My ping is around 70 at uk servers and I've decided to get fast path.
Anyone know where my ping should be after fast path has been unlocked?
Thanks
Anyone know where my ping should be after fast path has been unlocked?
Thanks
I've not come across this before.
What kind of connection you on?
What kind of connection you on?
i normally had a ping of 50-60 and with fastpath i get a ping about 30 on uk servers. on german servers, i have a ping of 15-20.
I have a DSL 3000 connection via cable.Airwolf wrote:
I've not come across this before.
What kind of connection you on?
what the hell is fastpath?
Either an ISP or a broadband plan his current ISP provides.jamiet757 wrote:
what the hell is fastpath?
My ping is 9 with fastpath, usually under 20 in all European servers. Just to give you an idea.
Fastpath and Interleaving
Interleaving is forward error correction. Your packet bits are spread in time and interleaved with bits from other packets, so that a noise spike has less chance of causing data loss. This is a design feature, which makes video streaming (a la "video on demand) more robust. Remember that ADSL was originally developed for "cable TV on copper loops" but when that didn't take off it was (is) used for highspeed Internet access. TCP/IP has it's own error correcting facilities and interleaving is not nearly as important. Fast Path disables or greatly reduces the interleaving "spread" of the bits.
Decreased latency (ping times) can improve performance of streaming content and makes browsing snappier. It can also help with FTP and other densely packed file transfer protocols. Low pings are critical for online gaming.
If you changed over, you probably would not see any problems unless your line is marginal. TCP/IP retransmits packets, which are corrupted and unless your line has high packet loss, can handle the occasional noise burst quite nicely. If you have a very noisy line your modem could lose sync, which is not good at all. This is unlikely.
http://www.broadbandreports.com/faq/1238
Interleaving is forward error correction. Your packet bits are spread in time and interleaved with bits from other packets, so that a noise spike has less chance of causing data loss. This is a design feature, which makes video streaming (a la "video on demand) more robust. Remember that ADSL was originally developed for "cable TV on copper loops" but when that didn't take off it was (is) used for highspeed Internet access. TCP/IP has it's own error correcting facilities and interleaving is not nearly as important. Fast Path disables or greatly reduces the interleaving "spread" of the bits.
Decreased latency (ping times) can improve performance of streaming content and makes browsing snappier. It can also help with FTP and other densely packed file transfer protocols. Low pings are critical for online gaming.
If you changed over, you probably would not see any problems unless your line is marginal. TCP/IP retransmits packets, which are corrupted and unless your line has high packet loss, can handle the occasional noise burst quite nicely. If you have a very noisy line your modem could lose sync, which is not good at all. This is unlikely.
http://www.broadbandreports.com/faq/1238