Wiimmfi and Questionable Server Latency

Vorsenaut · 24. August 2018, 19:31

Good evening all,

I have a few questions regarding the Wiimmfi server located at 104.131.93.87. Firstly, I live in the U.S. so is the latency expected to be rather high? I've done light pinging to the server on my laptop (connected to the same wiifi as my DSi) and the tests show around ~200 ms of latency between receiving packets of data.

My friend who lives in England is having about the same issues, and because of this we wonder whether or not our issue relies on the security settings of the router. Unfortunately, with the current configurations of our internet devices it seems that we are unable to connect to each other in any way.

Theoretically, since she is closer to the server location (Which I assume is in Germany because of the .de at the end of the web page) she should be getting much lower sever latency, any help would be much appreciated friends.

Thanks to the people who are keeping this online dream for the DS alive

Wiimm · 24. August 2018, 19:36

Vorsenaut schrieb:

Wiimmfi server located at 104.131.93.87

... does not exists!

Vorsenaut · 24. August 2018, 19:39

Wiimm schrieb:

Vorsenaut schrieb:

Wiimmfi server located at 104.131.93.87

... does not exists!

Well, that's probably at least one of the issues, thank you for the response!

Leseratte · 24. August 2018, 22:05

104.131.93.87 is a publicly hosted AltWFC server which is something similar like Wiimmfi but mainly for DS games. Wiimmfi is hosted on wiimmfi.de (46.4.79.141).

But the server latency (or ping time) to the server doesn't matter for online gameplay at all. All the server does is basically tell the players eachothers IPs and ports. Then, all the players connect directly to eachother without any server involvement.

FancyDolphin · 24. August 2018, 22:08

@Vorsenaut Don't wanna be rude, but how did you mix up the main server of AltWFC for Wiimmfi? Was your friend mistaken?

Vorsenaut · 24. August 2018, 22:22

FancyDolphin schrieb:

@Vorsenaut Don't wanna be rude, but how did you mix up the main server of AltWFC for Wiimmfi? Was your friend mistaken?

It's okay FancyDolphin, I'm not offended easily. But, to answer your question, I'd have to say that the reason I confused altWFC and Wiimmfi is because both services lack documentation on their specific DNS address (Or it is rather difficult to locate). altWFC, from my research does not appear to have its own webpage, Wiimmfi does however, and I was not able to find the actual DNS address myself. Fortunately, my lovely friend @smonikkims made me aware of the true Wiimmfi address.

I overlook things very easily, but from what I've searched it is very difficult to confirm both services and their appropriate DNS's. Did anyone else have this issue initially?

Leseratte · 24. August 2018, 22:28

That is more of an issue for DS gameplay. Wiimmfi was originally developed for Wii, on which you don't need any special DNS at all (plus, just using DNS wouldn't let you connect because of HTTPS). Just setup (Auto Wiimmfi Patcher or ISO Patcher) and go. While some DS games were eventually added to the server when people wanted to test them, we never really added any documentation for that to the Wiimmfi page.

And for AltWFC, it is difficult to locate because there are dozens of these servers that come and go. AltWFC is completely open-source and everyone can host their own server.

Vorsenaut · 24. August 2018, 22:29

Leseratte schrieb:

That is more of an issue for DS gameplay. Wiimmfi was originally developed for Wii, on which you don't need any special DNS at all (plus, just using DNS wouldn't let you connect because of HTTPS). Just setup (Auto Wiimmfi Patcher or ISO Patcher) and go. While some DS games were eventually added to the server when people wanted to test them, we never really added any documentation for that to the Wiimmfi page.

And for AltWFC, it is difficult to locate because there are dozens of these servers that come and go. AltWFC is completely open-source and everyone can host their own server.

Thank you for the clarification, I appreciate your responses

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