Incredibly High Ping

Hi, I just bought a brand new sony laptop with windows 7.

- My ping (to a certain ventrilo server) should be in the 30-40 range.
- It is currently 800+


I went to cmd and pinged google.com and other sites 20 + times, and the majority of the results were 700+ms. This is NOT normal, and I believe it is being caused by windows 7.

My download speeds are terrible as well.


- I have read everything thread I could find on this, and I have tried many things posted on this forum to fix it. I tried something in regedit and another command in the command prompt. Both fixed it temporarily, but the problem came back shortly after.

I am once again pinging abnormally high, and I do not know what to do.

Any help is appreciated

have yo got ipv6 enabled? how far away from modem/router are you i agree the ping is high but we need a little more info please

I am currently hooked up to my router, and I am right next to it.

Gah this is frustrating. The laptop is amazing, but I can't exactly do anything with 1000 ping. Ugh.

what throughput in mbs are you getting?

What does that mean?

Ok. I just like, played around in network settings (dont even know what the heck I did), and my ping is normal right now. I really don't get this problem.

Since I'm considering going back to XP, I'll ask an unrelated questino to my internet issue. I made a recovery disk when I got the computer--> If I reformatted and put XP on, and I ever wanted to go back to Windows 7, can I use that disc to install?

the speed of your connection that you are actually getting click on the internet bars on the taskbar near the clock on the info box right click on your internet connection click on status and tell us your speed in mbs

100mbps.

dappolo said:

Ok. I just like, played around in network settings (dont even know what the heck I did), and my ping is normal right now. I really don't get this problem.

Since I'm considering going back to XP, I'll ask an unrelated questino to my internet issue. I made a recovery disk when I got the computer--> If I reformatted and put XP on, and I ever wanted to go back to Windows 7, can I use that disc to install?

i personally would stay with seven , xp will no longer be supported by ms come july this year ,its a new system for you , you will learn to love it
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