Disco Problems & Fix that worked for me

[SlipKnt]

About 8 months ago, I started with the disco problems and they were BAD.

Nothing like spending days on squad orders for FSO or drive / fly troops a long distance only to get the boot when you needed to not disco.

It was a massive packet loss.  I would disco sometimes 10  or more a day. 

I got a new Gaming PC.  My graphs got much better as well as my memory.

I was still getting bounced.  I upped my internet connection equal to that at which businesses use.  Put in new cable & wires.

I was still getting bounced.

I ran a ping plotter and still, couldn't nail it down.

I finally looked online a few weeks ago and came across a driver update for my router.  I had no idea routers have drivers that needed updated.  Since I updated my router driver, I have not experienced a disco since.  I wanted to share this with those that find themselves in a similar sitiation.  When everything else has been done, look at the router. 

 






 

[Skuzzy]

Yes, routers have software inside that should be updated from time to time as they almost always have some type of exploit available in them.  Most consumer routers are pretty gutless, as it pertains to protecting themselves from exploits.

Virtually every consumer router on the planet should be power cycled at least once a month, just to keep them from overflowing thier stack.


What model router?

[Wayout]

Virtually every consumer router on the planet should be power cycled at least once a month, just to keep them from overflowing thier stack.

 I've been told the same by an AT&T tech.  She also said it's a good idea to power down all your computers then power down your router for at least 2 minutes. Turn on the router and let it completely finish it's power up cycle, including reconnecting to the internet, then turn on your computers one at a time allowing each one to fully boot and connect to the router before turning on the next one. She said doing that fixed at least 25% of the DSL trouble reports she had.  She also said another problem she saw was users who kept the router on top of the computer.  Something about the computers power supply of interfering with the routers DSL signal.

[Tigger29]

I finally looked online a few weeks ago and came across a driver update for my router.  I had no idea routers have drivers that needed updated.  Since I updated my router driver, I have not experienced a disco since.  I wanted to share this with those that find themselves in a similar sitiation.  When everything else has been done, look at the router.

Actually, it's not a driver update.. it's a firmware update.. but what you call it doesn't really matter, it's still the software running it.

When I have people with internet issues, the first thing I have them do is power cycle the router and modem.  If that doesn't take care of it, I have them bypass the router and connect the computer directly to the modem.  While not the most secure way to do it, if the problem persists then you can just about narrow it down to the ISP's side of things.  If the problem is corrected, then check for firmware updates and/or replacement options.

Anyways... I'm glad you got it fixed!

[doomed]

since this last patch the other day i cant stay connected for long enough to do one sortie. Every time i do i get disconected from ah. Not teamspeak not internet and the other computer is running a game onnline as well and it dosnt get discod. Just me from ah from either computer and its only started since last patch.  All the usual is done, no firewall no programs running in background etc etc.

On the 13th all was great as normal on the 15 since the pach i cant play. Any thoughts
?

[Skuzzy]

Could be a hundred things causing a disco.

Let's see a Ping Plotter output ran immediately after a disco, to 206.16.60.38.  Let it run for a couple of minutes.

[gyrene81]

Doomed, have you made any adjustments to your game settings? When you installed 2.19 was it using the autoupdate or did you do a manual install?  More than a few people have resolved recent issues by saving the settings, skins, sights (if you use custom), stickdef and sounds (if you use custom) folders from AH...then do a full uninstall and reinstall the game using the full game installer of the latest revision...copy the folders back that you saved and try again...make sure you go into the video settings and double check that the resolution, textures and anti-aliasing settings are correct then click ok.

I know you don't like going through anything more than start the game and play but...sometimes that's exactly what it takes.

[SlipKnt]

Yes, routers have software inside that should be updated from time to time as they almost always have some type of exploit available in them.  Most consumer routers are pretty gutless, as it pertains to protecting themselves from exploits.

Virtually every consumer router on the planet should be power cycled at least once a month, just to keep them from overflowing thier stack.


What model router?

It is a Belkin Wireless G Plus MIMO.  I was shopping for a new one when I read up on the firmware updating on a random Google search.  So I tried it.  I haven't discoed in over 2 weeks now and still running solid.  Even at launch in FSO when the FR drops to 8 momentarily then springs back up to 60.  There are no problems anymore.  It was a simple fix that took some time to locate.  And this isn't even the best in routers. 

And, by the way, Skuzzy...   ...I appreciate the time you spent in reading my ping plotter and trying to help me out.  The information and trouble shooting helped me narrow this down.  Thank you sir!!!