Talk:Tutorial: Proxy Connection/@comment-205.250.126.70-20150720093138/@comment-26091666-20150722060227

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The problem with networking is really that it is quite complex when it comes down to troubleshooting the issues. Though simply put it is similar to one physically going from A to B except instead of seeing individual packets go from A to B (that is between your computer to the server on the other end), you yourself is that packet. Seeing slow downs, congestions and what not are virtually the same in terms of networking. I have been meaning to write up a blog entry about this as it may help some people realise that knowing how to deal with networking a bit helps a lot.

Going incognito is basically viewing web pages without any caching and it doesn't rely on any previously cached data from your computer. I personally would vouch saying that going incognito is no different from completely clearing your browsing history (from cookies all the way to cache) to not even storing anything that you did during the session. Chances are, going incognito may still fail if the issue still stems from connectivity itself.

If people could learn a bit about networking and how to diagnose issues as they come, one of the most primitive ways to try and diagnose is to "ping" the server on the other end. If ping packets are lost then chances are that there is either a firewall in between somewhere that is either filtering them out or the server is actually off on the other end. The next step is to try something like http://isup.me ; however this case may not apply with the kancolle game servers. Other more detailed analysis tools are (but not restricted to) the use of tracerouting which shows information on each nodes as the packets transverse through.

Anyway, point being is try incognito (which I presume would fail still if the problem still exist within the actual routing). Failing that is to try and check with your local peer group such as reddit and what not to see if there is anyone else facing catbombs or latency issues connecting to random Japanese servers.