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    Question regarding QoS and latency

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Svarto, Jan 8, 2009.

  1. Svarto

    Svarto Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,

    I am living in Hong Kong but in need of good latency/ping to Europe for applications such as gaming and VOIP. I was wondering if it is possible to "trick" the routers along the way to Europe to prioritize the data I am sending and receiving, and hence reduce latency from being stuck in a queue at these servers.

    Also, are there any other way possible to reduce latency by for example a VPN/SSH tunneling or using a proxy?

    I am thankful for any ideas! Thanks
     
    Svarto, Jan 8, 2009
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  2. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    What kind of connection are you using? How fast?

    How many other users are using this connection?

    You can change the QoS in routers, i doubt it will increase the latency (ping) that much. Some routers allow you to prioritize and optimize gaming and VOIP service so you dont get connection/lag spikes. Using a proxy will just make it slower. QoS is handy if theres multiple users using that connection.
     
    flipfire, Jan 8, 2009
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  3. Svarto

    Svarto Notebook Consultant

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    I am an university student and am on the university dorm network. It is supposed to be a 1 gbit connection, but as it is shared among rooms in the dorms i think they have capped it to 4 mbit per person (so if i download from a HK server i get 400-450kb/s).

    I am an exchange student in Hong Kong, and I was thinking of setting up a server at my home in switzerland and if I wanted to do any connection to Europe i would connect from HK to the server and set the server so that it sends back all data over port 80 or 443 to Hong Kong, as from what i understand those two ports are open in the university network firewall. I am not sure however if this would increase latency?

    Not sure if this will speed anything up, but I have heard of different "lower ping" services (lowerping.com, artofping.com etc) that are advertised to lower ping to online gaming. I am mostly playing WoW if that changes anything.
     
    Svarto, Jan 8, 2009
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  4. focusfre4k

    focusfre4k Notebook Evangelist

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    you can only do so much. you have no control of the routers outside of your computer. a VPN could possibly help a little bit if its a quick hop from your computer to the VPN service and then out. versus using your ISP to go to the next ISP exchange. really there is not much you can do :(

    sorry man
     
    focusfre4k, Jan 8, 2009
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  5. Svarto

    Svarto Notebook Consultant

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    Alright, that is a shame. Thanks for the help tho guys!
     
    Svarto, Jan 9, 2009
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