Ridiculously high ping problems

Carthage

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Ridiculously high ping problems(probable cause found)

Speedtest.net(100~ miles), team fortress 2, and warcraft III are all getting ridiculously high pings, 3000+ ms. Sometimes it goes way down to what it should be at like 30~ ms but I have no idea what's happening. It happens with wireless and wired connections to my network.

On speedtest I get similar upload/download speeds compared to other non-windows 7 PCs on my network, just a really high ping. Believe it has to rest with the operating system, because I wasn't having this problem with XP.

Hardware:
I use a dell XPS 1530 laptop. It has a 8600M GT nvidia card, intel core 2 duo 2.16 Ghz processor, dell wireless 1395 mini card etc.

Drivers:
I've installed a windows vista nvidia driver, and a windows update wireless card driver. Everything else is what came with the 7100 release candidate.

Network:
The network uses WPA2-Personal security, has several computers and 2 file servers connected to it(all with fine working internet), with a DIR-165 wireless N router.

Attempted:
-Disabling auto tuning on the command line(It might reduced the severity of the spikes, but they still make online games unplayable)
-Disabling windows media player in the services
-Using a vista wireless card driver
-Using a windows 7 nvidia driver
-Using only hardwired and disabling checksum offload in configuration
-Reinstalling windows 7(the problem exists in the base state of the OS, and after downloading windows updates, and after trying fixes)

The problem persists
 
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My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell XPS M1530
OS
Windows 7 RC 7100
CPU
Intel Core 2 duo 2.16 GHz T5850
Memory
3 GB DDR2
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia 8600M GT
Hi Carthage and welcome to Seven Forums.

This may be a long shot but have you tried disabling TCP/IP v6 ?

I see many people here have problems with bandwidth and high ping in games, makes me wonder if there really is something wrong with Windows 7 regarding networking/internet ...:confused:
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custom built
OS
Windows 7 Home Basic 64bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo 6420 (2.13 Ghz)
Motherboard
Asus P5B-E Plus
Memory
2x1 GB Kingston KVR DDR2 800Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
Saphire ATI HD4870 512MB
Sound Card
Creative Audigy 4 PCI
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster T220
Screen Resolution
1680x1050
Hard Drives
WD 320GB (Sata2)
Maxtor 250GB (ATA133)
Maxtor 80GB (ATA133)
PSU
Coolermaster Silent Pro 700Watt
Case
Chieftec midi tower case
Cooling
stock cpu cooler/fan
Keyboard
Logitech UltraX Premium Keyboard (usb 2.0)
Mouse
Logitech MX518 gaming grade optical mouse 1800dpi(usb2.0)
Ok, I think I've found the problem.

My sister has a macbook pro, when it is connected wirelessly to the network, I get horrible pings. When it isn't, I get normal pings.

Any idea as to what network compatibility problem might be occurring, or how to figure it out?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell XPS M1530
OS
Windows 7 RC 7100
CPU
Intel Core 2 duo 2.16 GHz T5850
Memory
3 GB DDR2
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia 8600M GT
Update #2:

Problem is with Airport(The mac wireless program thingy). Temporary solution of having the mac connected through a wire. Anyone encounter this problem before?

Edit:Temporary fix did not work. Turning off airport would give me a "normal" ping though, atleast temporarily...more testing is needed.
 
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My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell XPS M1530
OS
Windows 7 RC 7100
CPU
Intel Core 2 duo 2.16 GHz T5850
Memory
3 GB DDR2
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia 8600M GT
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