Nostar&#039;s explanation is right on point, I for some reason take extra HOP&#039;s to the Chicago server which increased ping and ultimately lag. I&#039;m glad to see the expansion. However to the other server in the same city my the route my packets take are different (less HOP&#039;s) and I don&#039;t ping bad. <br /><br />When I get time to talk to whoever I&#039;m guessing Ladna I can get ChaosCore running some IDL servers too.<br /><br />(Quadcore 4 gigs of RAM gig link to the core, 10gig at core to internet2 priority traffic)(funny I just got off the phone with cogent sales manager 8)<br /><br />With more servers we can avoid and or have a better chance at avoiding ping,lag , and connection issues. <br /><br />P.S.<br />One way to try to correct a bad route is to disconnect totally from the server, wait a lil bit. Then reconnect, you would have to close IDE totally to fully disconnect your client. Hopefully when you relaunch IDE it will take a more logical route but this is only a chance basis. 