Gz I suppose for taking your latency from 120 to 40 lol. Wish my country was as good, I'll just keep going with my 400-600 lat, even with the changes :(
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Gz I suppose for taking your latency from 120 to 40 lol. Wish my country was as good, I'll just keep going with my 400-600 lat, even with the changes :(
Aus rocks! don't diss it :PQuote:
Originally Posted by 'valkry',index.php?page=Thread&postID=118780#post1 18780
I have only just today discovered my ISP used to run a 'WoW tunneling service' but it was recently dropped as the technician managing the project has left the company. After a brief search I've discovered a similar service, its called WoW Tunnels, and strangely enough its located at www.wowtunnels.com. Today (about 1 hour ago) is the very first time I have ever used such a service. Because I live in New Zealand and I play on US server my in-game ping is around 500-700ms (yes I know its BAD) but if its sitting around 450 I'm happy with it. Over the last couple of weeks its been averaging around 600ms. I used the tunneling service about an hour ago and my ping is sitting stable at 230ms - during US prime time.
My country's internet*Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Tasty',index.php?page=Thread&postID=118791#post11 8791
Fixed :)
I managed to trick my latency into lowering. I offerend it pancakes and it couldn't resist.
nice - I just checked out the site. So are there any issues running multiple accounts?Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Fleecy',index.php?page=Thread&postID=118835#post1 18835
There was a mod on curse that changed some settings on your PC (not related to wow, but stuff in the registry .. which I had already done >_> ) which helped a bit.
I tried out lowerping, which worked great, except for the fact that it's bannable.
People say it's not and try to find a loophole in the rules somewhere, but after reading numerous blue posts and spending ages trying to make sense of the FUBAR T&C/EULA/etc it's not worth the 100ms for my 5 accounts.
So yeh, tunneling isn't worth it. I've had guildies say they've been using it for ages fine, and heard from others that they were using it one day and banned the next.
I'm at work right now and I've remotely connected to home and setup the tunnel software, I've got got a single WoW running right now but in about 2 hours I'll be testing all 5 accounts.
The WoW Tunnel web site claim its perfectly legal and there is currently nothing in the ToS that says otherwise. The only real concern I have is vastly differing IP addresses when I use the tunnel client and when I don't use it. Ofcause when I don't use the client my IP address is NZ based, but when I do use the software my IP address is US based. I don't want Blizzard looking at that and thinking account sharing, so I'm having a little chat with them. I've got a ticket open at the moment and I'm waiting for a reply from a GM about the legality of it.
I'm still amazed at how much difference its made to my ping - from 600+ down to 235! I just can't get over the difference.
It's redirecting your normal WoW traffic, which is a violation of the .. something or other. Can't remember which one.
But it's so loosely worded that they can bend it to whatever they want. That said, they also chucked in the "we can ban you for whatever reason, if any" clause too.
Pretty much I think the bans mostly come from people connecting via a tunnel service (redirects your connection so it looks like you are connecting from america (I'm in aus so yeh)) for a while, play on it like normal then oh noes their PC crashes, or they have to restart wow or whatever, then start wow back up and keep playing but forget to use the tunnel.
It then would pop up a big red flag (atleast I think it would) saying that it's detected an account that's all of a sudden connecting from the other side of the world in a timespan thats not humanly possible to travel. So it looks like account sharing/power levelling.
Most of the bans have come from, or been reported by, people levelling toons with it on, especially if you keep changing the server you're connecting from.
So before you jump headlong into it, just remember that it will flag you as even more suspicious if you are using it then forget to use it or change where it's connecting to. And boxers know that they get more attention than your average bear.
1) Log on to a character on WoWQuote:
Originally Posted by 'Ughmahedhurtz',index.php?page=Thread&postID=26643 #post26643
2) Open up a comand prompt (Start > Run> type in cmd > press enter)
3) In the command prompt, type in:
4) Look in the second column (Foreign Address) and look for the IP and ends in :3724 (The port that WoW uses). That is the IP of the server.Code:netstat -n
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...de/netstat.jpg
My ticket was answered by a GM but he has directed me to email billing. I'm currently awaiting a reply from billing on the issues of tunneling. I do believe Jamien is correct in 'flagging' of IP addresses. My email to billing raises this question as a potential bannable offense. I'll post more as soon as I've recieved a reply.
As for multiboxing through the tunnel... I installed & setup the tunnel software on all my (multiboxing) computers last night and had a good old play with it. The only issue (and its a very small one at that) is you can't use Octopus / Keyclone to 'maximize' the WoW window, you have to start WoW from within a tunneling program, in my case its an applicationed called FreeCap. If its not started via this software then it does not use the tunnel, and thus defeats the purpose. I had all my girls running around questing in and it worked flawlessly!! Its amazing how much more responsive the game is, it 'felt' so much smoother and more controllable.
I did a brief search of google and found many tunneling services, most of those I looked at were located in Australia. The only Australian service I tried gave me a higher ping than I normally have, I was sitting around 700+. In fairness it was a trial account I used and the pipe queue was indicated as being full. The (FREE) service I've been using wowtunnels.com, is infact located in Australia. And to my amazement my ISP (Slingshot.co.nz) will soon be offering the same service in New Zealand. A statment from a staff member ... "we are not aware of anyone being banned by using our beta WoW tunnel service. Blizzard should not have an issue with ISPs providing a service to improve WoW, but it is Blizzard and their ToS can be changed when they see fit."
I will continue to use the free tunneling service I've been trialing until a) I hear from Blizzard and they say NO or b) My ISP officially release their own.
Oh, I also implimented the registry changes mentioned above and it did indeed make a difference to my in-game ping. I'm using Vista 64bit btw. Without using the tunneling service (and after the registry change) my in-game ping is now only 380-450 ms.
Why don't you try hitting the CS forums about tunneling. They are usually very responsive.
There are many many posts about tunneling, including a 32 page thread. Not a single one has a blue response. They all start out civil and constructed and then they turn into the usual in-fighting we have all come to expect from the WoW forums. There are many people for tunneling and there are just as many people against it. And those against it are probably the same people who against multiboxing - a lot of uninformed, ignorant fools.Quote:
Originally Posted by 'Caspian',index.php?page=Thread&postID=119397#post 119397
'Ok, here is a cut'n'paste reply from Blizzard, I've highlighted the important parts for those who don't want to read 8 lines :)
Greetings,
Thank you for contacting Account Administration. Connecting to the World of Warcraft realms via intermediate servers will not result in action taken against your account so long as the connection adheres to our Terms of Use (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/legal/termsofuse.html), specifically Section 4] Limitations on Your Use of the Service.
We recommend that you investigate services that reduce latency prior to using them to ensure that they do not engage in exploitive activities such as packet sniffing. Please keep in mind that as the registered user, you are ultimately responsible for ensuring legitimate gameplay.
We appreciate your time and understanding in this matter. Please feel free to contact us if you require any further assistance. We hope you continue to enjoy your experience in World of Warcraft!
Regards,
Saerzin
Account Administration
Blizzard Entertainment
I was banned for using lowerping.com which is a tunnel service.
It was a 72 hour ban and it was quite a hassle to get any warnings etc removed. It's quite possible that I could continue to use it now and never get banned again but with Blizzard's customer service its pretty risky.
My ban expired long before I got any response from wowaccountadmin and they will not discuss any ban issues over the phone.
The -100ms ping was great but still not sure it's worth the risk especially with multiple accounts involved.
I run Win Xp and made the first registry change but not the 2nd as it didn't exist in my registry. It dropped my ping from ~260 to around 120 so I was pleasently surprised.
As was posted above, while great for WoW because it changes the packet size to force your computer to send smaller packets more often, it will totally screw with your downloads from the web. The web hates lots of smaller packets as there is more overhead. So make sure you don't do it on heavy download computers (including wow patches that are coming soon).
Yea. Anyone doing this stuff should probably just change everything back after they are done playing WoW.Quote:
Originally Posted by 'bsdll',index.php?page=Thread&postID=120428#post12 0428
Messing around with network stuff without knowing anything about it is just asking for trouble.
I don't know if this is the same latency registry fix but i found this one at www.pinghack.com on their blog.
Tim
Did you realy find the need to necro a 6 month + old topic to post that...Quote:
Originally Posted by tfewster',index.php?page=Thread&postID=191373#post 191373]I don't know if this is the same latency registry fix but i found this one at [url='http://www.pinghack.com
This thread has been necro'd 4 times now. Someone lock it please?
What in godsname is wrong with necroing a thread, whiners, rather you guys spoke of a first time poster posting a link to a site with the letters 'hack' in it.
There's no way to win... if you necro a thread the masses nuke you for doing so... if you talk about anything remotely similar to something a specific moderator has ever posted about, you get get a dismissive response from said admin to learn to search...
/facepalmQuote:
Originally Posted by 'Memn',index.php?page=Thread&postID=191592#post191 592
I'd rather a legit on topic necro than someone posting a new thread that they'd never come back to visit for any sort of discussion.