Need help with my DSL connection.

[Namence]

I play on this server catskills.owo.com for ultima online. My friend and I are on the same SNET DSL network in Connecticut...and we live not even a half mile apart. My problem is that i ping 100+ to the server, when he still pings 30ms. Heres a traceroute of mine from a few nights ago:

Host Name IP Address Hop Ping Time Ping Avg % Loss Pkts r/s Ping best/worst
* Unknown Host * 0.0.0.0 1 0ms
* Unknown Host * 204.60.203.130 2 20ms 24ms 0% 668 / 668 10ms / 270ms
fe1-1-0.ded1.mrdnct.cust.snet.net 204.60.244.1 3 20ms 33ms 0% 668 / 668 10ms / 480ms
* Unknown Host * 204.60.243.50 4 30ms 26ms 0% 668 / 668 10ms / 351ms
nycmny2wcx1-atm.wcg.net 64.200.86.41 5 70ms 71ms 0% 668 / 668 60ms / 281ms
nycmny2wcx2-oc12.wcg.net 64.200.87.57 6 70ms 72ms 0% 668 / 668 60ms / 291ms
hrndva1wcx2-oc48.wcg.net 64.200.240.46 7 70ms 71ms 0% 668 / 668 60ms / 230ms
mae-east-atm-oc12.above.net 198.32.187.18 8 120ms 132ms 6% 625 / 668 120ms / 331ms
core4-core1-oc48.iad1.above.net 208.185.0.138 9 131ms 131ms 6% 621 / 667 110ms / 521ms
core1-iad1-oc48.iad2.above.net 209.249.0.214 10 130ms 132ms 7% 619 / 667 110ms / 321
msmain1-core1-oc48.iad2.above.net 209.249.0.57 11 130ms 131ms 6% 625 / 667 110ms / 330ms
Gig6-0.core2.abn-iad.ea.com 64.124.128.93 12 140ms 131ms 7% 620 / 667 110ms / 290ms
fert01.abn-iad.ea.com 159.153.224.3 13 140ms 130ms 6% 625 / 667 100ms / 241ms
* Unknown Host * 159.153.226.19 14 131ms 130ms 5% 628 / 667 110ms / 340ms

Here is one of his traceroutes:

Host Name IP Address Hop Ping Time Ping Avg % Loss Pkts r/s Ping best/worst
* Unknown Host * 0.0.0.0 1 0ms
* Unknown Host * 204.60.203.114 2 10ms
fe1-1-0.ded1.mrdnct.cust.snet.net204.60.244.1 3 10ms
* Unknown Host * 204.60.243.50 4 20ms
nycmny2wcx1-atm.wcg.net 64.200.86.41 5 20ms
nycmny2wcx2-oc48.wcg.net 64.200.87.61 6 30ms
hrndva1wcx2-oc48.wcg.net 64.200.240.46 7 30ms
mae-east-atm-oc12.above.net 198.32.187.18 8 30ms
core4-core1-oc48.iad1.above.net 208.185.0.138 9 40ms
core1-iad1-oc48.iad2.above.net 209.249.0.214 10 30ms
main1-core1-oc48.iad2.above.net 209.249.0.57 11 30ms
Gig6-0.core2.abn-iad.ea.com 64.124.128.93 12 40ms
fert01.abn-iad.ea.com 159.153.224.3 13 30ms
* Unknown Host * 159.153.226.19 14 30ms

I know the only difference is our 6th hop, but if i disconnect and reconnect i can go through the OC48 too, but i still have the high ping problem. I want to know why he doesnt lag and i do, when we are on the same service and .5 miles away. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[Russ]

Do you have any software on your system that is acting as server side? For example, I was getting some no site found errors, and terrible pings and traces on one of mine, and it turned out to be the Web Filter/Web Security feature of the AV program I was running. Somehow it was interfering with packet transmission.

Russ, NCNE

 

[Namence]

All i have running is AIM and ICQ ;(