GPRS / 3G pings

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wamatt

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I get about 700ms on GPRS with vodacom to SA servers (uunet/is etc). Seems rather high?

Also anyone know how to go about getting a real IP and not a VPN one (10.x.x.x)? (a traceroute from my phone show 1 hop ;)
 
Its wireless what do you expect, you think vodacom is going to have better pings than the likes of sentech or iburst?
 
Well yes I did expect better.

The physics of wireless support sub 10ms pings. Its the implementation and protocols that are letting us down.

Pings on my Wifi router at home give me 2-5ms on average.
 
mmm... I seem to get 360 to 410ms local and 750 to 900ms international
 
wamatt said:
I get about 700ms on GPRS with vodacom to SA servers (uunet/is etc). Seems rather high?

Also anyone know how to go about getting a real IP and not a VPN one (10.x.x.x)? (a traceroute from my phone show 1 hop ;)
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You need to move over to the internetvpn to get a 'real' IP. Give the 155 guys a shout and they provision you. Tell them you need to use a VPN client on your system ;)
 
vodacom3g said:
You need to move over to the internetvpn to get a 'real' IP. Give the 155 guys a shout and they provision you. Tell them you need to use a VPN client on your system ;)
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Just remember that when you do this - you need to firewall your connection yourself. Otherwise you might find your cap chowed away by people trying to hack you or by some id10t in Russia running a continuos ping to your IP address. My feelings are that you should only use the internetvpn APN *only when you have to*, otherwise stick with the normal one!
 
How do i lower my pings to play games online, or atleast get a constant ping?
 
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