We’d appreciate your help to research various hosting providers in the eastern US. We’re particularly concerned about players from the LATAM region, but everyone from anywhere in the world is encouraged to run these tests!
This is a 2-step request:
Step 1
Please run a ping on each of the following IPs, then vote for the one that has the lowest ms for you:
Copy-paste convenience
ping 161.129.181.2
ping 154.53.33.115
ping 63.251.20.100
ping 45.77.160.49
Bloom Host (Miami): 161.129.181.2
Contabo (New York): 154.53.33.115
NFOservers (New York): 63.251.20.100
Vultr (Miami): 45.77.160.49
Suggest other in reply
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How to run ping on Windows?
Open Windows Command Prompt by pressing the Windows key + R key
Please visit the above URL then vote for the location that has your lowestms ping:
Dallas, Texas (US)
Ashburn, Virginia (US)
Los Angeles, California (US)
Miami, Florida (US)
Falkenstein, Germany (EU)
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Additional traceroute details
Secret Step 3
If you have time and are willing to share your routing information, it would also help our research. Please send your results as a private message to @staff-sysadmin for your privacy.
Example to run a traceroute in Windows Command Prompt:
Ping tests (take with grain of salt because I am close to east coast US servers)
Pinging 161.129.181.2 with 64 bytes of data:
Reply from 161.129.181.2: bytes=64 time=20ms TTL=51
Reply from 161.129.181.2: bytes=64 time=19ms TTL=51
Reply from 161.129.181.2: bytes=64 time=20ms TTL=51
Reply from 161.129.181.2: bytes=64 time=19ms TTL=51
Ping statistics for 161.129.181.2:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 19ms, Maximum = 20ms, Average = 19ms
Pinging 45.77.160.49 with 64 bytes of data:
Reply from 45.77.160.49: bytes=64 time=22ms TTL=50
Reply from 45.77.160.49: bytes=64 time=22ms TTL=50
Reply from 45.77.160.49: bytes=64 time=21ms TTL=50
Reply from 45.77.160.49: bytes=64 time=23ms TTL=50
Ping statistics for 45.77.160.49:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 21ms, Maximum = 23ms, Average = 22ms
Pinging 63.251.20.100 with 64 bytes of data:
Reply from 63.251.20.100: bytes=64 time=39ms TTL=49
Reply from 63.251.20.100: bytes=64 time=43ms TTL=49
Reply from 63.251.20.100: bytes=64 time=39ms TTL=49
Reply from 63.251.20.100: bytes=64 time=53ms TTL=49
Ping statistics for 63.251.20.100:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 39ms, Maximum = 53ms, Average = 43ms
Pinging 154.53.33.115 with 64 bytes of data:
Reply from 154.53.33.115: bytes=64 time=48ms TTL=46
Reply from 154.53.33.115: bytes=64 time=47ms TTL=46
Reply from 154.53.33.115: bytes=64 time=47ms TTL=46
Reply from 154.53.33.115: bytes=64 time=53ms TTL=46
Ping statistics for 154.53.33.115:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 47ms, Maximum = 53ms, Average = 48ms