Server Location

[Rhambuk]

Originally Posted by username17 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The servers are on the East coast of the US somewhere in the Carolina's.

I ran a trace route from California, DC, and Virginia. I got routed through Atlanta each time.
The servers aren't far enough north that I'd stop at a Virginia router. It put me through Atlanta.
I'm thinking somewhere in North/South Carolina close to Atlanta.


There were 2 hops after passing through Atlanta which didn't have PTR records so I can't confirm the exact location. IP location look ups are not always accurate (company I work for purchases IPs on the west coast and uses them on the east coast) so I can't say exactly.

If I'm right I live about 6 hours away from the servers which is nice.

Not that it matters I guess but...

why would anyone want information on the servers unless they planned on messing with them? not calling anyone out or throwing labels it just seems very shady to me.

[getsome]

Originally Posted by Rhambuk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not that it matters I guess but...

why would anyone want information on the servers unless they planned on messing with them? not calling anyone out or throwing labels it just seems very shady to me.

You afraid they gonna unplug them. Lol

[Rhambuk]

Originally Posted by getsome [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You afraid they gonna unplug them. Lol

Maybe! Anonymous account asking where the servers are. Maybe ive been reading these forums to much but im a little nervous for my pixels!

[Noxieus]

Why I would like to know: www dot WTFast dot com

WTFast is a very useful program that reduces latency by offering a more direct route to whatever game servers you play.

In WoW, my latency went from about 45ms to 20ms, living in California and connecting to the LA servers.

I get ~100ms here, so I figure the benefit might be substantial.

Thanks for the discussion.

[getsome]

Originally Posted by username17 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The servers are on the East coast of the US somewhere in the Carolina's.

I ran a trace route from California, DC, and Virginia. I got routed through Atlanta each time.
The servers aren't far enough north that I'd stop at a Virginia router. It put me through Atlanta.
I'm thinking somewhere in North/South Carolina close to Atlanta.


There were 2 hops after passing through Atlanta which didn't have PTR records so I can't confirm the exact location. IP location look ups are not always accurate (company I work for purchases IPs on the west coast and uses them on the east coast) so I can't say exactly.

If I'm right I live about 6 hours away from the servers which is nice.

Netriplex has a data center in arden, nc ( close to asheville) and a fiber link to atlanta. They also have a datacenter in atlanta.

[username17]

Curiosity. Or to find out if the latency they're experiencing is a problem or if it's just due to the geographical distance between them and the server.

In what way would knowing the physical location of a server assist in 'messing' with it? It's online and has an IP address. That's all you need to know if you want to DDoS.

It's not like the server is sitting in a shack on Rogean's back yard. It's in a Colocation data center with 24/7 security, video monitoring, and support. You're not going to be able social engineer your way in and pull the hard drive out.

[Rhambuk]

Originally Posted by username17 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's not like the server is sitting in a shack on Rogean's back yard. It's in a Colocation data center with 24/7 security, video monitoring, and support. You're not going to be able social engineer your way in and pull the hard drive out.

ahh i thought he personally held it, my bad!

This just in! Data center in south carolina bombed! new at 11

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

to OP: dig deeper. They are not telling you everything.

Deep Throat

[Thulack]

45 to 20ms? 50 bucks says you couldnt even tell a difference.

[username17]

I'm fairly certain which Colo company has the server. They have 4 data centers in the Carolinas.

But no one needs to know which data center the server is in. There's no benefit from having that level of information so I didn't share it.

@OP: The EQ Emulator servers are hosted on the east coast of the US. In the North/South Carolina area.
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