Connectivity Problem

[Arkano]

I apparently have a connection problem with all my games, an example is in Warcraft III whenever I join or start a multiplayer game after about 30 secs or so of playing I suddenly get disconected from Battle.net, same thing happens with other online games like Diablo 2, EverQuest, DAOC etc... after a short period of playing time I get disconnected I dont know what may be causing this and Ive tried everything from reconfiguring my TCP/IP settings from reinstalling my modem and lowering transmit/receive buffers etc... The wierd part is that this only happens on games and when I use programs like Mirc, MSN Messenger, Kazaa, Internet Explorer my connection works fine and I never get disconected. If you have any idea of what may be happening please let me know. Thanks.

 

[t'kron]

Go to your start files:

start
run
msconfig

look in the startup tab, and check each one against the list found here:

http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_pages/startup_full.htm

uncheck any unneeded tasks, also get adaware and run it to remove any spyware that is running on your couputer.

 

[Arkano]

I downloaded adware and it removed me about 10 spyware files (Cydoor, Alexa, Doubleclick, etc) also I checked the startup apps that could maybe been causing conflicts and I only found that LoadQM may be decreasing my connection speed because im using windows ME all the other apps are apparently normal (I verified at the URL you gave me). So any other possible solutions or should I reinstall windows? I had read Blizzard tech support page and other games tech support pages as well and I havent found a solution. I get an error message on some online games that says "your client stopped receiving messages from the server" and in other titles like W3, D2, SC I only get "lost connection from battle.net after 30 or so seconds of playing.

 

[t'kron]

Have you talked to your ISP, it sounds like they are running some sort of a firewall that is interfering with you doing online gaming.

 

[The Helper]

It really sounds to me like your ISP is having a problem. The loss of connection can be caused by a routing problem. When you are surfing the web it would not be noticeable but online games tend to drop you if you are losing enough packets.

You can check this by taking your computer over to a friends house who has a different ISP or signing up for a free trial somewhere and checking with that.

If it is no problem for you to reinstall windows and get all Windows update then go ahead and do that first.

 

[t'kron]

I am not sure how you are connecting to the internet (dial-up, DSL, Cable etc). but go here and run tweak test, if necessary say you are using ISDN with a connect speed of 100. that program will tell you if you are getting packet losses. It can also help you tweak your system to get the best performance if you have a High speed internet connection

http://www.dslreports.com/tools

 

[Arkano]

It looks like I am goin to re-install windows because I tried to play with a different ISP account of a friend and the same thing is happening... Thanks for you help tho guys its very appreciated.

Ill reply again when I get my pc ready again farewell untill then.