Disconnecting from game servers

jamie.heaney · #1 February 3rd, 2005, 12:12 AM

We're running a BEFW11S4 v4 , a Linksys wireless + 4 port router.

3 computers and 1 laptop are used. One of the pc' is wired, the rest wireless.

The router has been fine for a while and previous Linksys routers have not been a problem. Last night we found that connecting to any game server, on any computer resulted in a disconnection within the first minute.

I've researched online and have done the following so far. I've pressed the reset button for a minute, and also completely unplugged it. IP's recycled and everything but this problem persists.

I am at a complete loss as to how to recycle it any further or what to do. I don't believe anyone in the house has access to the router so nothing I know of has been done to it. I've always had good luck with linksys routers for all the hate forums I see on them, but agree, they've got the worst support I've ever seen.

Any help or ideas appreciated.
TY

oink · #2 February 3rd, 2005, 02:35 AM

Before you get too radical, you need to check with some neighbors. Your provider could be having some problems. It's been a regular thing with bellsouth the past few weeks. I've learned to be patient and it will be better in a few hours or days. Wish I could get cable.

jamie.heaney · #3 February 8th, 2005, 07:09 PM

Still having the same problems. Our cable company is Comcast and I'm in Portsmouth,NH. I do not believe it had anything to do with them.

The router seems to disconnect anything with large packet transfers. I really do not know that much about all of it. Does anyone know of a way that I'm supposed to recycle the router that I haven't already done? Or is the router set itself to a setting I wouldn't know anything about? Or do these things break like this? Could it be the modem?

Port openings are not an issue. Our cable company is not the issue. The individual computers shouldn't be the issue(all 4 have the same result). Believe I've really narrowed it down to the router.

TY oink
All help appreciated.

jamie.heaney · #4 February 10th, 2005, 05:36 PM

I originally started this thread HERE but have found myself to be wrong.

When plugged directly into the modem I have the same result.(I was getting ready to just buy a new router)

Everything in the system seems fine, and accessing the internet is not a problem. It is when joining a game server that we are suddenly being disconnected.

I did a connection test and we are at 2637.4 kbps which is about right for Comcast's advertised 3mbps. I thought it might be an outside line?

I have never encountered anything like this and am wondering what I should do next, or who I should contact? We have been using this for years now and suddenly something as bizarre as disconnecting from servers happens for no apparent reason?

All help and ideas appreciated.
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jamie.heaney · #5 February 10th, 2005, 05:37 PM

Please continue to follow this thread HERE.

bAdWaYz · #6 February 10th, 2005, 06:50 PM

When you try to connect to a game server does it dissconnect you offline totally or will it just not let you connect to the game server? What game server is it that you are trying to use?

Wolfy834 · #7 February 12th, 2005, 01:48 AM

Hello, I am having a very similar problem. However, this is happening through my Xbox, and its wireless bridge. I am not sure what the problem is, but I am 100% sure it has to do with either the router, or wireless bridge.

When I am online through Xbox Live, after maybe 10-30 minutes, I will be kicked offline with a networking error. However, I can instantly sign back in and start playing again.

I am totally stumped as to how this could have happened - nothing on the network has been changed for a while. And I have been having some major computer problems also (I posted another help-me on this board a few weeks ago).

I am fed up with technology, and how it just seems to conspicuously change itself overnight.

Wolfy834 · #8 February 12th, 2005, 03:33 PM

Wow, great help guys. *bump* Need ASAP.

**degsy** · #9 February 12th, 2005, 03:36 PM

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Wow, great help guys. *bump* Need ASAP.

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bAdWaYz · #10 February 12th, 2005, 09:32 PM

Check time out settings in the router, also check the MTU settings they should be around 1400 "cable" and 1492 "dsl" not being a gamer myself I don't know much about XBox and frankly if you are that hard up for help maybe you should do some reading for yourself.

Wolfy834 · #11 February 12th, 2005, 10:05 PM

I didn't mean to be rude about my post above, but I just don't want this problem to get worse and affect the whole network. I am also pretty fed up with technology these days - I recently lost my HDD to possible virus or it just stopped working.

bAdWaYz, thanks for your help, but I have no idea how to do the things you mentioned, could you please give some more detail?

jamie.heaney · #12 February 15th, 2005, 05:33 PM

Sorry for the long delay in reply, caught the flu...

Badwayz,
There are 5 different computers all with different OS', that have been playing the Battlefield 1942 and Vietnam series games and mods for about 1-3 years depending on the series. I mentioned previously, this happens now, even when plugged directly into the modem.

The game loads as normal, but the moment one joins the game, the 'warning connection problem detected' shows up and you get 'disconnected' within 1-10 seconds. Not from the internet, just the game. Other than gaming, everything on our network and connection seems fine.

I'm well versed in gaming. I was joining servers with under a 60 ping. It would even disconnect on a completely empty server.

The twist, is that at one point I hosted a local game and 3 computers easily played a game locally through the router without getting disconnected. That was what made me plug directly into the modem to find it wasn't the router with the problem.

I'm really stuck. Could it be comcast?

bAdWaYz · #13 February 16th, 2005, 06:02 AM

Try setting your routers MTU to 1400. To do that get into your routers setup just like you did to forward ports and look that the MTU setting change it apply then try to connect to a game server and see how it goes.

jamie.heaney · #14 February 17th, 2005, 06:44 PM

mmm, MTU set to 1400 received the same results. The router was originally set to 'auto' with a precondition of some sort set at 1500.

Archangel122184 · #15 February 17th, 2005, 10:08 PM

Its a problem with one of the patches for BF1942. It originally manifested in 1.4 or 1.5 and remains when you try to patch to 1.6. Try a clean install of the game with a full patch to 1.6.

And yes, this is sometimes a delayed problem. Its been reported that it happens "out of the blue".

Edit: I just found a site that claims that the issue is also caused by the Windows firewall (not suprising).