alright. My means of connection to the internet is via wifi connection on a laptop that's roughly 4 or 5 years old. A while back (maybe 3 months ago or more) I noticed that my ping or latency in the online fps I play had increased from its average 67-73 to a relatively large 105-150 (the lower the latency, the better). Now, I know these numbers probably mean almost nothing to you but let me explain how the amount of ping players have goes for this game: First off, the server for this game is around the lower right corner of canada and I live in Virginia in the U.S. so i'm sorta close. Second, as soon as someone's ping gets to be around 150 they start to be noticeably laggy (slightly skipping around, tanking shots, the works).
That having been explained, I hope you understand that my increase in ping is a pretty large jump. Now let me say this. Last weekend I went over to a friends house for a very small lan party (everyone mentioned at this party including the host uses the same internet provider, Shentel). I'm saying this because, while we were all in game, everyone else there was running a normal ping of 70-ish as is usually had by people on this game in my area, but I was clearly running my unusual increased ping.
With all of that said, I have one general question followed by a few specific questions of the same kind; What could have caused my individual increase in ping? (If it was just my internet connection wouldn't my connection to the game have been better at my friend's house where everyone elses' connection seemed fine?) Is it possible for a laptop's wifi capabilities to decrease with age and if so why did mine decrease suddenly? (I run windows 7 and its driver updater thing says that all of my drivers regarding internet connection and my wireless card are up to date.)
For anyone who takes the time to help one in need and read all of this, I thank you very much as I know it's a decent amount to just sit and read. If you have any further questions to ask me that could better your knowledge on the situation or that you need the answer to to solve this problem, please don't hesitate to ask, and again, thanks.
That having been explained, I hope you understand that my increase in ping is a pretty large jump. Now let me say this. Last weekend I went over to a friends house for a very small lan party (everyone mentioned at this party including the host uses the same internet provider, Shentel). I'm saying this because, while we were all in game, everyone else there was running a normal ping of 70-ish as is usually had by people on this game in my area, but I was clearly running my unusual increased ping.
With all of that said, I have one general question followed by a few specific questions of the same kind; What could have caused my individual increase in ping? (If it was just my internet connection wouldn't my connection to the game have been better at my friend's house where everyone elses' connection seemed fine?) Is it possible for a laptop's wifi capabilities to decrease with age and if so why did mine decrease suddenly? (I run windows 7 and its driver updater thing says that all of my drivers regarding internet connection and my wireless card are up to date.)
For anyone who takes the time to help one in need and read all of this, I thank you very much as I know it's a decent amount to just sit and read. If you have any further questions to ask me that could better your knowledge on the situation or that you need the answer to to solve this problem, please don't hesitate to ask, and again, thanks.
