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Flowernose 20 AGO 2014 a las 3:33 a. m.

Whats ping?

High ping is bad and low ping is good this i know
Is the farther away from someone the amount of ping you have?
Like if i was playing with mr.Example name who lived in example city that was 10 states away me and mr.Example name would have more ping then if mr.Example name lived in my city or the city next to mine

Última edición por Flowernose; 20 AGO 2014 a las 3:35 a. m.

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RalphRoberts 20 AGO 2014 a las 3:34 a. m.

Ping is how long it takes a signal to get to the server/other person, and back.

kinda like sonar. :)

$W1TCHBLVD3$ CXCVIN3 20 AGO 2014 a las 3:42 a. m.

The Ping diference is depended on how far does your PC is situated from the place where the signal spreads...

Artinemi. 20 AGO 2014 a las 4:24 a. m.

'A utility to determine whether a specific IP address is accessible. It works by sending a packet to the specified address and waiting for a reply. PING is used primarily to troubleshoot Internet connections. There are many freeware and sharewarePing utilities available for personal computers.'
Source: http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/P/PING.html

Kargor 20 AGO 2014 a las 4:29 a. m.

Note that the roundtrip time (aka 'ping') doesn't always correspond to physical distance. Depending on how the ISPs and local sites are connected, you might have a great connection to the other end of the country, but a horrible connection to your neighbor.

RockerKing22 20 AGO 2014 a las 4:30 a. m.

piha

 KARR™ 20 AGO 2014 a las 4:43 a. m.

As everyone said.

Another way of looking at it is if you think of a journey to a shop.

Obviously you want your journey to be as quick as possible (your ping to be low)
You set off and to get to the shop you have to go through several areas, any of which may be busy and slow you down, or they may be empty and you can just walk through.

Ping is the same. When you ping someone, you have to go through several hops, you may be trying to get to the person next door, but the connection may actually leave your house, go to your internet provider in another town, be routed through a few internet centres and then to your neighbour. If any of those bits you need to go through are busy, your ping time will increase.

IDEALLY... yes, if someone is far away, the ping is higher - this is why people say always connect to game servers close to home. But, other factors may increase your ping.

Ping isn't however saying how good your connection is, just how quickly things get from A to B. You may also get packet loss, this is where parts of the transmission are lost. This normally shows in applications like skype as stuttering and temporary loss of sound.

Última edición por  KARR™; 20 AGO 2014 a las 4:44 a. m.