[solved] Find the Best Server; Lowest Ping

[moejoe 1]

How could i figure out the best Server for the lowest Ping ? 

best regards 

[monstrocity 31]

Go to speedtest.net and find the nearest data server to your location.
Record the url of that data server and go to the Servers tab on Air.
Click on Check where it says Checking routes with the google address.
Enter the data server url you got from speedtest and click Search.
You'll have to refresh the page several times before most of the servers display a ping.
Then, find the server with the lowest ping value (in or near your home country) and connect to it.
If you're concerned about the load of a particular server, you can check it on the Server page.  The server with the lowest ping and lowest load will be the 'best' choice statistically.

[moejoe 1]

u mean the nearest one from the air vpn server location which i use
or the location from my normal internet connection

best regards  

[monstrocity 31]

The nearest to your physical location without vpn.

[OpenSourcerer 1441]

8 hours ago, moejoe said:

How could i figure out the best Server for the lowest Ping ? 

Ping all servers and sort by average answer time ascending.
Eddie does that in the background, but if it's not an option, a bit of manual work must be done. I remember a few users around here who used some programs for this, showing all servers this way, but finding something old like that is quite the challenge.
 

3 hours ago, monstrocity said:

The nearest to your physical location without vpn.

Generally, but sometimes, especially in Europe, servers in neighbor countries can be better.

[moejoe 1]

On the Server Section  AIRVPN Website ( like @monstrocity pointed out ):

Import Copied Lines  in Excel, replacing some Words, Filter and Ascending  ;Done 

best regards 

[OpenSourcerer 1441]

[Insert "it's not much but it's honest work" meme here]

People built small scripts for this in the past. Maybe someone who did this is kind enough to share his/her honest work with you.

[moejoe 1]

@giganerd: 

I'm satisfied with mine so far. 

thnx for help 

best regards 

 

[moejoe 1]

Additional Question: 

Whats the difference between  resolve and ping ? 
 

best regards  

[OpenSourcerer 1441]

4 hours ago, moejoe said:

Whats the difference between  resolve and ping ? 

Resolve a DNS name to an IP and vice versa:
airvpn.org <--> 2001:41d0:a:6034::

Ping a host, if it pings you back, it's online and reachable:

$ ping airvpn.org -c4
PING airvpn.org(2001:41d0:a:6034:: (2001:41d0:a:6034::)) 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 2001:41d0:a:6034:: (2001:41d0:a:6034::): icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=19.4 ms
64 bytes from 2001:41d0:a:6034:: (2001:41d0:a:6034::): icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=17.9 ms
64 bytes from 2001:41d0:a:6034:: (2001:41d0:a:6034::): icmp_seq=3 ttl=56 time=18.6 ms
64 bytes from 2001:41d0:a:6034:: (2001:41d0:a:6034::): icmp_seq=4 ttl=56 time=18.9 ms

--- airvpn.org ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3006ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 17.909/18.702/19.414/0.548 ms

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