hl1 ping problems

[nerdcorerocks]

alright, i'm totally stumped. i'm hooked up to a home network. we have a few computers on a cable line. when i play half-life online, my ping randomly jumps to like 150-300 sometimes while the computer next to me stays solid at around 50-60. what in gods name could be causing this? it just started roughly a week or two ago. thanks a ton.

 

[AntiAnto]

Spyware?

 

[nerdcorerocks]

nope, i made sure there are no extra programs running on any of the computers here

 

[nerdcorerocks]

i dunno, for someone that knows something about networking we have our cable going into one "gateway" computer. then we have a second ethernet card in that computer running to a switch. then the other computers are connected to the switch. would the slots of the switch have anything to do with it? could the ethernet cord that i'm using possibly be a problem?

 

[Hazar]

that or an improperly configured firewall would be my guess.

 

[nerdcorerocks]

alright, well we have no firewall. just the hardware one inside the router i guess. and i only really play hl. so when i go in games my computer has big high ping spikes, but the computer right next to me stays consistent. this is a recent problem

 

[Stigmata]

Try switching the network connections between the spike-less computer, and the one you play HL on. Then the computer you don't use might end up getting the ping spikes while yours stays consistent. However, I know next to nothing about creating a home network, so you've been warned

 

[XtremesT]

I was having this problem recentely, it turned out (for me) that i just had my internet settings on the wrong type, in steam.i had it set for modem 28.8k. I just changed that to my true settings by going into steam, then going into settings, internet and changing it, and im back down to my normal 40-60 ping range.