connection problems

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I used to use wireless at my parents place and it was great but now I have straight cable modem connection without a network and Im getting connection problems on every server & map. The conn. probs only last a couple of seconds, but its happening every few mins. What should I do?

I have a 2.5 gz Intel
512 RAM
32 MB GeForce

Someone told me to change my sound settings, but everything was running perfectly before.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks
 
Probably a cable latency problem. Cable is great for downloading but since you are sharing with the rest of the neighborhood it is not always as fast responding to requests and such. Damn fast downloading but sometimes not the best for online games.

It sounds like your problem is connection related - to your cable and not your system so you should probably call your cable company and see if they have any advice.
 
Thanks for the reply Helper!

I don't think it is the cable modem that is causing these probs. I used the same ISP as before, and that was wireless! Plus im in a small town where I dont think it would become bogged down. Is there something else I could try?

Thanks
 
What Operating System are you running on that machine? I have this wild idea that it might be a buffer problem. Since you were OK on wireless you had an extra buffer you were going through, I think, which could help your connection by smoothing out your connection. I think by removing the wireless you are now more succeptible to subtle latency problems when before you were being buffered more. It is kind of technical and it is just a theory but I need your Operating System to tell you how to increase your buffer size - so we can test it.
 
I am using Windows XP Home Edition.

BTW, i read somewhere that I should try turning off QoS Packet Scheduler in the LAN connection properties which I have done. Should I turn this back on?

Also I noticed an option that says 'Allow computer to turn network off to save power' should this be unchecked?

Thanks for your time
 
The QoS thing is a bit of myth-- when XP came out people thought that disabling it would improve performance. That's not true and it has been well documented. It doesn't really matter though-- its not really something that gets used in a Home setup.

The power thing is not really a big deal, you can leave it alone. (It's not going to help.)
 
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