Constantly Disconnected

Whenever I try to play a game like WoW or Counter Strike Source, I either get disconnected within 5 minutes or experience a lag spike that lasts sometimes more than 10 seconds and returns every 2 minutes.

I am not sure what it is but I have another computer on the network that hasn't experienced any network related problems (running XP).

I was wondering if anyone else has experienced these problems before and what you did to fix them?

I have disabled my cards, reinstalled the drivers, shut my firewall off, added the games to DEP, and run them as an administrator and yet I still experience the same problem.

Btw, I browse the internet fine. I've called my ISP and they're sending a tech by Dec. 26, but I am starting to doubt its them if everything is fine with other computers.

 

Sometimes, you might have netlimiter running and that limits it, obviously.

OR you have a virus

 

Check your energy management and make sure it's not powering down the card to save energy.

 

Power management is fine and I've checked for viruses/spyware. Still nothing.

 

What router are you using?

 

It's not the router. I have the same issue connected directly to the modem. I just did a clean install of Vista to make sure I didn't screw any settings up and the problem is still there.

This means:
- My network cards in this laptop are screwed up.
- It's my ISP.
- Everything comes down to Vista not working with the games properly.

 

Contact Dell, they may send you a new unit.

The problems you are experience is All VISTA, the reason persons are backing up to XP. It was released before it was ready. It has a nick name called MEII, if that means anything to you. Where ME was the worst OS MS ever released.

 

Thanks for all the help but I think I've narrowed it down to my ISP.

I installed my games on my XP machine and see the same problem. I don't get disconnected as much but the lag spikes are overkill and I have no other computer running on the network at the same time. My ping is through the roof as well all the time. I'll have them replace the modem and check everything else.

 

have you run a network speed test? google one or try using this one.

this might help determine that it is your ISP. when you contact your ISP, they will have you run one of these too. I know at home I pay for 500KB upload and 4MB download speed. If you know the package you pay for, this may help in directing you towards the culprit. let me/us know what you find out

 

Try using cablenut to optimize you connection. It was the only one that worked for me. And if your with comcast, there noted for large lag times. Cable is like a party line, the more user on your hub the slower it gets.