HL servers

[joker_927]

Everysingle DOD server that I join has 100+ pings. My ping is about 140 and then jumps to over 250 sometimes. This is the only time I have ever seen this. Every server, every person. One of my favorite servers (which I normally get 25 ping) had 5 people in it and each of us had about 110 ping.

Is there some HUGE internet slowdown or something?

[The Terk]

Originally posted by joker_927 Is there some HUGE internet slowdown or something?

it could be that your isp/broadband provider is doing some upgrading/fixing to lines around your area, running different background applications (that might be updating), or if you are on a network some computers are taking up more bandwidth than usual... i would call your provider first, cuz that would be the easiest way to solve the problem

[joker_927]

How would it be that every single person in a server all hve 100+ pings. We don't all have the same provider.

My friend who has cable with comcast is experiencing the exact same thing.

[Mike]

Well it must be the game then. Or the server software that is doing it. I'm sure you shouldn't have to wait very long before it's fixed.

(Well I would hope you didn't have to wait very long).

[joker_927]

Okay, it has been 3 days since then.

I have narrowed the high pings down to ONLY hl. If I play BattlefIeld 1942 I get anywhere from 25-100 ping. 100 ping isn't too high in BF because it requires a lot of bandwidth.

150 in HL is plain ridiculous. I have no clue what could be causing this. it has to be a program error of some sort.

A full reinstallation of HL is the only answer I can possibly think of.