Flash Posted August 18, 2008 CID Share Posted August 18, 2008 I've been using proxies since I found them here last year, but it just came to my mind while watching my brother playing a mmorpg if online gaming speed is affected by using proxies. Please enlighten me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted August 18, 2008 CID Share Posted August 18, 2008 Online gaming will always be affected on a proxy because, it has to send all packets through another server, that in most cases can be quite far away, and will have other people using it as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianonline Posted August 18, 2008 CID Share Posted August 18, 2008 the best way to explain everything is by means of illustration. so please refer below... I know one of the major reason why people uses proxy server is due to the anonymity it brings... Good proxy server uses multiple servers, your request is being routed from one server to another before reaching the website that you want to access... YOUR IP IS 123.123.123.123 123.123.123.123 ----->> ISP recognized you as 123.123.123.123 -----> it will then send a request to a proxy server 321.321.321.321 ------------->>>> then the proxy server will be the one to visit the website so as the IP ADDRESS that will logged on the website/webserver will be 321.321.321.321 and not your IP address.... again the tendency of some Proxy servers is that they tend to route your request from one server to another causing more delay since it will need to pass through each of that server before reaching to you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted August 18, 2008 Author CID Share Posted August 18, 2008 Thanks guys for the short lecture about proxies and I appreciate the illustration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianonline Posted August 19, 2008 CID Share Posted August 19, 2008 it is of everybody's duty in this community to share their knowledge on the things they know.. and it is your right to ask questions on the things you are uncertain about. we are glad to help!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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