Latency

RouterOS General
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Hello

Is there any possible way to lower ping via MT? i’m on satellite internet and the ping is between 550ms to 700ms!

with that high ping online gaming is impossible.

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You could program some sort of QoS to ensure gaming traffic is prioritized, but I’m afraid that won’t lower the satellite latency, in an ideal world it will keep it to the minimum (550ms).

So the answer is no… if 550ms is the best latency you get with no traffic, that’s the minimum you are going to get.

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Thanks for replying

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taken from


http://www.vsat-systems.com/satellite-internet-explained/latency.html



The GEO satellites used for two-way Internet service are located approximately 23,000 miles above the equator. This means that a round-trip transmission travels 23,000 miles to the satellite, 23,000 miles from the satellite to the remote site, and then as the TCP/IP acknowledgment is returned, another 46,000 miles on the return trip for a total round trip of over 90,000 miles. Depending on your latitude, this distance to the satellite could be even greater.

Each time a data packet ‘hops’ (i.e. handled by a device along the path) several milliseconds of latency are introduced. The physics involved account for approximately 550 milliseconds of latency, a limitation shared by all satellite providers. This latency can negatively affect the performance of many business applications and software that requires real-time user input.