deltachris - 4-6-2005 at 03:46 AM
Need help !!
I keep getting connection interupted coming up when in multiplayer.I am not sure whats causing it as i have just change isp to 4mb adsl.It Used to
happen occasionally but today its happening alot.
I use a adsl wireless router can anyone shed some light on this please as it annoying as i lose about 6 secs everytime it happens and i usually get
killed when this happens.
Thx...
Steptoe - 4-6-2005 at 09:29 AM
Im not a fan on wireless for gaming...to many things can interfer...as games work on udp not tcp (as is with a download) if a packet is dropped it is
not asked to resend( like tcp)
d/load pinger, it has a trace route built in, u will be able to establish where the connection is dropping...make take several goes.
Set pinger up to run a trace, join a server, as soon as a ci comes up drop the game to task bar run the trace
It may take several goes to actually find where the preoblem lays.
deltachris - 4-7-2005 at 12:49 AM
Thanks for answering, On my router setup it has a application gateway section where you can open ports to allow selected games to use which can be set
to 'UDP' or TCP, will that help on the game and how do i get the settings to enable this ?
Oh any ideas where to d/load this 'Pinger'.
Thx.
Steptoe - 4-7-2005 at 06:05 AM
Opening ports is when u wish to run a server....game, email, TS, web server etc
No will not help , it will not be your router.
Have a look in the download section here :o
deltachris - 4-9-2005 at 12:28 AM
Thanks Steptoe,
I contacted my ISP first and they said the network was ok. But i have since found out there is a problem after all and the first customer serv rep
didn't know of problem so it turns out that an upgrade to there servers and they lost packets or whatever that means and it causes an un-stable
connection speed. also dis-connections aswell.
So thanks for your advice and hopefully my adsl be back to full steam soon.
Steptoe - 4-9-2005 at 07:09 AM
9 times out of 10, the isp help desk, and often their front tech help are no more than joe public reading from an instruction sheet!!!! If the realy
knew anything, they wouldnt be sitting on a phone!!!
If having problems submitt logs, traceroutes etc...the prob then gets passed up to someone who does have a few clues.