QUOTE(yzzulf @ Oct 16 2009, 04:21 PM)
Hi, i have just started working in Malaysia (JB). I'm quite surpise with the internet connections being honestly bad.
I have being raiding 25 man content, and constanly DC 20 secs into a boss pulls. If im lucky i dont dc. It's like a time-bomb anytime can go off. Its very frustrating for me.
However i tried using smoothping (something similiar to gamepath) but somehow when i zone into a 25 man raid instance, my latency increases and it will dc after a few sec into the boss fights. I tried raiding on 10 man with it, seems ok? or just base on luck im not sure.
I read a few of the threads about choosing IP? how do i go about do it? I'm currently using Celcom Broadband. Anyone have any idea? I appreciate the help! I have no clue how you guys doing over here. I have been pampered with using good internet connection abroad.
Firstly,
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By choosing IP, basically we just disconnect and reconnect or reboot our modems and hope we get assigned a good IP address. Not sure about Celcom Broadband but Streamyx users are given dynamic IP addresses (not entirely dynamic since you're given a very limited range of addresses to use). In your case, I'd suggest just trying to disconnect and reconnect your modem. You should be able to see your assigned IP address in the modems' settings menu.
And using a tunnel service has become the norm if not the requirement for WoW players over here. Without it, you'd get what you're currently facing. With a tunnel service, you can get 200-400ms average.
Some areas may be extremely lucky and provide good connection. But for the most part, I think we're all using a tunnel service.