Quote: Originally Posted by
ProjectPat 
was normal yesterday.
now its EXTREAMLY HIGH
about 850-900
somethings stamping on your intranets..I dont know your level of computer know how. so ill explain..
when you connect to games server you dont get a direct connection, you go allover the place first (normally the fastest route as per your ISP's routing tables), so somewhere in all that mess there is a line problem or something is hogging the bandwidth.
How the server affects your ping is a myth (unless its really overloaded) is really not true.. your ping is decided between you and the end host and all the crap in between
same goes for tracert.. the server in the real world is less that 75 miles away from me, how ever, if I do a visual traceroute it appears to be over 200 miles away just because of all the crap that I am routed thro.
there is really no easy way or explaining pings and tracert without going all nerdy