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**Mindf!3ldzX** · 10-01-2010, 09:47 AM

I haven't had a use for a firewall in a long time, but I still recommend Tiny Pesonal Firewall, Download Tiny Personal Firewall - Old Version.com

I do know,that if your connection hiccups hard enough and your using a high amount of FPS,once the first good hiccup occurs, the Quake client *can_not* get back on track without lowering your FPS,even if only temporarily for a moment.

**lennox** · 10-01-2010, 10:10 AM

I'd recommend finding an old copy of conseal pc firewall, and you cant ban someone from your ip, they can still flood you no matter what, your still going to recieve the data, blocked or not, it'll still eat up banwidth

**Magnus** · 10-01-2010, 10:18 AM

I said it before, and even warned the admins on this site...

If you ever connected to kimp's server splintertown, kimp has your IP.

Your best bet is to get a new IP if you can.
CHeck this site: What's My IP Address? Networking Tools & More
Try rebooting your router to see if it gives you a new IP. If it doesn't, you may need to change the MAC address of whatevers serving IP's from your router, or your PC's MAC.

So, on that note, who is your provider?

**Mindf!3ldzX** · 10-01-2010, 10:20 AM

Signal9 indeed had the best firewall,but it was also a pain in the ass,and was bought out as well. Funny how good quality products get bought out by lesser gigantic corporations,like Symantec and Mcafee.

o_O

**Baker** · 10-01-2010, 10:40 AM

I had a persistent bad ping spike issue a couple of months ago.

I solved it by turning off wireless capability in my router when playing Quake and just using the ethernet connection. I never got a ping spike issue again.

Which seemed a bit strange to me, I never had the issue during the day and my wireless is semi-secured.

It appears that I guess roaming laptops or other devices might have been "bothering" my wireless router here and there and my ping would jump a bit periodically which was highly annoying to deal with. And it happened without exception at night (maybe more people using laptops or wireless network supporting phones or other wireless supporting devices?)

**Disco** · 10-01-2010, 10:46 AM

There are a couple of things you should probably look into to get to the bottom of this.

Your problems can be a number of things including:

1) Hardware/Software problems, possible firmware upgrade for router
2) Someone on your network is downloading a lot of data (youtube, streaming, etc) at the time you are spiking.
3) Your Wireless router may be set to open and someone is jacking into it and downloading shit all the time which goes back to #2.
4) You can have a bad hop (router/switch) between you and the destination server.
5) You are being attacked/ping flooded.

1) determine if the problem is originating from your location or if there is a bad hop near you that all of your outbound traffic has to run through.

Open DOS by typing CMD in the run box and hit enter. Type in: Tracert "Speaknow.Quakeone.com"

It should list your ping to every hop on the way to that server. You should try this at different servers too. Your pings should start at 0ish and rise steadily to each hop. If you see a big increase between hops or your hitting 3 digit pings then your problem could be happening there. You have to monitor this over a few days to make sure its not a fluke. Especially at the times you are spiking.

For Example mine has 7 hops ( 7 devices my traffic has to go through before hitting speaknow.) Mine rise steadily from 2MS on my home router to 41 MS on the last hop. That is normal and no issues.

If your Ping is spiking on the 1st hop then the problem is coming from your location and can either be Hardware/software or being ping flooded at that time. It could also be someone on your network is downloading tons of data.

If you think you are being ping flooded then you can do a few things. First connect to your wireless/wired router and make sure the firewall is turned on and set to detect packet flooding. SYN/UDP/ICMP.

Download wireshark from Wireshark Go deep.. It might be a little confusing but you can use this tool to find out any traffic hitting your network and the IPs behind it. Your Router may also have detailed firewall information that can tell you whos hitting you.

Sorry there isnt an easy fix for this but these will help you narrow it down. Good luck Tal.

**ninjamonkeyz** · 10-01-2010, 12:38 PM

if you have a firewall test it at security audit site like PC Flank: Make sure you're protected on all sides., to make sure it is set up properly, there are a few others but this one is the best that i have found. Also netstat with extra commands in dos will tell you who is connected to you and what port if im not mistaken.

**Phenom** · 10-01-2010, 02:06 PM

Walk next door and throw a brick in your neighbor's window with a note that says "don't leech my bandwidth or I eat your face."

watch ping drop.

Brutal.

**foq** · 10-01-2010, 03:48 PM

Originally posted by Baker View Post

I had a persistent bad ping spike issue a couple of months ago.

I solved it by turning off wireless capability in my router when playing Quake and just using the ethernet connection. I never got a ping spike issue again.

Which seemed a bit strange to me, I never had the issue during the day and my wireless is semi-secured.

It appears that I guess roaming laptops or other devices might have been "bothering" my wireless router here and there and my ping would jump a bit periodically which was highly annoying to deal with. And it happened without exception at night (maybe more people using laptops or wireless network supporting phones or other wireless supporting devices?)

You don't have to turn it off. Some steps you can take to secure your wireless network:

1. Turn SSID broadcasting off. This way, your wireless network won't even appear on the list of networks when you go to connect. You'll have to manually connect to it by going to the properties of your wireless NIC in Network Connections and setting it up there.

2. Enable MAC address filtering. Nobody will be able to connect to your network unless you put their MAC address in your router's whitelist of allowed MAC addresses. You can find your computer's MAC by opening up the command prompt and typing "getmac", or by doing ipconfig -all.

3. Make sure you have a good password on your router's network (also your router administrative password). WEP is generic and can be cracked by anyone who would be interested. TKIP (WPA-PSK) has also been cracked, IIRC. You want to use AES (WPA2-PSK). This too has been cracked, however, it's a cloud computing service where you pay these people to assault the router with a dictionary attack, so if you have a strong password, that can't hurt you.

4. Disable DHCP. Your router will no longer be handing out IP addresses automatically. You'll have to manually configure the network IP of each computer on the network to be able to get in.

**Spirit** · 10-01-2010, 04:45 PM

If you know who is responsible, you can make an abuse complaint with his ISP. DoS is something serious and they should respond accordingly.

**Mindf!3ldzX** · 10-01-2010, 05:20 PM

tons of possible fix-responses, and no updates. Pack it up tech team

**Disco** · 10-01-2010, 08:02 PM

Hey FoQ thats how i have mine.

WPA-PSK2
Broadcast Hidden
Long, long password, as long as my......... Well its long.
DHCP off Everyone has a static address.

**javimars** · 10-06-2010, 09:03 AM

ramp... go to speedtest.net and run the test. see what your ping is liek there and what kind of bandwidth you have. if it all seems normal and you still get high ping, goto cmd and type 'arp -a' that will list all of outside ip trying to get in. also if your ping were to be constant 500ms+ in quake and you have normal internet browsing speed then its like disco said, you have shit routing to what ever quake server you are trying to connect too. if you have any issues don't hesitate to call me.

**Disco** · 10-06-2010, 12:17 PM

Hey JAvi!

Dont hesitate to PM me every once in a while

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