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Telkom 384k
400-800ms with two playing
US Bloodscalp
Webafrica Unshaped/ Nexus IS Semi Shaped = KUK, Cybersmart=Lag
 
4mbit Unshaped (vanilla.co.za) - SAIX
250-400ms depending on zone
Kazzak EU
 
1) wireless to my mate across the river
2) 350ms
3) scarshield legion
 
Soz a bit off topic but does anyone have a linky for the registry hack (lag fix)?
 
Soz a bit off topic but does anyone have a linky for the registry hack (lag fix)?

1 - TcpAckFrequency - NOTE if you are running Windows Vista this setting may not have any effect - a hotfix is needed which i'm tracking down (can anyone point me the right way?). This works fine under Windows XP

Type "regedit" in windows "run.." dialog to bring up registry menu

Then find:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\

There will be multiple NIC interfaces listed in there, find the one you use to connect to the internet, there will be several interfaces listed (they have long names like {7DBA6DCA-FFE8-4002-A28F-4D2B57AE8383}. Click each one, the right one will have lots of settings in it and you will see your machines IP address listed there somewhere. Right-click in the right hand pane and add a new DWORD value, name it TcpAckFrequency, then right click the entry and click Modify and assign a value of 1.

you can change it back to 2 (default) at a later stage if it affects your other TCP application performance. it tells windows how many TCP packets to wait before sending ACK. if the value is 1, windows will send ACK every time it receives a TCP package.

2 - TCPNoDelay
This one is pretty simple

info here: Microsoft Corporation

Type "regedit" in windows "run.." dialog to bring up registry menu

Then find:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSMQ\Paramet ers

Right-click in the right hand pane and add a new DWORD value, name it TCPNoDelay, then right click the entry and click Modify and assign a value of 1.

[EDIT] Some people it seems don't have a MSMQ entry in their registry. You will need to add it, to do this the simplest way is to copy/paste the below code into a empty text file, and save it as a .reg file (just call it msmq.reg). Once done right click the file and select MERGE and click yes to the box that follows.

******snip below******

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSMQ]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSMQ\Paramet ers]
"TCPNoDelay"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSMQ\Paramet ers\OCMsetup]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSMQ\Paramet ers\Security]
"SecureDSCommunication"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSMQ\Paramet ers\setup]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSMQ\Setup]

******snip above******

Click Ok and close the registry editor, then reboot your PC.
 
Is any of you guys experiancing huge lag spikes latley? My latnacy is normal but I get these dam lag spikes of 4 - 6 sec like almost every 30sec. Some days its fine and others its like the whole day.
 
Is any of you guys experiancing huge lag spikes latley? My latnacy is normal but I get these dam lag spikes of 4 - 6 sec like almost every 30sec. Some days its fine and others its like the whole day.

Havent had any problems :p

Well, scratch that, when I make telephone calls my ADSL cuts...(cba to wait 3hrs on the fone to Telkom) So i'm holding the phone hostage :D
 
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