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WoW and my internet connection
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1072029
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Post by
Nulgar
Have you tested what happens when you run WoW on another machine, or with a different kind of connection to the router? (e.g. LAN instead of WLAN, or a smartphone as WLAN "card" via USB Tethering)
It may be a problem of his computer/connection, as WoW isn't that much of a speed hog.
Post by
lonewolfe31705
Also, depending on your ISP and internet package, that could be causeing the issue. I know a lot of people go with the cheapest internet they can find, which isn't really suited for gaming + other stuff. Do you know what mB service you are running? (3, 10, 25, 50, 100, etc?)
Post by
deathbyte
First off. You share the connection, if he is complaining he needs a whoopin'.
Second Do you know how many mB you get? Our house runs on a 54 mB connection and we have 2 WoW players, and 2 XBox on at the same time along with my mother normally. You might just need a better package if you can afford it.
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1072029
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Post by
karatechop
100mbs...I'm jelly
Paying for the best in my area $100 per month and only 12mbs...not even rural area
Post by
BigH
100mbs...I'm jelly
Paying for the best in my area $120 per month and only 12mbs...not even rural area
Wow, where do you live if you don't mind me asking?
If it is only his PC, what should I look at to try and remedy it?
Virus scan and malware scan first and foremost.
After that, I'd try looking at the addons he's running, start up the game with them all disabled and see if it lags the network. Check to see if his network card has up to date drivers. Check his WoW install size (mine is roughly 22GB now, fresh install with MoP), I'm not sure how clean WoW's client updater is, but I've had some games get bogged down in deadwood files left behind in the update process, and a fresh install both reduced the size on the disk and sped up the game quite a bit.
I have a "30"MB/s connection now and have no problem running WoW while streaming HD video, or even running two WoW clients at once. When I was at my old place we had a "20"MB/s connection and I'd notice a little stutter in HD video streams some times. So with a 100MB/s connection you shouldn't be seeing these types of problems.
Post by
nudave
Also, depending on your ISP and internet package, that could be causeing the issue. I know a lot of people go with the cheapest internet they can find, which isn't really suited for gaming + other stuff. Do you know what mB service you are running? (3, 10, 25, 50, 100, etc?)
WoW uses so little data its ridiculous. Back in WoTLK I think I used 90MB for 6 hours.
The ISP package isn't the issue, even the lowest mbps service would be enough for WoW.
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2912882510
Post by
lonewolfe31705
Also, depending on your ISP and internet package, that could be causeing the issue. I know a lot of people go with the cheapest internet they can find, which isn't really suited for gaming + other stuff. Do you know what mB service you are running? (3, 10, 25, 50, 100, etc?)
WoW uses so little data its ridiculous. Back in WoTLK I think I used 90MB for 6 hours.
The ISP package isn't the issue, even the lowest mbps service would be enough for WoW.
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/2912882510
Unless you are running the lowest ISP package available with 4 other users sucking down bandwidth. As the OP said,
We have a WoW player in our household (my brother), and 4 other users of the same Internet/WiFi network. If 3 of those other people are streaming video, playing games, and torrent-ing, then yes, it will cause wow to lag and have issues. I've only been in the IT field for 16 years so.....whatever
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383903
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Post by
karatechop
100mbs...I'm jelly
Paying for the best in my area $100 per month and only 12mbs...not even rural area
Wow, where do you live if you don't mind me asking?
South Queensland Australia.
oh and pay for 20mb's, but never go over 12.
Post by
catfish71
I have AT&T and use a AT&T 2701HG-B 2Wire Wireless Gateway DSL Router Modem. Everytime i log into WOW i lose my internet connection. How can I stop that so I can play.
Post by
Araxom
Hi Catfish, here's our
support page
for the 2 wire modems.
I would also advise you to try and get on a direct connection, at least while troubleshooting this. Although I'll be out over the weekend, feel free to respond back to the thread if you continue to have issues with this.
Post by
Arideni
I use a Verizon Wireless 3G connection with typically 2-4 bars tethered from my iPhone 4 to my PC and experience 160ms pings and speedtest apps conclude approximately 1.0-1.3 MB/s on average for this rural area in NC, USA. I don't typically lag any in WOW and am able to play FPS games like SOF2 or Steam powered games such as Counter-Strike without incident.
I can alt-tab and view websites while playing, though I don't typically watch a ton of HD content I do stream Netflix to the PS3 every so often and it has trouble keeping it buffered, but for 30$ a month I won't complain...much (450 minutes for 50$ plus 30$ data).
Post by
Interest
Might as well try this - Make sure you're running WoW in IPv4 instead of IPv6. I remember there were some issues related to this awhile ago. Also shut off any applications that may be using internet (Firefox/IE/Chrome, Steam, etc)
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