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Ghulag
ok atm I am running wow on ym PC with nothing else running and a 20 megabit connection (fast as it gets where I am). my partner's PC is also running wow on the same connection. usually we both have good-ish latency, around the 350-450 mark, but lately I havenm;t been able to connect with a latency under around 7000 :/
I have tried everything I can think of offhand, just wondering if anyone else had any ideas.
xheers.
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183031
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Post by
Ghulag
exactly. it's bloody annoying because I am basically paying for an account I can't play on :/
Post by
Zhivago
First, reset your router and modem. If this doesn't work, search the WoW technical forum for Traceroute and see if this helps you.
Post by
Ghulag
done the reset, made no difference :/
Post by
Sheridan
Are you both connecting via the same router and modem?
Post by
Wanderingfox
1. Are you running torrent software, or distributed computing software of any kind? (Ethernet connections, regardless of speed, can only handle so many simultaneous connections without resulting in packet collision.)
2. Have you scanned your computer for viruses, spyware, etc.? (Same reason as above, large volumes of connections can cause high latency due to dropped TCP/IP packets)
3. Have you checked to see what's actually running on your system while you play WoW? Both processes (checked via task manager or similar) and open connections, specifically lots of close-wait connections from random hosts (checked via netstat -a from a terminal)
4. Have you verified that your path to the server you're on is clear? (netstat -a to locate the IP of your specific server and then a tracert to that IP). This will tell you if your issue is on your end, your ISP's end, or someplace in the middle.
5. Have you verified that your modem/router actually supports your connection speed? Some older modems and routers are only 10 mb/s, and even if you upgrade your plan to 20 mb/s your ISP may not know that you need a newer 100 mb/s modem. (While bandwidth, itself, is irrelevant to ping, having less throughput can cause packet collision as well as bottle-necking. Both of which
can
increase your latency.)
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