What Connection For WOW to EU Servers

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I'm currently using axxess basic. I have a "4mb" line. :erm:

I am currently playing on EU server terenas and my latency ingame is 500ms at best (no addons). I disconnect at every single raid we do and last my raid place as a warlock.

What connection are you using to get a sub 400ms? I'm hoping to at least get 500ms in a 25 man uldaur Raid and or around 400ms in dalaran.

Please, no flaming... i just want to see what ISP out there will allow me to play wow properly without disconnecting in raids.

Funny thing though is.. wow only needs about a const 9kb according as shown by a tool like NetLimiter.

why is it so hard to acheive with a 4mb line and an axxess basic account is is suppose to be using SAT3 optic cable.
 
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You probably have issues on your line. In that case it probably doesnt matter which ISP you use.

1. Check that you have a pots filter on all of your telephone connections in your home. This doesnt cause high latency but causes disconnects.
2. In many townhouse/cluster complexes, the connections are in a hole in the ground. Is this getting flooded and are these connections adequtely protected from possible water contamination ?
3. The quality of the line from local box to the exchange is rubbish. Only Telkom can fix this. You may have to move........
 
Thanks for a quick reply.. I live in a very newish place which is very well maintainted.. i live on a slight hill and the telcom box is just down the road at the park which is also well looked after. I just moved here 5 months ago and i actually did take the quality of the lines in consideration on the move.. but sadly it looks like there is something else.

just for more information i can download big files at 400kb easily irrespective of the time of day.. from international sites or i think it is.
 
Well I run a 384kb/s line with Axxess as well. Apparently prepaid is semi-shaped so during the day my latency is around 400-500ms but after 18:00 at nights it drops down to 240-300ms.

If I were you I'd seriously have the line checked or confirm with Axxess if you are on a unshaped line. You can do a basic check on your line by checking the stats on your router, look for Line Attenuation and SNR specifically. Also make sure that you are indeed connecting at 4mb/s it could be that due to the distance from the exchange its a bit lower and you are suffering with a low quality connection in which case ask Telkom to drop you down a bit in linespeed.

Finally, you could always try something like smoothping or applying the registry hack.
 
mmm with a 4mb line u should be fine for raids at 350ms all the time. Maybe get an unshaped account and try that. or try out those new webafrica free accounts they gaved away trials the other day that is suppose to use the new seacom line :)
 
It really is trail and error. I had axxess for long, was awesome. Then it started to fail horribly. So I switched to imaginet, been happy ever since. On 384k.
 
thanks for the reply guys.

I will try and follow up on line quality and ask axxess to double check my line.

I am using a cable from my pc to my new netgear adsl modem as well which I replaced with my 3 month old sisco router.

Is there any proxy settings I can try aslo? maybe on my router or something like that? because i have not configuration for any specific routing like that
 
hereticangel said:
mmm with a 4mb line u should be fine for raids at 350ms all the time. Maybe get an unshaped account and try that. or try out those new webafrica free accounts they gaved away trials the other day that is suppose to use the new seacom line :)
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Dont post misinformation, the trial accounts are not seacom connections, they are sat3 still, except webafrica are controlling who they peer with.
 
I'm running on Axxess unshaped 626 with a 512 line. Latency around 300 - 500, no disconnects. Happy here :)
 
soltyrei said:
I'm currently using axxess basic. I have a "4mb" line. :erm:

I am currently playing on EU server terenas and my latency ingame is 500ms at best (no addons). I disconnect at every single raid we do and last my raid place as a warlock.

What connection are you using to get a sub 400ms? I'm hoping to at least get 500ms in a 25 man uldaur Raid and or around 400ms in dalaran.

Please, no flaming... i just want to see what ISP out there will allow me to play wow properly without disconnecting in raids.

Funny thing though is.. wow only needs about a const 9kb according as shown by a tool like NetLimiter.

why is it so hard to acheive with a 4mb line and an axxess basic account is is suppose to be using SAT3 optic cable.
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I play wow on the EU servers and I rarely get above 350ms usually its below 300ms

I am in Johannesburg I use Webafrica Unshapped prepaid and SAIX 4gig unshapped

First thing you need to do it the following

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKV4iHvdR2M[/ame]

This will make windows handle small packets better and half your latency

As far as the disconnects go

First thing you need to check is the following:

These figues are dependent on the distance you are from the Exchange and the quality of the coper in your area if you are getting low reading it might be better to get telkom to sink your line at 1 meg or 512 this should improve stability. You can also ask them to come out and use a different piece of copper in your junction box it might be better tan the one you currently using


Some modems don't give this type of detail but some do

Signal-to-noise ratio
Signal-to-noise ratio (often abbreviated SNR or S/N) is an electrical engineering measurement defined as the ratio of a signal power to the noise power corrupting the signal.
In less technical terms, signal-to-noise ratio compares the level of a desired signal (such as music) to the level of background noise. The higher the ratio, the less obtrusive the background noise is. The concept can also be understood as normalizing the noise level to 1 (0 dB) and measuring how far the signal 'stands out'. In general, higher signal to noise is better; the signal is 'cleaner'.

Attenuation Rate
Attenuation is the gradual loss in intensity of any kind of flux through a medium. For instance, sunlight is attenuated by dark glasses, and X-rays are attenuated by lead.In ADSL the signal is attenuated by length of copper lines. Attenuation is mesured in db or noise. The more noise the weaker the data signal
In general, lower Attenuation is better; the signal is 'stronger'.


Heres is my table of comparisons
SNR:

6dB or below is very bad and will experience no synch or intermittent synch problems
7dB-10dB is fair but does not leave much room for variances in conditions
11dB-20dB is good with little or no sync problems
20dB-28dB is excellent
29dB or above is outstanding

Attenuation:

20dB and below is outstanding
20dB-30dB is excellent
30dB-40dB is very good
40dB-50dB is good
50dB-60dB is poor and may experience connectivity issues
60dB or above is bad and will experience connectivity issues


While these comparrisons can be used for both upstream and downstream dont be alarmed if upstream seems bad in caparrison to downstream. Downstream is what is more important as this is where more data is used. Also if you find ur self in 7-10db for SNR or 50-60db for attenuation these are still acceptable values and there are ways of improving as described in this aticle http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=167101

I hope this helps
 
I'd have to disagree. Upload is as much important as download. Doesn't help if your anti-virus updates and you can't seem to figure out why you're hitting a "lag" spike. 2 or more programs sending back ACK's is a bitch on a smaller line with less upload

My SNR is 31db and my Attenuation is 5db on a 384kb line. I use Web Africa Unshaped Multi-Realm (Meaning I can switch between SAIX or Verizon depending on who's better at the time). With the MMO hack I get about 260ms - 310ms without using a proxy service like gamemax.

However, in situations where my anti-virus updates I can feel it in-game. So I'd recommend a 512k line or higher. The ping time should (might) even be better, or if you don't have ideal SNR/Attenuation like I do, the unshaped line + MMO hack would be perfect in attaining a stable 300ms or less average.
 
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thanks alot guys

Thanks for taking out time to help. I will try the MMO hack.

I also noticed you guys are running on web Africa.. i will buy a prepaid package and have a look at that to.

I use NetLimiter to tell me what application is connected to the net and how much bandwidth and speed it has so I will monitor it more with the Hack applied.

Thanks again
 
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