Is it the server?

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Originally Posted by VlaAra

I did the tracert thing and 11 pings timed out, the first ping started at 21/24/26 to my ISP and the highest was 221 MS. I don't know how to read it honestly and I can't remember how to post a printscreen thing.

A trace route isn't bad to have either, but I assume you are probably going through the USA to get to Europe. Halfway around the world is a long trip and I would suspect your latency to be fairly high. Also, if satellites are involved, latency can be even higher and packet loss can get bad.

The best test is to do the continuous ping for maybe 50 or 100 pings and see if you get packet loss and what your average latency is around. This should be the command you want to use:

ping login.thehiddenforest.org -t

Once you have enough pings, you can use CTRL+C to escape from the continuous ping.

Then, to copy the ping info, just right click in your command prompt window and select "Mark". Then, select the text you want to copy, and right click again. The second right click automatically copies the selection to your clipboard. Then, you can just paste it in a post here.

One suggestion would be to try one of the servers located in the USA like PEQ (actually they are having host issues atm, so you might not want to use them), or Storm Haven, or EZ Server, or whatever, and see if you have the same issues on those servers. If you have the same issue on all servers you try, then it is most likely a problem with your PC, or your local ISP. There may not be much you can do about local ISP issues, but if it is your PC that is having the problem, you can always try some of the suggestions in the FAQ in my sig.