Fixing Mabinogi Lag (The Right Way)

• Snowie Stormflower wrote on 2013-07-31 11:59
  You're just being unnecessarily paranoid, really.
  
  The Free trail doesn't even ask for one bit of your personal info when you try it.
  You just download it and enter "Free Trial" as your login name.
• Gensokyou wrote on 2013-07-31 12:07

  Quote from Snowie Stormflower;1129843:

  You're just being unnecessarily paranoid, really.
  
  The Free trail doesn't even ask for one bit of your personal info when you try it.
  You just download it and enter "Free Trial" as your login name.

  
  
  It's not that i'm worried about. It's that they can read your information as you tunnel it.
  
  How can you test your ping with the thing?
• Snowie Stormflower wrote on 2013-07-31 12:11

  Quote from Gensokyou;1129845:

  It's not that i'm worried about. It's that they can read your information as you tunnel it.
  
  How can you test your ping with the thing?

  
  
  I never actually figured out how to ping.
  And I highly doubt they're looking at you're information at all, other than the size of the packets you send and how long it takes.
  I think you have a completely rong view of VPNs, I've never heard of any that are being used for stealing/leaking your info.
  
  Here is some delicious literature on VPNs.
• Gensokyou wrote on 2013-07-31 12:16

  Quote from Snowie Stormflower;1129847:

  I never actually figured out how to ping.
  And I highly doubt they're looking at you're information at all, other than the size of the packets you send and how long it takes.
  I think you have a completely rong view of VPNs, I've never heard of any that are being used for stealing/leaking your info.
  
  Here is some delicious literature on VPNs.

  
  
  For the same reason, i reformatted my hard drive before sending my laptop to the maint guys. Just in case they peeked around in it.
  
  I'm really paranoid.
  
  Also, I don't get what that link's supposed to be showing me ;~;
• Snowie Stormflower wrote on 2013-07-31 12:20

  Quote from Gensokyou;1129848:

  For the same reason, i reformatted my hard drive before sending my laptop to the maint guys. Just in case they peeked around in it.
  
  I'm really paranoid.
  
  Also, I don't get what that link's supposed to be showing me ;~;

  
  
  It's supposed to show you that it's safe, VERY safe.
  
  Does it look like I had anything bad happen to me while using WTFast at all?
• Snowie Stormflower wrote on 2013-07-31 12:20

  Quote from Gensokyou;1129848:

  For the same reason, i reformatted my hard drive before sending my laptop to the maint guys. Just in case they peeked around in it.
  
  I'm really paranoid.
  
  Also, I don't get what that link's supposed to be showing me ;~;

  
  
  It's supposed to show you that it's safe, VERY safe.
  
  Does it look like I had anything bad happen to me while using WTFast at all?
• December wrote on 2013-07-31 13:00

  Quote from Gensokyou;1129848:

  For the same reason, i reformatted my hard drive before sending my laptop to the maint guys. Just in case they peeked around in it.
  
  I'm really paranoid.

  
  
  I probably shouldn't tell you that reformatting doesn't actually remove all traces of data then. I probably shouldn't tell you that the only way to completely eliminated data is to the physically destory the harddrive. Hehehe.
  
  Seriously, you worry too much. You don't even need an antivirus if you're careful with what you click on. VPN technology itself seems quite safe, more safe than the wifi you use at McDonalds. I'm assuming you worried the company might sniff out your account details and hack it? Unlikely if it's a reputable service, else it would only hurt it's customer base.
• Gensokyou wrote on 2013-07-31 13:04

  Quote from December;1129871:

  I probably shouldn't tell you that reformatting doesn't actually remove all traces of data then. I probably shouldn't tell you that the only way to completely eliminated data is to the physically destory the harddrive. Hehehe.

  
  
  Okay, great. Kinda worried now.
  
  Never purchasing warranty again, just going to either do it myself or get a second, dummy HDD when taking it into a shop. Clean install and everything. :U
  
  

  Seriously, you worry too much. You don't even need an antivirus if you're careful with what you click on. VPN technology itself seems quite safe, more safe than the wifi you use at McDonalds.

  
  
  Use wifi at McDonalds? NEVER
  
  

  I'm assuming you worried the company might sniff out your account details and hack it? Unlikely if it's a reputable service, else it would only hurt it's customer base.

  
  
  Not just that, but banking, email, etc..
• Baku wrote on 2013-07-31 13:15

  Quote from December;1129871:

  I probably shouldn't tell you that the only way to completely eliminated data is to the physically destory the harddrive. Hehehe.

  
  Second best thing is filling the hard drive with random bits, which is really easy to do with the appropriate software.
• Gensokyou wrote on 2013-07-31 13:23

  Quote from Snowie Stormflower;1129851:

  It's supposed to show you that it's safe, VERY safe.
  
  Does it look like I had anything bad happen to me while using WTFast at all?

  
  
  

  [Image: http://i.imgur.com/W8WZd4T.png]

  
  

  [Image: http://puu.sh/2KmY3]

  
  

  [Image: http://puu.sh/2SMqf]

  
  
  And another one which i'll pm to you.
  
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  Here's a ping test I did just now (After trying a few things and whatnot)
  
  

  [Image: http://www.pingtest.net/result/84432963.png]

  
  
  It seems to get better the later in the day it is.
  
  No big surprise.
• Snowie Stormflower wrote on 2013-07-31 13:27
  I don't see how these are bad things, CJ just spams that Screenshot button like no other.
  You should see his screenshot folder, you'd be scared to get near him in Mabinogi.
  
  Either way, you should really give some VPNs a try, you might be amazed.
  ....or not, we'll see.
• Gensokyou wrote on 2013-07-31 13:32

  Quote from Snowie Stormflower;1129888:

  I don't see how these are bad things, CJ just spams that Screenshot button like no other.
  You should see his screenshot folder, you'd be scared to get near him in Mabinogi.
  
  Either way, you should really give some VPNs a try, you might be amazed.
  ....or not, we'll see.

  
  
  Bad things:
  
  -You farting at the NPC and killing it via a glitch. That's bad.
  -Nirn's hair. That's really fucking bad.
  -Whites with a sword. That's bad.
  -You lying dead in a pile of live goblins. Nuff said.
• Snowie Stormflower wrote on 2013-07-31 13:35

  Quote from Gensokyou;1129893:

  Bad things:
  
  -You farting at the NPC and killing it via a glitch. That's bad.
  -Nirn's hair. That's really fucking bad.
  -Whites with a sword. That's bad.
  -You lying dead in a pile of live goblins. Nuff said.

  
  
  Are you really running out of reasons to go against using a VPN?
  That was also not an NPC, it was a Crystal Golem.
• Gensokyou wrote on 2013-07-31 13:38

  Quote from Snowie Stormflower;1129896:

  Are you really running out of reasons to go against using a VPN?
  That was also not an NPC, it was a Crystal Golem.

  
  
  No, I was merely going out on a limb and trying to be humerus.
  
  Security is my real major concern. And I don't think you should be saying that you don't use an antivirus as evidence :u
• Carlonia wrote on 2013-07-31 13:42

  Quote from Gensokyou;1129897:

  No, I was merely going out on a limb and trying to be humerus.
  
  Security is my real major concern. And I don't think you should be saying that you don't use an antivirus as evidence :u

  
  
  I also use WTFast. At home (at most 2mb Broadband, used by 2/3 others at the same time) I can spam Magnum fairly well on my Elf.
  At the place where my own internet connection is (complicated to explain, but it's 30mb, and usually just me on it) I feel like an American, close to the West Coast.
  
  I have had no viruses, no details stolen, nothing suspicious at all. My brother also uses WTFast, same story there.
  
  EDIT:
  With WTFast you just gotta make sure that you choose a Los Angeles (CA) server. If you feel unusually laggy, change which one (There's CA 1 - 4 to choose from). They have these 'Advanced' servers for people who pay for their VIP package, but I don't. I have no idea whether they're better or not.
  
  Ohohoh, and I only use Wireless, never Wired, internet connections