alternate ping path

[holaqtal]

Is there a way to modify the path that my ping command takes? What I'm trying to do is start an audio conference using Microsoft Portrait without getting such high delays. When I do tracert (final user's ID) I see that my datagrams are going from Madrid to london, to france,then back to Madrid and then to the final destination.
How can I modify the route so I get a better communication?
Oddly enough I can hear the user at the other end in real time, but when it's me who talks he hears me with a 10 second delay. So I'm guessing it could be a problem in my network config.
By the way, I have DSL and a SMC router.
Help is appreciated.

 

[pansophic]

Have you had him do a traceroute? It may be that he is able to take a shorter route to you, than you to him. In some cases, you can specify a loose source route for his network, but source routing is supported less and less now because of its use to capture traffic that was destined for another network.


pansophic