Latency Testing Log: United States

[eessydo 17]

I wanted to put together a latency test log for the United States as game play is definitely taking a hit over here during the day and sometimes in the evening. I first wanted to see if we could get a consensus on the tool to be used.

 

I use http://www.speedtest.net and wanted to determine which server is closest in proximity to Tanki's servers (either hosted or not) but am not sure which one is the equivalent on the map and use that as the standard.

 

If any english speaking russian players could identify that server for use I would appreciate it as I am pretty sure that most russian players do not experience half the lag / game closures / etc. as the players in the US are currently experiencing.

 

I think then we can start posting information that may be useful in the following format.

 

Location of user:

Current game issue:

Game Server(s):

Time: (GMT/UTC FORMAT)

Ping Time: (ms)

Download speed: (kB)

Upload Speed: (kB)

Distance: (in km)

[r_PhantomMeat0 20]

wth is this

[eessydo 17]

Pretty self explanatory.

[r_therussian0 47]

Closes is Moscow, but different providers have different routes so it makes little sence to test general latency. Instead, I'd test the game servers using ping s.tankionline.com

[r_Pin4er1630 25]

Closes is Moscow' date=' but different providers have different routes so it makes little sence to test general latency. Instead, I'd test the game servers using ping s.tankionline.com[/quote']

 

Agree

[eessydo 17]

Been pinging the www.tankionline.com server as well, but I can't ping the actual game servers so that is not overly accurate either. I figure we could at least get a general idea if everyone tests against the same server.

 

As the sample increases eventually it would average out regardless of global network routing.

 

I am pretty sure the issue with US players at this point is the network, not necessarily the game and this would help to provide evidence of that.

 

my average ping time against the tanki server is 176 ms usually, but the lag I (and others) experience along with the constant disconnects is pretty significant.

[r_AdvocatusDiaboli0 861]

I'm not in USA, but I think I can post it here anyways? Also, I hardly get disconnections from the servers. Couldn't find Moscow on the map, so did it with Tver.

 

Location of user: Pakistan

Current game issue: None.

Game Server(s): All

Time: 6:44 PM, GMT

Ping Time: 227ms

Download speed: 417.0 Kilobytes Per Second

Upload Speed: 33.5 Kilobytes Per Second.

[eessydo 17]

Tver is fine, I will post my results

 

Location of user: Atlanta, GA USA

Current game issue: Lag

Game Server(s): All

Time: (GMT/UTC FORMAT) 18:58 UTC

Ping Time: 211ms

Download speed: 66.1 kB/s

Upload Speed: 150.5 kB/s

Distance: 8400 km

[StrikeComando 1]

and where to test this ping for tankionline?

 

can someone give me a link of a website of some sort...

[eessydo 17]

No need for a link. With whatever system you are using go to a command line interface (CLI). Type in the following:

 

ping www.tankionline.com

 

OR

 

ping s.tankionline.com

 

 

It will should you information on packet loss (or no packet loss as the case may be) as well as ping time.

[StrikeComando 1]

No need for a link. With whatever system you are using go to a command line interface (CLI). Type in the following:

 

ping www.tankionline.com

 

OR

 

ping s.tankionline.com

 

 

It will should you information on packet loss (or no packet loss as the case may be) as well as ping time.

 

i mean to test all like you guys there just wrote:

Location of user: Ireland

Current game issue: Lag

Game Server(s): 1/2/3

Time: (GMT/UTC FORMAT) 09:56 GMT

Ping Time: (ms) 101ms

Download speed: (kB) 2.64 mb/s

Upload Speed: (kB) 0.32 mb/s

 

 

ps. dont know if i've done all correct but upload and download speed i tested on my internet company website.

[panzer-runner 2]

Location of user: Chicago, IL, USA

Current game issue: none at the moment

Game Server(s): All

Time: (GMT/UTC FORMAT) 10:11 UTC

Ping Time: 171ms

Download speed:

Upload Speed:

Distance:

 

 

PING s.tankionline.com (217.65.9.82): 56 data bytes

64 bytes from 217.65.9.82: icmp_seq=0 ttl=50 time=188.165 ms

64 bytes from 217.65.9.82: icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=165.835 ms

64 bytes from 217.65.9.82: icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=164.953 ms

64 bytes from 217.65.9.82: icmp_seq=3 ttl=50 time=171.946 ms

64 bytes from 217.65.9.82: icmp_seq=4 ttl=50 time=164.538 ms

 

--- s.tankionline.com ping statistics ---

5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss

round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 164.538/171.087/188.165/8.950 ms