How to lower your ping/Latency [ms]

[BowloSoup]

1 - TcpAckFrequency - NOTE It does work with Windows XP and Windows Vista.


a) Start -> Run -> Regedit
b) Locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\Interfaces\


There will be multiple NIC interfaces listed in there, find the one you use to connect to the internet, there will be several interfaces listed (they have long names like {7DBA6DCA-FFE8-4002-A28F-4D2B57AE8383}. Click each one, the right one will have lots of settings in it and you will see your machines IP address listed there somewhere. If you do not see your machines IP, look for the providers name.



c) Right-click in the right hand pane and add a new DWORD value. Name it TcpAckFrequency.
d) Right-click to modify the entry made and change the value to 1. It will look like 0x0000001 (1) - Not necessarily that many zeroes.
e) You can change it back to 2 (default) at a later stage if it affects your other TCP application performance. It tells windows how many TCP packets to wait before sending ACK. if the value is 1, windows will send ACK every time it receives a TCP package.


2 - TCPNoDelay
This one is pretty simple.

a) Start -> Run -> Regedit
b) Locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSMQ\Parameters
c) Right-click in the right hand pane and add a new DWORD value, name it TCPNoDelay.
d) Right-click modify the entry and assign a value of 1.

Click Ok and close the registry editor, then reboot your PC.


These two procedures lowered my ping[ms] from about 190-350 to a more constant 40-60[ms]
This can drastically lower the delay between spell casting delay with Honorbuddy.

Note: This may not work for everyone.

 

[CoDeXxX]

i will test it and leave feedback

 

[Znyx]

This does in fact work, however it can give issues such as slow internet browsing. So dont use this method unless your familiar with your registry know how to change it, and how to reverse any changes.

Wowinterface is where this is copy pasted from, the author got 4 registry files for easy install and uninstall, i suggest getting those if you dont like to scew with your registry.

 

[BowloSoup]

Post them? This isn't a copy paste.

 

[LiquidAtoR]

This is posted for vista on dualboxing (and quite a few times as a matter of fact), so U can assume safely it's working on vista too.

Dual-Boxing.com forum post about this regedit trick

And if you feel uncomfortable to go hacking around your registry U can use this: Leatrix Latency Fix
Works for XP, Vista and 7, both 32 and 64 bit versions.
It basically does the same, but trough precompiled scripts (click and go ^^)

Regards, LiquidAtoR.

 

[syn3]

Hello,

Two things which i have to say to that:

1) It's not SSH-Tunneling, read up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ssh_tunnel , for that you need to create a local socks using a remote server running SSH and using socksifiers or a programm named Proxifier.

2) This will mostly only work if you are connected directly to the internet, if you are having a router, this will not completly fix your latency problems, but it _CAN_ help.

Sorry i had to correct that.

best regards

syn3/alchemist

 

[BowloSoup]

Thanks for clearing that up. I'm on a router connection and it worked for me. Can't hurt to try, if it slows your web browsing too much for your liking you can just disable it.

 

[king]

nice trick, but you should only do it if your fimilar with Regedit.
Shouldn't mess with stuff you dont know lol.

 

[LiquidAtoR]

nice trick, but you should only do it if your fimilar with Regedit.
Shouldn't mess with stuff you dont know lol.

See Leatrix Latency Fix that I posted in my post above.
No regedit knowledge needed and does the very same.

 

[ZoOoOoM]

See Leatrix Latency Fix that I posted in my post above.
No regedit knowledge needed and does the very same.

Yup, that's the one i use

As easy as Click-n'-Go!

 

[Znyx]

I was in fact refering to the link posted above http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info13581-LeatrixLatencyFix.html

When i was saying it was a copy paste, the explenation was very much similiar to what i remembered. I am not mocking down your contribution, i was only telling people to read up and see other ways of fixing this, rather than normal reg editing. Just for safety

 

[dushkarn]

anyone use tunneling services such as gamepath/ wowtunnels?

 

[sahaya]

i tried ping test here
whoisxy.com
my results are
Reply from 173.203.189.224: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 173.203.189.224: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 173.203.189.224: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 173.203.189.224: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 173.202.190.224:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

 

[Owneth]

I think this stabilizes your connection more than speeding it. It allows for cleaner packets to/from network-internet servers... It can decrease your ping, but you can't speed up the internet or your ISP from what it is already at.

A good sealed connection (Especially for cable internet) is a huge fix.

Example: When I got AT&T internet back in 2000-2001 they had 1MB speeds and that was unheard of. However when I had mine hooked up, it was a very unstable connection. No fixes software/client side helped a bit... It came down to replacing the lines from my house inside (Data Couplets added) and then a new wire from 1/2 a mile down the street to my node outside the back of my house at the time... This increased my speeds to 1MB+ when that happened. It was exponential cost to AT&T to get it done, but myself and the neighborhood I was in needed it. My connection was then always connected and solid. Amazing what a little radio waves can do to a cable internet connection.

IF anything... Contact your ISP and have your lines fully tested and verify you have a good tight/sealed connection from all outside sources. Generally that's been 99% of my problems with internet speeds/pings all along in my days of having cable internet.

Hope this helped a little and also adds to this already great tip.