Slow ping times

[jmnew51]

Hello all,
I been trying to optimize my network settings, because sometimes my connection is a little slow. Well haven't gotten anywhere with it really.
Just wondering: When I use the ping utility from the command prompt I get times ranging anywhere from 25 to 125 ms pinging various sites. This seems a bit slow. If i ping my router I consistently get 10ms. If my memory serves me correctly I used to get 1ms pinging my router and 10 to 25 ms pinging www sites.
I have cable internet and standard ethernet running cat 5 cable.
Just wondering what could be wrong.
Thanx
Jim

[cHiNgY1788]

make sure there are no kinks in the cable, when the cable is bent into s small circle or knot, btw how long is the cable?

[jmnew51]

My coax cable is coming from the attic. It's not too long 20' maybe. It does have multiple splitters going to a couple of tv's though. I'll check for kinks in that. My cat 5 cable is maybe 6' for the one puter and maybe 20' to the other puter. I seem to get slower than usual data tranfers between the two pc's, but not consistently slow. But anyway could the splitters be ccausing a bottleneck?
Thanx
Jim

[jdunn]

Just a note: It probably takes longer to ping a www site because it's farther away and perhaps more traffice on the network as compared to your house.

Coax is rated 10 to 100Mbps while Cat 5 is rated 10 to 500Mbps.

You mentioned "splitters" Well...they split signals. Install a switch between the devices.