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Can you choose a server with vodafone?

  • 27-01-2014 02:44PM
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,644 ✭✭✭


    Hi everyone and thanks in advance for any help. I have vodafone fixed line broadband and its reasonably good. When I do speed tests tho its choosing the dublin server and the ping is 3 times better with the enniskillen one. Is there anyway to tell it to choose the enniskillen one?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,713 ✭✭✭fat-tony


    I presume you mean the OOKLA speedtest?
    To pick a server, just hover your mouse pointer over the geographic location and a label will "pop" up. Click on that label and it will use that server. Otherwise it just does a ping of the nearby servers and picks the one with the quickest ping result.

    I just selected Enniskillen and here is the result:

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    I usually just pick the Dublin Vodafone server as it gives me a consistent result and I can see if there is an issue on my local fibre loop. Using a server outside VF's network may give differing results depending on network load and gateway conditions. You should use a wired rather than a wireless connection as otherwise your speeds are going to vary much more.

    Edit - I just had a re-read of your post. You won't improve your actual ping times (for gaming etc.) by choosing a specific speedtest server. The route that Vodofone uses to connect to game servers etc. is determined by their network design and has nothing to do with speedtest.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,644 ✭✭✭theg81der


    em... sorry i dont think my post was clear - ignore speed test nothing to do with that, it just helped me identify that the server in enniskillen yields a faster ping. The question is can i select the server i want to use or is that determined by vodafone. I think you`ve answered that its determined by my network so i cant change it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,713 ✭✭✭fat-tony


    Yes - I kind of thought that's what you were getting at when I re-read your post. The OOKLA servers are just there to provide the speedtest responses and I think they are hosted by the different ISPs. The route your data takes is predetermined by the ISPs network design, load balancing etc.


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