I copied and pasted this from another website while doing a search for Leatrix Latency fix. The article below contains some very good information. The above download will help
lower your ping rate, and help your computer better receive information
from WGT's servers, and in one piece during game-play.
How To Lower Your Ping
To first lower your ping, your going to have to understand what your ping is.
Ping refers to the network latency between a player's computer, called a
client, and the game server. This is usually measured in milliseconds.
The average ping is in the 100's, anything higher than 200 will make you
lag. Low ping is always better than high ping and allows for smoother
faster game-play.
Think of it this way.
Originally Posted by
Client (your computer)
Hello Server
Originally Posted by
Server
Hi
The time it takes for your message, "Hello Server", to reach the server,
and then the time it takes for the servers reply is your ping. If you
have a bad internet connection your internet may lose a few "packets" of
data on the way and your message will be like this:
Originally Posted by
Client (your computer)
H-llo S-rv-r
Originally Posted by
Server
I don't understand
If you lose packets the server will only register the packets it
receives and will not fill in the blank.
A number of things contribute to high ping.
- Your
distance from the server. For example one of the crossfire servers is
in Canada, I get 200+ ping because I live so far away from it
(Australia)
- Your internet connection. The faster your internet is, the lower your ping will be
- Reliability. If you don't have reliably even internet you will find your ping spiking (going up a lot very fast then back down)
- Bandwidth.
If you are taking up bandwidth by downloading something, watching YouTube or browsing the web your ping will be higher
- Connection. A wireless connection (depending on the strength) can add 40-50 to your ping
- Router. A router will also slow you down and add to your ping.
- Computer. If your computer is running many programs at once or has many processes running this will slow down your ping
- Antivirus. Your antivirus will want to scan all incoming packets which will slow you down so make sure you turn it off