User Datagram Protocol

[thundercld]

I have tried everything that I can afford to do. Since I upgraded to AH2 I can't stay connected more than 10-15 mins. I did a search on this topic matter and still don't quite understand why UDP is needed. I ahve disabled everything that needs to access the internet inculding any fire walls or virus software and still can't stay conected. I am running out of ideas. I will be reading up on everything I can find on the subject matter. I like to learn and I guess I will be doing alot of it over the next few days and weeks.
thundercld:(

[Ghosth]

Have you run a ping plotter, traceroute, visual route or similar program to see where your losing your connection?

HTC is only responsible for the last couple hops, your problem could be coming from anywhere down the line.

Watch for very high latancy/packet loss.

Post results in internet connectivity forum.

Skuzzy can help, but he needs information to do it.

[Skuzzy]

There are many factors that contribute to UDP packet loss.  It can be the Internet, and typically is, but it can also be the local computer system/LAN configuration causing the problem.
UDP is used due to it being faster than TCP and requires less network ovehead.

What type of connection do you have?  If it a dial-up, what type (brand/make) of modem is it?

Also make sure you have no background programs running that use the network, like the Windows Auto-Updater, the Windows Messenger (both of them), and so on.