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lag with on-line games
03-06-2008 5:41 PM
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I know all about ping, contention ratio etc etc, but I get awful lag, to such an extent that I can't play online games. I'm starting to get extremely pissed off with it, I pay a premium and am getting a shoddy service, sort it out plus net!
cp:red Please do not try to avoid the swear filter. See link:rules mod:end
Re: lag with on-line games
03-06-2008 5:55 PM
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Moved to the "Gamers Forum" where your post is are more likely to be seen by fellow games that can offer advice.
Re: lag with on-line games
03-06-2008 5:59 PM
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Welcome to the forum.
Please can I remind you that you are posting on a Community support forum, attitude such as "I pay a premium and am getting a shoddy service, sort it out plus net!" is not going to endear others to help you.
Chilly
Re: lag with on-line games
03-06-2008 6:00 PM
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What games have the problem?
Is it all games or just some?
Do you have any game server IP addresses we can try?
Is this something that has started happening recently?
What are the ping times to the game server IP address(es).
Is your broadband connection running in interleaved mode?
Posting some tracerts will also help
Re: lag with on-line games
03-06-2008 7:25 PM
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This is an intermitent problem, some times of the day it is fine others it is lousy.
The game I am playing is Secret of the Solstice, when I play using a Cable Modem no problem and that is on a pc with an absolutely lousy spec', and at any time of the day.
I have 3 pc's here at home each with varying specs (Athlon 2000 upto dual core laptop), and all give a similar result, awful lag - but not at all times.
My router is a Netgear DG834GT wireless - I am unsure as to whether interleaved is turned on how can I check this?
Cheers
Re: lag with on-line games
03-06-2008 7:41 PM
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If it helped click the thumb
If it fixed it click 'This fixed my problem'
Re: lag with on-line games
03-06-2008 7:42 PM
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If it works fine on a cable modem then your netgear router should get the same performance assuming you are using the same cable and socket. I use the same Netgear router as you and play BF2142, BF2 and CS with low stable pings on most servers.
It sounds like someone may be doing something else on you connection at the same time as you are gaming causing it to slow down. My wife helps my gaming by running bbc's iplayer when I am gaming which causes very poor gaming performance until iplayer is stopped.
Hope that helps.
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03-06-2008 8:04 PM
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05-06-2008 4:42 PM
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Is the game listed in the list of games?
Re: lag with on-line games
19-06-2008 3:20 PM
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Sounds like the game is not having its traffic prioritised. Hows your general web surfing and connection?
Do you get random disconects?
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