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Title: another wireless router problem
Post by: Crash!!! on November 15, 2007, 03:42:54 PM
ok hello kind people of OA thank tou for your patince. I would like your help in addressing a problem I have with my wireless gaming of OA. The ping is great and very low but for some reason at odd times I get extreme lag spikes out of knowhere and it is not caused be dropped packets since I do not see red lines. It does not happen in the wired computer connected to the same router. could it be a max packet problem?


Title: Re: another wireless router problem
Post by: Logan on November 15, 2007, 10:00:51 PM
I use the same connection type and have noticed this as well. Anyone have any idea what causes this or a solution?


Title: Re: another wireless router problem
Post by: dmn_clown on November 15, 2007, 10:56:52 PM
Do large downloads suddenly slow down and then increase?


Title: Re: another wireless router problem
Post by: Crash!!! on November 16, 2007, 04:31:58 PM
no not really


Title: Re: another wireless router problem
Post by: next_ghost on November 16, 2007, 04:53:06 PM
cg_lagometer 1
cg_drawfps 1

Screenshot from the lag would be nice.


Title: Re: another wireless router problem
Post by: Crash!!! on November 16, 2007, 06:57:30 PM
thanks I already have those already on. hold on picture is going up soon.


Title: Re: another wireless router problem
Post by: Crash!!! on November 17, 2007, 04:42:37 PM
ok it looks like this


Title: Re: another wireless router problem
Post by: next_ghost on November 18, 2007, 04:10:01 AM
According to the lagometer, outgoing packets are being dropped for some reason... And the server won't update your clientstate until it receives at least one packet from you.


Title: Re: another wireless router problem
Post by: kit89 on November 18, 2007, 10:59:22 AM
Its most likely your wireless cant handle the upload. Most can't.


Title: Re: another wireless router problem
Post by: Crash!!! on November 18, 2007, 08:09:02 PM
Thanks I figured out what it was and both of your analysis were helpful. It turns out that (Vista)(yes okay it sucks and whatever) blocks packets when it tries to check for more networks every minute or so. If u want you could do more research on it and I will post my solution up shortly.Funny this problem was in XP until SP2 and now it resurfaces in Vista nice work Microsoft.