Why is my ping in an online game higher when I use cable connection than when I use a dialup connection? I mean the cable connection gives me a download speed more than 10 times faster than dialup connection, so shouldn't it have a lower ping instead?

Hi it can depend on the service provider some isp's can traffic shape games so your pings game data speeds increase over time so you lag. Are you comparing different isps? if so then they may route the ping through a different network, (possible if they are different isps.) so one may be taking a longer route

So the isp of my cable connection is the only possible problem?(yes they are different isps)

hi have a look at the number of hops each isp takes to get there http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathping there may be a big difference between each isp connection path to the game server. Pings vary during the day as load on servers affect internet traffic for example before 12 am i can connect easily to USA game servers , however once USA wakes up in the morning the networks get crowded and my link lags simply due to the volume of traffic between my isp and the USA connection btw even tho im closer to Europe that can be worse sometimes even the UK sites are have hi pings .

Okay, I found the place to perform an online pathping test for the game, it asks for domain name or host ip address(website), how should I know that of the game?(you can tell me if I really haven't a clue what I'm doing)

hi the ip address is sometime given in the game eg Unreal tournament /cod4 servers give out their ip addresses , you can test pathping using any ip, eg google open a command prompt , start/run type cmd in the box type ping www.google.com one of googles server ip is shown above btw dont go ping silly once is enough :) you may find they swap about abit some server farms tend to circulate the games. & what game ?

Okay, now I know how to get an ip address of a website, but how to get that of a game? The game is Counterstrike 2d (obvious since it works with dialup)...