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Geek Culture / Extreme lag when I join multiplayer games.

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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 13th Dec 2011 23:07
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My connection is excellent, nothing wrong with it at all, that is, until I decide to play some multiplayer games and then it decides to lag like nothing before and I constantly get disconnected and the VoIP I am on starts breaking up. Once I quit the game the connection goes back to normal.

Anyone had this happen before?
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bitJericho
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Posted: 13th Dec 2011 23:18
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You don't have enough bandwidth. What's your numbers from speedtest?


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MrValentine
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Posted: 13th Dec 2011 23:30 Edited at: 13th Dec 2011 23:31
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Speedtest.net

did you ever turn off your router/modem?... If not turn it off for at least 30 seconds or 10 secs...

State your ping and up/down speeds... also look for the ping test on there... it needs java and sbould give you a line rating... run them a few times to get average results.

EDIT

Are you using Steam?

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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 14th Dec 2011 00:10
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My speeds are fine, it only lagged when I started playing on servers. I swapped the network card into another slot and it sorted the problem, must have reset its settings. Kind of weird as I can't remember changing any thing.



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Thraxas
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Posted: 14th Dec 2011 01:06
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I had this problem with a couple of games. I went to the forums for those games and found people with similar problems and I had to adjust some settings on my router.

I think they were different for each game. This was a while ago though, so I don't actually remember what I did to fix it.

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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 14th Dec 2011 01:32
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One problem fixed and another one appears, but this time its my lazy brother who does nothing all day being selfish and mass downloading so the connection crawls to a stop for everyone else :/.

Can't wait till the 5th, when I get my own line.
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GotAway
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Posted: 14th Dec 2011 13:07 Edited at: 14th Dec 2011 13:07
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Quote: "the connection crawls to a stop for everyone else"




Don't feel bad.

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bitJericho
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Posted: 14th Dec 2011 13:12
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Quote: "One problem fixed and another one appears, but this time its my lazy brother who does nothing all day being selfish and mass downloading so the connection crawls to a stop for everyone else :/."


QOS will take care of that.


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lazerus
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Posted: 14th Dec 2011 13:30 Edited at: 14th Dec 2011 13:33
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Check your ports are forwarded with this handy tool. Free version ofc.



Quote: "One problem fixed and another one appears, but this time its my lazy brother who does nothing all day being selfish and mass downloading so the connection crawls to a stop for everyone else :/.
"


Yeah that's a large issue. If he's torrenting, which is most likely a yes follow these steps in covert of course.

Open his utorrent/torrent program and got to settings;

Change upload to 0-1kbs
Change max DL rate to 100-400kbs
Change incoming/outgoing connections to 50-100

Done and done, if your brother doesn't know alot about computers your sorted, if he dose tell him one of the following along with your family.

"I heard 'supplier name' is doing maintenance so the connection is going pretty slow."

"Yeah 'brothers name' just to give you a heads up the connection is still acting up, we keep getting crap bandwidth. " -(say it like your doing him a favour)

Use similar excuses as long as you can and want. If he's being a tool, drop the setting down a little lower and repeat. The more you mention it, the more they'll link crap connection as the fault of the supplier. All suspicion is off you. Continue with your gaming life in peace.




http://lazerus-reborn.deviantart.com/
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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 14th Dec 2011 23:31
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I'm sure he would check the settings if he started to get less than his normal 5MBs download rate. Thing is, I work all day and then when I get home, he started downloading, when he has had all day from 7am till 7pm. I had a go at him about it and he just doesn't care.

I ordered sky broadband unlimited, so I won't have to worry about lag once its set up on the 5th of Jan. Until then, I might block ports he needs to be able to download or restrict bandwidth if possible so it doesn't lag

Also, the QoS engine on the router is garbage. It has very little configurable options and I can not choose which computer has the highest priority, so it basically picks the first computer he sees fit and is nearly always someone else's, not mine, plus, it seems to make the connection worse, even when it has chosen my computer to boost.
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bitJericho
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Posted: 15th Dec 2011 03:42
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What's your router, maybe we can help?


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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 15th Dec 2011 10:28
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It is a D Link DIR-615. I've read though, that QoS is very poor on this model. I'm also not a complete novice when it comes to using routers, but I'm not an expert xD.
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bitJericho
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Posted: 30th Jan 2012 14:09
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Sorry for the long bump, just found your reply.

Install dd-wrt, http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database

Put in your model number and choose the correct revision.

The QOS settings in DD-WRT are quite good. But you'll want to read the faqs and install guides a few times so you know how it works.

If you need help setting up QOS on DD-WRT, I'm your man


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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 26th Feb 2012 04:05
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I know this is really old now, but I basically ordered my own broadband instead of using my family connection, worked out quite well. I think the ISP my family uses is testing the line for when they release 100Mbit so has been quite unstable lately.
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