WoW API: GetNetStats

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Retrieve info about net statistics.

down, up, lagHome, lagWorld = GetNetStats();

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Returns

down

Current incoming bandwidth (download) usage, measured in KB/s.

up

Current outgoing bandwidth (upload) usage, measured in KB/s.

lagHome

Floating Point Number - Average direct latency of the connection from your computer to the Blizzard server in milliseconds (updates every 30 seconds).

lagWorld

Floating Point Number - Average in-game latency of the connection from your computer to the Game World including TCP overhead (updates every 30 seconds).

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Example

local down, up, lagHome, lagWorld = GetNetStats();

message("Connection Lag: "..lagHome.." milliseconds, World Lag: "..lagWorld ); 

Result

Message box appears with amount of lag in milliseconds.

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Description

Retrieve information about your current net statistics.

Note that WoW 4.0.6 has added a return value so that two distinct latency values are now returned...