Setting an application to different priorities affects my internet connection.

ILERH

Junior Member
Jul 17, 2004
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Ok so it seems like whenever I set a game to low priority I get a regular cable ping (50-80), while if I set my games to run at normal priority I get 800 ping and up in ANY server.

What does setting a application to different priorities have to do with internet connection?
 

AFB

Lifer
Jan 10, 2004
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Running a firewall ?

Also, can you do this in a command prompt and copy/paste the results aftter about 1 minute?

ping google.com -t
 

ILERH

Junior Member
Jul 17, 2004
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Pinging google.com [216.239.39.99] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=242
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Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=41ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=242
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Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=242
Reply from 216.239.39.99: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=242


Nope, don't have a firewall running.