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Time for a tech brain dump:

http://winmtr.net/download-winmtr/ <- this is an awesome program for doing a traceroute over time to any IP address.

Load the program up and drop in the IP address you want to test, let it run while you play, copy the output to your clipboard, save in a text file, ready to send to your ISP.

I showed this to Stu and Blackhoax last night - as they use Road Runner, and are having awful problems playing Darkfall lately.

It will show you % of packet loss, per router you are crossing, in the route to your destination - which can help pinpoint problem routers, so you can yell at your ISP.

Also - there is internetpulse.net

I can't speak highly enough about this site - it can show you where US traffic problems are.

i.e. internetpulse.net basically shows the various big networks in the US and their health in relation to their peers.

i.e. right now - there is really fat packet loss going from San Diego to Chicago, across NTT's network, it's like 25% packet loss and latency of 190ms (this is terrible)

This is supporting evidence for the issues Stu and Blackhoax see with Darkfall (it's hosted in Chicago, and they are in San Diego)

http://internetpulse.net/Main.aspx?Origi...&Metric=TCP

Stu, Blackhox, have you guys called RR yet and yelled?

p.s. IF you guys are interested I could do a little walkthrough video on this shit

Note - anything that has 2% loss is warning, and would show as yellow, critical is considered 4% loss.

RIGHT NOW THERE IS 25% LOSS, UNACCEPTABLE

at 25% loss someone somewhere has to know their shit is broke. I don't see how any self respecting network junkie could miss that

What IP do we put in for the Host?

I put in 204.93.212.219 for DF

Could someone PM me Will's email? I can't remember it and this fucker doesn't check the forums often. I have some questions regarding this topic. Thanks.

PM Firaxis he can get a hold of Will for you.

I did and that fucker hasn't even gotten back to me. Lazy bastards...