ping as good or bad.

Jason.

> Could someone tell me how to check my ping rate before starting up a
> particular game online?

> Thanks

> Bom

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"My other car is a Ferrari"
http://members.home.net/gpl.mondsj/gpl - For my combined gas/brake
setups
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by **Colin Harri** » Thu, 26 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Well, I followed all of your advice,but I think the problem lies with some
abortive information I got re the 'network' function in Control Panel -
well, maybe it is, anyway.
What, exactly do I need in there? At the moment I have DialUp Adaptor,
TCP/IP and Microsoft Famliy LogIn. I also have in the drop down box below
'Windows Login'.
As a result, my warping is ***y awful, and before I tinkered a few days
ago all was well. Could somebody explain some of this?

Thanks,

Colin

> Hi Colin,

> I presume you want to check your ping to a potential host? Try this...

> 1. Open START | PROGRAMS | MS-DOS BOX
> 2. Type: ping -n 10 204.50.1.1 then press ENTER

> The IP address 204.50.1.1 should be changed for the actual IP you want
> to check.

> Use the MIN/MAX/AVERAGE values to grade the ping as good or bad.

> Jason.

> > Could someone tell me how to check my ping rate before starting up a
> > particular game online?

> > Thanks

> > Bom

> --------
> Jason Monds
> "My other car is a Ferrari"
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> setups
> (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)

by **Jason Mond** » Thu, 26 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Ack! The dreaded tinker ;-D

Could you tell us what you tinkered with? It could be that you choose a bad
host that day for GPL. Is there a friend using the same ISP and in the same
city that you could "test" with? The latencies should be the best in that
situation.

In GPL, you can exit chat, press ALT-L then enter chat to get your current
latency and quality.

Latency - The lower the better. Hopefully around 0.350 or less.
Quality - Closer to 1.0 the better. Its the ratio between packets
expected and packet received.

If your latency and quality are good, it could be the other drivers are really
bad.

Jason.

> What, exactly do I need in there? At the moment I have DialUp Adaptor,
> TCP/IP and Microsoft Famliy LogIn. I also have in the drop down box below
> 'Windows Login'.
> As a result, my warping is ***y awful, and before I tinkered a few days
> ago all was well. Could somebody explain some of this?

> Thanks,

> Colin

> > Hi Colin,

> > I presume you want to check your ping to a potential host? Try this...

> > 1. Open START | PROGRAMS | MS-DOS BOX
> > 2. Type: ping -n 10 204.50.1.1 then press ENTER

> > The IP address 204.50.1.1 should be changed for the actual IP you want
> > to check.

> > Use the MIN/MAX/AVERAGE values to grade the ping as good or bad.

> > Jason.

> > > Could someone tell me how to check my ping rate before starting up a
> > > particular game online?

> > > Thanks

> > > Bom

> > --------
> > Jason Monds
> > "My other car is a Ferrari"
> > http://www.racesimcentral.net/
> > setups
> > (Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)

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"My other car is a Ferrari"
http://www.racesimcentral.net/
(Please remove 'no extra spork' when replying)