| Ping higher to closer servers in an online game Hi,
I've got a 2mbps ADSL connection which has never bothered me before. Recently I started playing a game called Heroes of Newerth. This game has servers located in various parts of the world, which you can choose from a drop down menu within the game.
Since I live in Pakistan, I chose the "South East Asia" server, since its closest to me. However, the lowest ping I'm getting is 450ms, which, for a game like this, is unplayable.
I have been forced to play on the Europe servers, where I can get a ping as low as 200ms. Even on some USA servers, I've been getting pings as low as 320ms. How is it that my ping to the South East Asian servers is so high? It doesnt make sense.
Is there a network/internet/computer setting I need to adjust? Do I need to call up my ISP with a specific request to rectify the situation?
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1 edit | Hi dodoman,
It really depends on how your traffic is routed by your service provider.
If you know the IP address of the game server, you can do a traceroute test to find out how/where your traffic is routed to the destination.
And the path that the service provider set is based on their routing policy, usually depends on what class of customer you are and also the condition of the peering partners/Internet.
Hope that answers your question.
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| it could be your service dodo.. you may need to check on your internet sevrice privider and let them check with your connection your bandwidth may be one thing as well.. |
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said by LCPTeck:Hi dodoman, It really depends on how your traffic is routed by your service provider. If you know the IP address of the game server, you can do a traceroute test to find out how/where your traffic is routed to the destination. And the path that the service provider set is based on their routing policy, usually depends on what class of customer you are and also the condition of the peering partners/Internet. Hope that answers your question. i agree with tek, even though southeast asia is near you. it doesnt necessarily means that the routing would be at the nearest server. it always depends on the ISP.
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