When I ping the iRO servers during a certain time, I get about 175ms and 25% packet loss. During the same time I ping Google, and I get 5ms and 0% packet loss. Every day at the same time this happens. At other hours of the day it is perfect. Anyone have a good answer?
packet loss
#1
Posted 28 August 2014 - 04:00 PM
#2
Posted 28 August 2014 - 06:41 PM
I seriously need some help. When I started playing again there was no lag. But now the window of lag spikes is getting larger and larger. The lag usually starts after WoE, and ends in an hour. But just yesterday I was lagging the entire WoE, and today it is lasting well past an hour. Only going to get worse from here.
#3
Posted 29 August 2014 - 06:18 AM
This is an issue with the route between your ISP and gravity's ISP.
If you take a tracert, and the packet loss is clearly on ntt's servers (they have ntt near the end of the name), send the trace to the GMs, and they'll complain to NTT.
(trying to get your ISP to fix it if it's on their end is hopeless, unless you want to spend months doing it)
In either event, the workaround is to use an approved performance proxy service like lowerping or wtfast. I'm in this boat, and I found lowerping to be better. These offer a free trial so you can see if they work.
If you're good with linux, you can make your own performance proxy - an Amazon EC2 micro instance works great, put it in the region closest to you. Create tunnel using PuTTY's plink, and stuff outgoing connections from ragexe.exe on port 4500 into the tunnel using something like ProxyCap (All versions of windows, works beautifully, $35) or WideCap (Win XP-7 only, breaks IE11 and google update, sometimes fails entirely - but it's free). In order to stay within the rules, you must not proxy all traffic - only connections to port 4500 (the game/char servers); the game connects to login servers on a different port, and that must not go through a proxy.
#4
Posted 29 August 2014 - 07:41 AM
I tried Leatrix, but it didn't help. I will try Lowerping. Thanks.
#5
Posted 29 August 2014 - 07:48 AM
Leatrix does not help when the problem is packet loss and/or routing problems.
#6
Posted 29 August 2014 - 03:27 PM
Which server do you recommend I choose on Lowerping? I tried Chicago, but my ping did not lower when pinging the iRO servers, and I still get 25% packet loss.
#7
Posted 30 August 2014 - 05:32 PM
Lowerping doesn't seem to do squat. Unless it doesn't show it while pinging in command prompt? Anyway, I sent in a tracert.
#8
Posted 30 August 2014 - 05:56 PM
Lowerping doesn't seem to do squat. Unless it doesn't show it while pinging in command prompt? Anyway, I sent in a tracert.
It doesn't show up. Usually its best to pick up the server closest to the game. For iRo its west coast servers. In some cases you might get better latency from other servers so try the available. Make sure you completly close iRO client when switching lowerping servers.
#9
Posted 30 August 2014 - 06:03 PM
Did not know to close it. I will try again. Thank you.
#10
Posted 03 September 2014 - 04:29 PM
I didn't want to jinx it by saying it too early, but Lowerping appears to work really well. It's actually better than when i had no lag/packet loss at the beginning. Thanks guys.
I am however having another issue while using Lowerping. I cannot load websites. It's just a blank page, and no loading on the status bar.
I noticed that when I open up the RO client, then close Lowerping, I can start browsing again. Should I just close Lowerping all the time after loading the client?
#11
Posted 03 September 2014 - 09:05 PM
Do you use the web proxy in lowerping client? It might be causing that problem.
Also, you need first to load lowerping > connect to a proxy server in the list till it says connected > load up Ragnarok client and play. You need lowerping to be running in the background for the ping reduction effect to work, so just minimize it while playing.
#12
Posted 04 September 2014 - 05:07 AM
I am not using web proxy.
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