<![CDATA[Only Frankfurt relay available from Thailand – high latency to AUS/Asia players]]>Hello! I play from Thailand (wired connection) and other players often complain that I lag, especially in games with Australian players.

What I found so far:

  • Most of my connections go through the relay ("relay <-> srflx" in the ICE debugger).
  • The ICE adapter log shows only one relay for every game: 139.162.142.250 (Linode). My RTT to it is ~208 ms, matching my traceroutes to Linode Frankfurt, so I assume it's in Germany.
  • "Preferred Coturns for ICE" in the client only lists "Linode".
  • Average RTT to Australian players is ~460–580 ms, while my direct traceroute to Sydney is ~360 ms. So the detour through Frankfurt seems to be the main cause.
  • My NAT looks fine: normal public IP (no CGNAT) and port-preserving mapping. Some direct (host <-> srflx) connections do succeed.
  • FAF and Java are allowed in Windows Firewall.

Questions:

  1. Is there a relay in Asia or Oceania (FAF used to have one in Australia)? If so, how can I get the ICE adapter to use it?
  2. Is there anything else I can do on my side to get more direct connections?

I can send my ICE adapter log privately if that helps. Thanks!

With WARP
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Without WARP
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