it doesn't matter, its still more accurate, On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:05 PM, msleeper <mslee...@ismsleeperwrong.com>wrote:
> What about ISPs and IP providers whose GeoIP data are not even in the > same area? Most GeoIP lookups are based on whois data of the IPs in > question, so if your IPs are owned by a company on the west coast, but > the datacenter you are in is in the east coast, then you're going to be > getting some pissed off west coasters with high ping. > > > On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 20:49 -0400, Spencer 'voogru' MacDonald wrote: > > GeoIP has been accurate enough. Even if it's off by 500 miles it's still > far > > better than the octets of the IP which is what they do right now. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > > [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Cc2iscooL > > Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 8:36 PM > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Master Server Move > > > > I hope all your IP addresses of both your clients and your servers have > the > > correct geo IP data. > > > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Kyle Sanderson <kyle.l...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > I think I love you Zoid, > > > > > > Kyle. > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 2:54 PM, DontWannaName! < > ad...@topnotchclan.com > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > That was broken anyways in TF2 I believe... > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 2:27 PM, 1nsane <1nsane...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > So it will no longer sort by ip similarity? Thank the dragons! > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Zoid Kirsch < > z...@valvesoftware.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday April 14th we will be moving the HL2Master servers > to a > > > > new > > > > > > set of IP addresses. One of the major new features is the new > > > Masters > > > > > > should return dedicated servers ordered by their geographical > > > distance > > > > > from > > > > > > the player requesting the server list, making for lower latency > and > > > > > better > > > > > > connections. > > > > > > > > > > > > Dedicated server operators will generally have to restart their > > > > dedicated > > > > > > servers after this move to ensure they will correctly pick up the > > new > > > > > > addresses of the these Masters. The server browser in the Steam > > > client > > > > > and > > > > > > in games such as Team Fortress 2 will automatically move to the > new > > > > > Masters. > > > > > > > > > > > > Server operators that manually set their master servers (we > > recommend > > > > > > against this practice however) please use " > > > hl2master.steampowered.com" > > > > > to > > > > > > refer to them instead of the IPs directly. This name returns all > > > Master > > > > > > addresses. > > > > > > > > > > > > We will update once the move is complete. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > /// Zoid. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > > > archives, > > > > > > please visit: > > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > > > > please visit: > > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > > > please visit: > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
