Satelite Internet = Extremely Bad Ping Help

oneteaspoononeteaspoon Join Date: 2005-02-10 Member: 40579Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">bad bad ping</div> hey i have been playing ns on adsl (1.5 get a ping of around 15-40) forawhile now but now im at my parents house and they have satelite.
the satelite is equal to 256k adsl.
My problem is i cant play it because my ping ranges from 1200+
i get a better ping on dial up! I was just wondering what i can do to change this. I need help!
I have typed in "rate 22000" in the console and it hasnt changed anything.

Im desperate to play and this is so agravating!

thanx for your help in advance.

oneteaspoon
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  • AjurianAjurian Join Date: 2003-10-18 Member: 21753Members
    Sorry but sattelite is always going to have a huge ping due to the fact that it has to send a signal into orbit and bounce it back down to earth. Friend of mine used to have a sattelite connection and the lowest ping he ever managed was about 800.
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    Yep. Even at the speed of light it's a 400ms round trip from the ground transmitter, to the satellite bounce, to your dish.

    Satellite is totally unsuitable for gaming, end of story.

    --Scythe--
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  • RebeliRebeli Join Date: 2003-06-09 Member: 17158Members, Constellation
    Depends really what kind of satellite is used, but the high-orbit ones suck badly <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • theclamtheclam Join Date: 2004-08-01 Member: 30290Members
    You get better pings from a 56k modem than from a satellite. You'll probably browse the internet faster, too. The only advantage for a satellite, over 56k, is downloading large files.
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  • oneteaspoononeteaspoon Join Date: 2005-02-10 Member: 40579Members
    Bummer. I was told that by someone else and thought maybe they could be wrong but obviously not.

    Im down here for the next month or two and I NEED TO PLAY NS!!! Well it looks like im going to be taking trips into town at a netcafe just to play. thats an hour drive in too!!!

    thanx for your help guys/
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  • AtraxAtrax Join Date: 2005-01-08 Member: 33710Members
    well,
    here in Germany,
    satelite links are normaly provided with an UPLink via ISDN or modem
    and DOWNLink via satelite.
    If U have phone, maybe U can go online without the satelite-con?
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