(I GIVE 20$ skin if SOLVED) HELP Can't connect to South Africa server,

[PauloG]

Hi guys, I'm currently in Africa-Angola, so I was supposed to connect to SA (South Africa) server when matchmaking, but instead, they put me into Europe servers with 160+ ping.
This happens when I use the WIFI from my home, but when I use my office's WIFI i can connect to SA servers, do anyone know what problem could be?
I also bought a VPN to move me to SA, it works but ping is too high
i've also tried setting max ping, changing steam download region, reinstalling... nothing worked..

I can give a 20$ skin for whomever solves me this problem

[LeMonKy]

What is your max acceptable matchmaking ping? By default its 150, try lowering it

[[G59] qweek]

On settings u have a max ping, try to do 20 ping and check if its gonna help

[PauloG]

Originally posted by KigLeMonKy:

What is your max acceptable matchmaking ping? By default its 150, try lowering it

Already tried, doesnt work

[PauloG]

Originally posted by qweek:

On settings u have a max ping, try to do 20 ping and check if its gonna help

Nah, already tried that

[Jocker6]

did you try changing ur country in steam settings

[Cr@zY-$HeeP]

Have you checked the geolocation data associated with your external IP? You can use any VPN provider's official website (NordVPN or ExpressVPN are two common ones) to do this, using their "What is my IP" utility.

Your ISP may be reporting your location incorrectly. This is very common, especially if you have satellite service. Either that, or your ISP may be routing your home connection through a VPN or proxy service.

[Clover ☘]

use a vpn, now please give me skin :)))

[Cwal76]

Originally posted by Clover ☘:

use a vpn, now please give me skin :)))

I already know you can't read from your other thread in the wrong forum. But c'mon, he literally stated in his original post. He has done/tried that.

[Cat_Soldier]

This seems like an internet issue tbh. Some people in the past had a similar issue and said that changing their ISP solved the problem, though unsure if it’s an option for you.

If you can another thing you can try is to contact your ISP and request for them to change your IP address if it’s static

[WELLER]

Hello, i read some information in forums and other posts bc i never faced that kind of ploblem.
First, what roiter you have, Netgear? People faceing connection ploblems with some kind of routers. I don't know about your budget and i am not 100% sure, but try to change to another router.
Second, do you use wireless wifi connection or directly connected with LAN? There's a huge difference and LAN is 10 times better.(Bad English sry )

[PauloG]

Originally posted by jocker66213:

did you try changing ur country in steam settings

doesnt work

[PauloG]

Originally posted by Clover ☘:

use a vpn, now please give me skin :)))

"I also bought a VPN to move me to SA, it works but ping is too high", already tried

[PauloG]

Originally posted by Cr@zY-$HeeP:

Have you checked the geolocation data associated with your external IP? You can use any VPN provider's official website (NordVPN or ExpressVPN are two common ones) to do this, using their "What is my IP" utility.

Your ISP may be reporting your location incorrectly. This is very common, especially if you have satellite service. Either that, or your ISP may be routing your home connection through a VPN or proxy service.

The IP location is correct, I checked on those check my IP sites, ExpressVPN is exactly the one i bought, it coonects me to SA server, but with around 180+ ping, too high.
I've done some searches and maybe it's my ISP's using a SACS submarine cable instead of WACS or SAT-3, I'll try changing to another ISP or maybe changing my IP to another ISP's router (still gotta figure it out how to do it)

[lukosic]

the wifi operator is the problem

[Cat_Soldier]

Originally posted by PauloG:

Originally posted by Cr@zY-$HeeP:

Have you checked the geolocation data associated with your external IP? You can use any VPN provider's official website (NordVPN or ExpressVPN are two common ones) to do this, using their "What is my IP" utility.

Your ISP may be reporting your location incorrectly. This is very common, especially if you have satellite service. Either that, or your ISP may be routing your home connection through a VPN or proxy service.

The IP location is correct, I checked on those check my IP sites, ExpressVPN is exactly the one i bought, it coonects me to SA server, but with around 180+ ping, too high.
I've done some searches and maybe it's my ISP's using a SACS submarine cable instead of WACS or SAT-3, I'll try changing to another ISP or maybe changing my IP to another ISP's router (still gotta figure it out how to do it)

Unsure if it’s possible to call the ISP and request that they change your IP to use the WACS or SAT-3 cable route to avoid the hassle of switching over to a entirely different ISP