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BeeWarloc
Profile Joined January 2011
Norway6 Posts
March 26 2011 21:16 GMT
#1
Hey..

Recently I've had periodic problems with lags to battle.net, and I think I've found a possible workaround.

My internet connection is generally good (10mbit fiber from LOS, Norway), and I usually get low latency and high bandwidth. However some internet routes are very unstable, and slow, and this is my theory as to why battle.net lags in some games (getting "connection with server lost", although the connection seem just fine).

So I tried using a VPN service (like http://www.ibvpn.com/), and it seems to help a lot. It is kind of counter-intuitive, because it naturally adds to the constant latency, but in my case it helps!

Just posting this here if anyone are having similar problems, it could be worth trying. ibVPN got a free trial, and there's also a lot of competitive services (not too expensive).

As an added bonus it can also be used to get access to region-restricted streaming content (like BBC iPlayer, hulu etc..)
majestouch
Profile Joined December 2010
United States395 Posts
March 26 2011 21:21 GMT
#2
i know it seems counter-intuitive like you mentioned, however, by using a vpn it may change the route the information is travelling so instead of going a->b->c it will be a->d->c, in which the "b" is what is causing the lag.

definitely worth trying regardless, however, i doubt it would affect much of anything for the koreans more so euro->na and vice versa.
Morale
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden1010 Posts
March 26 2011 21:22 GMT
#3
pretty sure the terms of agreement disallows the use of VPN?
BeeWarloc
Profile Joined January 2011
Norway6 Posts
March 26 2011 21:37 GMT
#4
On March 27 2011 06:22 Morale wrote:
pretty sure the terms of agreement disallows the use of VPN?


I can't see to find anything about that in the terms, have you read them?

Can't really see the problem with this when it works better than without..
Morale
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden1010 Posts
March 26 2011 21:42 GMT
#5
i just assumed they had it in sc2 since they have it in wow. Havent read em tho
Me1234
Profile Joined March 2010
Germany219 Posts
March 26 2011 21:43 GMT
#6
loads of people use VPN/proxy for world of warcraft, pretty sure it isnt a problem for sc2
Uhm?
majestouch
Profile Joined December 2010
United States395 Posts
March 26 2011 21:44 GMT
#7
On March 27 2011 06:22 Morale wrote:
pretty sure the terms of agreement disallows the use of VPN?

how would it be against the terms of agreement?
all it does is changes you to another ip, which they have no way of checking w/o decrypting the information sent over the "secure line", which unless its an unpaid vpn the security will prlly be more than adequate.
BeeWarloc
Profile Joined January 2011
Norway6 Posts
March 26 2011 22:01 GMT
#8
On March 27 2011 06:44 majestouch wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 27 2011 06:22 Morale wrote:
pretty sure the terms of agreement disallows the use of VPN?

how would it be against the terms of agreement?
all it does is changes you to another ip, which they have no way of checking w/o decrypting the information sent over the "secure line", which unless its an unpaid vpn the security will prlly be more than adequate.


Well, in theory Blizzard could keep a list of IP address blocks used by various VPN services, although I don't see why they would bother..
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