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[Afro Thunder]

I've a wireless broadband connection. I want to buy a Revolution but I can't play Mame/Kawaks on Kaillera due to high ping. I'm not a techie, so can someone here explain to me how play with high ping from wireless internet. Will Revolution support this limitation of wireless conections?
Thanks.

 

[blahness]

I've a wireless broadband connection. I want to buy a Revolution but I can't play Mame/Kawaks on Kaillera due to high ping. I'm not a techie, so can someone here explain to me how play with high ping from wireless internet. Will Revolution support this limitation of wireless conections?
Thanks.

if your wireless network is setup correctly and your computer is in range you should have low pings to your wireless router. as far as internet traffic/gaming over the internet traffic goes if you are in range and have a good wireless connection it should be no different than having a hard wired connection. on the other hand once the data leaves your wireless router you may have higher ping times to the destination depending on many different factors.

 

[btrboyev]

I think he means his internet connection is wireless based not just his home network.

 

[Afro Thunder]

I think he means his internet connection is wireless based not just his home network.

You're right. My connection is wireless based. I'm facing some high pings that makes impossible online play on Kaillera. I think that I won't play online Revolution. I need help to make things clear.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

I imagine it would depend on the titles. I remember a quote (from Iwata I think) about how Animal Crossing would be a good online experience because poor latency wouldn't affect things like communication and item trading. Direcway user here, so I'm looking forward to latency-friendly games, too. Wars please.

 

[trilobyte]

I haven't read up on wireless connections to an ISP, but don't you need a seperate line for upload?

Sat. connects have fast download, but upload would have to be handled by a phone line which would cause your high pings

at least it used to be that way....i think....

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

I haven't read up on wireless connections to an ISP, but don't you need a seperate line for upload?

Sat. connects have fast download, but upload would have to be handled by a phone line which would cause your high pings

at least it used to be that way....i think....

Not necessary anymore. In fact, though, using the phone line would decrease latency.

To copy a bit from a FAQ:

Q: What is transmission latency?
A: Latency refers to the time it takes data to travel across a network. A satellite network has greater latency due to the time it takes for the signal to travel to and from the satellite. This creates about a half a second delay to the overall response time between your computer and a host site or Web server. For most Internet activities like checking email, chating, downloading files, and web surfing, satellite service performs very well. Internet activiites applications such as VPN, Voice over IP, or real-time multiplayer gaming are negatively impacted by latency and do not work well over satellite.

If I want something, it sends the signal to the satellite, which then sends a signal to their network operations center, which then gets whatever through regular wired lines, which then gets sent back up to the satellite, which then gets sent back to me. Which adds up.


Here's something I just did in command.com

Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.

C:\DOCUME~1\JOSHUA~1>ping ga-forum.com

Pinging ga-forum.com [209.59.175.58] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 209.59.175.58: bytes=32 time=905ms TTL=49
Reply from 209.59.175.58: bytes=32 time=1358ms TTL=49
Reply from 209.59.175.58: bytes=32 time=687ms TTL=49
Reply from 209.59.175.58: bytes=32 time=1146ms TTL=49

Ping statistics for 209.59.175.58:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 687ms, Maximum = 1358ms, Average = 1024ms

 

[turok4n64]

there better be a way to do line based internet...wireless is cool...but...the latency issue is a major problem

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

there better be a way to do line based internet...wireless is cool...but...the latency issue is a major problem

Is that really a problem? I ping my wireless router and it's telling me 1 millisecond or less.

 

[Flo_Evans]

some of you are confused.. the high ping is not from the wireless in your house, its from the wireless ISP (satalite/microwave).

here is my ping with my 802.11b wireless net with a DSL connection

Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Flo_Evans>ping www.google.com

Pinging www.l.google.com [64.233.167.147] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 64.233.167.147: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.233.167.147: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.233.167.147: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.233.167.147: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=242

Ping statistics for 64.233.167.147:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 32ms, Maximum =  33ms, Average =  32ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Flo_Evans>

 

[Oracle Dragon]

Hmm Microwave shouldn't suffer from latency; anything that’s line of sight should be very fast. If your satellite based though, yeah, you’re not playing any multiplayer games that are more intensive than "Hearts".