60.53.* = fine. 400-500 ms. no lag spikes
60.52.* = extremely bad. 1000-2000 ms with bad lag spikes.
124.82.* = so so. 800-1000 ms. bad lag spikes.
124.83.* = so so. 800-1000 ms. bad lag spikes.

connecting from Kuching, Sarawak.

1 sec makes so much difference meh?

btw guys, am on 60.52.* as of 7:15 am. looks to be back to normal but will try instancing later tonite.

well, looks like 60.52* had 1-2sec delay at around 6:30 pm. Latency was 600-1000 ms but very obvious lag.

so redialed up and now connected to 128.82.* . Latency was 400-500 ms. lag was ok but there were some strange lag spike just before 9 pm. WoW server lag though, as everyone felt it.

funny thing about lag. the chat channel doesn't lag compared to the game channel.

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Added on February 6, 2007, 10:42 pmlooking back at this, i meant to type 0.1 sec rather than 1 sec. doh.

anyway, to help with lag, connection problems is one but PC power is another.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.h...=71752827&sid=1

seems like to play WoW, can only have 30 (or so) programmes running in the background. And also to turn of Windows Media Center. No music I guess.

This post has been edited by myremi: Feb 6 2007, 10:42 PM

I was playing with 256MB on Win2000 before with no problems.

The no. of background processes is one thing. The other is how much "processing power" each program needs to run. Some are less "efficient" than others. More ram can fix it but depends graphic card and pentium chip as well I think. Then more $$$.

Me, I have about 36 running and this was like your case, brand new PC. Let's see : norton, nvidia, zonealarm. 1GB ram with Pentium D 2.66 GHz. Using cheapo graphic card 7300gs but don't dare upgrade to 7800/7900 because of WoW problems with those cards currently and 8800 cards having problems still. Waiting it out. Anyway, WoW for me is 400-500 ms so used to it already. Just don't play main roles in raids unless you have a few ppl who can take up the role in case you hit a lag spike.

I run WoW in full-screen mode. If I run it in windowed mode, it lags more than in full-screen. Also, I keep my browser off unless I need to search for quest tips.

TMNET is part of the major lag problem. Other thing is looks like 200-500 ms latency is common for ppl living far from US but playing on US servers. Even South American players feel it and got the reply that this is normal for the location. They nearer than we are.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.h...=73518358&sid=1

Other problem could be the AT&T lines which TMNet connects to. I'm just speculating here. The traceroutes that was posted up seems to stop at server owned by AT&T as others (outside US) who are having problems. From the Technical Support forums anyways. How to fix, no idea.

There is a note from a conference that TMNET looks to be laying more underwater cables direct to US (google it I think, lost the link, some hawaii telco conference). Via some sort of consortium of telcos but no word other than that. If only one of the other local telcos can build their own lines out. Sigh.

Out of curiosity, do you guys leave your PC on the whole day? I do. Helps to keep that fast line connected on all the time.

i keep only the monitor off. PC and modem still on.

if i keep the PC off but modem on, makes not difference because i'd have to redial to streamyx and then it's another IP totally. still not good at configuring the ADSL modem.