How to lower your ping?

Question

I have got a windows vista and when i play a game online my ping is 300-400. Is there a way to lower my ping. I have wireless internet and i am using a laptop.

Answer 1

Move nearer to the game server.

Answer 2

Use a wired connection.  Especially if you are using encryption for your wireless connection.  Your laptop needs to encrypt and decrypt every packet being sent and received.  This slows things down a bit.  Worth a test anyway.

Answer 3

When you say wireless internet, what do you mean?  Do you mean you have wifi in your house or do you mean that you have a wireless card from sprint/at&t/t-mobile/whoever?  If you are wifi in your house hardwiring can help.  However, if you are wireless over a cellular network, you don't have very many options.  While most companies advertise their internet over cellular is "broadband", when it comes to ping time (latency) they are awful.