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TheChemist

macrumors regular
Original poster
Sep 25, 2006
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Good morning,

Since updating to 10.10.5 yesterday, I noticed that my speeds when connected through PIA (using their client) have decreased noticeably. These "benchmarks" were obtained while playing HoTS, my connection is Charter's 60 mbps.

1 - Connected to PIA (Texas), my in game latency is 390-500 ms (was 50 ms on 10.10.4)
2 - Connected to PIA (MidWest), my in game latency is 190-250 ms
3 - Connected to PIA (Mexico), my in game latency is 125-175 ms
4 - No PIA, latency is hovering around 50 ms

I use OpenNIC DNS servers which are suggested for my region (Texas).

Suggestions? Questions that will lead to suggestions are also encouraged.
 

lemon4611

macrumors newbie
Apr 27, 2015
6
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All my connections got faster... You might want to try to clear the DNS Cache. For Yosemite you would now use this terminal command:

sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

Apple went back to mDNS with Yosemite 10.10.4
 

TheChemist

macrumors regular
Original poster
Sep 25, 2006
179
56
Thank you very much! I launched the command and will report back tomorrow.

Have a great day!
 

TheChemist

macrumors regular
Original poster
Sep 25, 2006
179
56
Lemon's solution seems to be a winner. No more pokey internet since.

Thank you!
 

pat500000

Suspended
Jun 3, 2015
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All my connections got faster... You might want to try to clear the DNS Cache. For Yosemite you would now use this terminal command:

sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder

Apple went back to mDNS with Yosemite 10.10.4
I use PIA..do i use that once? will it work?
 
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