How to find the best stratum server for NiceHash!

in #utopian-io7 years ago (edited)

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What Will I Learn?

In this tutorial I will explain step by step how to find the best location near you by using your command prompt.

  • General Rule
  • Test NiceHash Servers

Requirements

  • Windows 10, 8.1 , 7
  • Command line
  • NiceHash v2 or legacy

Difficulty

  • Basic

The general rule to pick a server

  • .eu stratum servers if your hardware is located in Europe, Russia, North Africa, Middle East and other regions near Europe.
in the following map shows this at the nearest point

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  • .usa stratum servers if your hardware is located in the US, Australia, Canada and other regions near the US.
in the following map shows this at the nearest point

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  • .hk (Hong Kong), .jp (Japan, Tokyo), .in (India, Chennai)
in the following map shows this at the nearest point

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Install Telnet client

Use search Turn Windows features off or on

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or by the following steps:

  • Click Start, and then click Control Panel.

  • On the Control Panel Home page, click Programs.

  • In the Programs and Features section, click Turn Windows features on or off.

  • If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Continue.

  • In the Windows Features list, select Telnet Client, and then click OK.
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Run this command for each NiceHash stratum server location:

ping -n 50 -l 128 SERVER

Replace SERVER with each of the NiceHash stratum server locations, see below:

  • speedtest.usa.nicehash.com
  • speedtest.eu.nicehash.com
  • speedtest.hk.nicehash.com
  • speedtest.jp.nicehash.com
  • speedtest.in.nicehash.com
  • speedtest.br.nicehash.com

For example:
ping -n 50 -l 128 speedtest.usa.nicehash.com

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After all the tests are finished.
the results with Minimum = X ms, Maximum = Y ms, Average = Z ms
latency (or min/avg/max/mdev = X/Y/Z/W ms).
You are looking for Average or avg number.
Pick the location for which the test gives you the lowest Average or avg number of ms.

Example:

    Packets: Sent = 50, Received = 50, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 205ms, Maximum = 215ms, Average = 208ms

Please note that, due to additional proxification for some locations, you have to add additional milliseconds to your results when comparing to .eu and .usa:

  • 150ms for .hk

  • 100ms for .jp

  • 200ms for .in

  • 180ms for .br

  • Note: important that you receive 0% packet loss in the ping results.

If you get a significant packet loss for a particular location, it might be wiser to choose a location with slightly higher ms results, but with lower or zero packet loss. Since Internet network connectivity for your location might fluctuate in terms of stability during various periods of day.

.eu = 105ms AVG
.usa = 250ms AVG
.hk = 45ms AVG + 155ms = 195ms AVG
.jp = 60ms AVG + 99ms = 159ms AVG
.in = 101ms AVG + 202ms = 303ms AVG
.br = 71ms AVG + 181ms = 252ms AVG

In this case you would choose .eu stratum servers.

It's recommended to run this test on various periods of the day.
That's it.

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Images has been taken/created by @Jinzo for an open source project. Some Images has been taken from Google Maps and edited by @Jinzo.



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