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[Bob Loblaw]

Actually set it to 100-100-300000 and then you'll never need to change it again since every server will recognize that and just do the best IT is able to without you needing to lower anything.

 

As for your packet loss problems... you just need to switch to wired on your gaming computer. Packet loss is an ENORMOUS issue for gaming. In a video/voice call its annoying because you just lose the signal for a flash, but in Source it has far more profound consequences.

 

See source uses delta compression. Each tick the server recalculates everything and sends to the users only what changed since the last tick rather than the full data. On your end your computer "guesses" what will happen next and fills in the gaps to make the game smooth, that's the interpolation. Lose too much data and that system breaks down and you need to get the FULL package from the server rather than just the changes, which takes exponentially more work.

 

Get a shite wireless connection....

 

Alright thanks, Yeah I guess Ill just stay wired, it's just if I go to my friends to play some cs 1.6 ownage, then I lag periodically.. Ah well.

Zaraki, it was rated an A and you have 26ms ping with 1ms jitter. It's pretty good. (Plus 0% packets lost)

[KScorp]

On Vista (and I believe on Windows 7 as well) your wireless connection does a scan every minute or two. During that scan, it basically stops all other traffic for a second. Absolutely horrible for online games. I had this problem a year ago with CoD4. Really pissed me off and forced me to use an outlet bridge.

 

The tool posted on the second page should do the trick, but I used a different one: http://www.martin-majowski.de/wlanoptimizer/. The problem was solved completely.

 

It's a must for gamers on a wireless connection (and Vista/Win7).

[Bob Loblaw]

On Vista (and I believe on Windows 7 as well) your wireless connection does a scan every minute or two. During that scan, it basically stops all other traffic for a second. Absolutely horrible for online games. I had this problem a year ago with CoD4. Really pissed me off and forced me to use an outlet bridge.

 

The tool posted on the second page should do the trick, but I used a different one: http://www.martin-majowski.de/wlanoptimizer/. The problem was solved completely.

 

It's a must for gamers on a wireless connection (and Vista/Win7).

 

Thank you. I'm not sure it fixed the problem 100%, but I don't freeze on wireless, it just gets a little choppy for a brief moment. So it definitely helps! Thanks.

[KScorp]

Glad to help. I know how annoying it can be to find yourself dead due to a lag spike.

[kabLe]

Will this program also stop my D-Link from connecting when I start up windows or would I have to manually exit from it?

[KScorp]

No, the program doesn't prevent connections from occurring. But you should be able to do that from Windows.

 

If you don't use your D-Link often, you can just disable it from the device manager. You'd find it under "Network Adapters", just right click it and disable it. (To use it again, just enable it using the same method.)

 

If you still use it often, you can tell it not to automatically connect to a given network. On Windows 7 (and possibly Vista), left click on the "Internet connection" icon at the bottom right corner of your screen. Then, right click on the network you're currently connected to wirelessly, and hit properties. There, go to the "Connection" tab and uncheck "Connect automatically when this network is in range." From then on, to reconnect to it, you can click on the "Internet connection" icon and connect to your network from there.