HELP Latency issue

[Verriit]

So I finally made the switch and upgrade to a new i7 machine. While I now get 60 fps everywhere, my latency jumped from 70-100ms on my old laptop - to now 300 - 800ms on my new computer. I am completely stumped on how to fix it. I've tried downloading the app found here http://www.dual-boxing.com/showthread.php?t=27760&highlight=Latency as well as followed the manual steps outlined here http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread.html?topicId=1958205848&sid=1.

Both of these "fixes" only made the matters worse. When I manually entered the info I was down to 112ms for about 30 seconds and then went right back up to 600ms until I got d/c. When I tried using the script I logged on and ran at 180ms for the first 5 mins and then it spiked to 1444ms and stayed there until I logged off.

Any other ideas on how to fix this? Is 300ms "normal" for most ppl and I was just lucky to have 70-100 on my old laptop?

[burningforce]

are you connected through a router? did you port forward wow for the lan ip for your new computer? also make sure you port forward the required ports in your operating system, whichever you have. if all else fails power cycle the router/modem and see if that helps

[Verriit]

I am connected through a router. I just port forwarded wow, but what do you mean by port forward the required ports in my operating system? I'm using win7.

After I port forwarded wow I logged on and my latency was 11450. Then it dropped to 2200 and stayed red the whole time but yet I ran an instance without any noticeable difference and my dps stayed where it normally is... It seemed like I had no lag at all. Is the latency reader in wow accurate?

[burningforce]

I am connected through a router. I just port forwarded wow, but what do you mean by port forward the required ports in my operating system? I'm using win7.

After I port forwarded wow I logged on and my latency was 11450. Then it dropped to 2200 and stayed red the whole time but yet I ran an instance without any noticeable difference and my dps stayed where it normally is... It seemed like I had no lag at all. Is the latency reader in wow accurate?


windows 7 has a built in firewall, so you may need to add Wow to the allowed list.

go to control panel > system and security > windows firewall > allow program through firewall > click allow another program > then browse to the wow.exe > click ok > make sure it is enabled for private and public networks > click ok ? exit control panel

other then that, i have no other idea

[Verriit]

I did all that with the firewall. Thanks for all your responses burningforce :)

It's really odd. I start the game and for the first 3 mins I'm running fine and then all of sudden latency jumps up to 400 and then 1000 and then comes back to 400 and stays there the rest of the time. I'm also noticing the same sort of trend when I'm downloading things. I will start a download and it will download uninterrupted, after about 30 seconds it's like the download freezes and the progress bar stops and it stays in that stage for 10 seconds and then starts again. I don't know if it's possible but is my computer/router only allowing a certain amount of data to come through in a given time period?

[tracerv0]

Throw a 10 dollar nic in it and see if that doesn't fix it.

[MiRai]

In your last post you mention that you're noticing it while downloading as well so this might not help resolve anything but I believe it's worth a shot. Have you run a trace route? I didn't see anyone else mention it here so here are links to both versions:

US Trace Route (http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_US&articleId=29575&parentCategoryId&pageNumber=1&categoryId=2329)
EU Trace Route (http://eu.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?locale=en_GB&articleId=18888)

A trace route will determine whether it's really you or whether it's the outside world messing with you. If you'd like you can run one from your laptop as well and compare the results. I have been using that registry 'hack' for quite some time and it's only lowered my latency. Everyone I've shared it with...it has only lowered their latency. I can't think of a reason why you'd have high latency on one machine and not another. If this is still an issue you're probably better off asking on other 'real computer' forums like http://www.sevenforums.com/. (http://www.sevenforums.com/)

Hope you can remedy this problem soon I'd be ready to break things at this point :)

[burningforce]

I did all that with the firewall. Thanks for all your responses burningforce :)

It's really odd. I start the game and for the first 3 mins I'm running fine and then all of sudden latency jumps up to 400 and then 1000 and then comes back to 400 and stays there the rest of the time. I'm also noticing the same sort of trend when I'm downloading things. I will start a download and it will download uninterrupted, after about 30 seconds it's like the download freezes and the progress bar stops and it stays in that stage for 10 seconds and then starts again. I don't know if it's possible but is my computer/router only allowing a certain amount of data to come through in a given time period?

i kind of have this problem, but not as bad as you have it. basically without the router I am at 50ms-120ms on Wow, with the router i usually hover around 230ms-360ms. I am using a linksys WRT54GL router with the dd-wrt firmware and I read the dd-wrt wiki and setup my router (i believe properly). I can not find my xp disc, so i can not verify if it is a windows 7 issue or not. So i am going to check out my router settings again and check google for some info, i'll pass along what I find :)