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How to fix online lag?

post #1 of 6
11/17/07 at 12:06am
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I am playing this game, Popkart, and I keep getting disconnects and just overall slow online speeds. It is causing some in game problems as well as the disconnects. I don't run any other program than this application when I play it. Do you guys reccomend any possible solutions? Two weeks ago, I was playing the exact same game fine, with no disconnects whatsoever, so this problem is very puzzling to me...oh yeah should I try the ol' unplug router and modem and plug it back in? I remember I did that once and it didn't turn out so well last year. My router actually just stopped working after I tried that in 2006 and had to replace it.. anyway advice and replies would be appreciated... (I have comcast)
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post #2 of 6
11/17/07 at 3:34pm
dont know the game and you never said your speed
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post #3 of 6
11/17/07 at 3:55pm
What times have you been playing this game? IIRC Comcast is a Cable service, and Cable is notorious for having bandwidth problems during peak usage. So if you are playing your game in the evening when everyone in your neighborhood is home, that could cause noticeable slowness in-game and while surfing. By "overall slow online speeds" do you mean going to websites, too? If so, it could be your service.

It could also be due to the game servers--maybe they are more populated this time around, or maybe the game developers performing some maintenance and taking up lots of their bandwidth.

Do a speed test on your internet connection. If you can, try speed tests at different times of the day, on a weekend vs. a weekday, etc. to see how variable your connection is. Post your results if possible. If the slowness continues for several days, all day, you could try power cycling your router and modem (not sure why it might have bricked your router last time, but that definitely shouldn't happen).
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post #4 of 6
11/19/07 at 3:56pm
Stop downloading porn torrents in the background.
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post #5 of 6
11/22/07 at 1:29am
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To K3ck: It's a game from China
To nyako: My speeds from speedtest.net are Download: 11498kb/s and Upload: 1409 kb/s . My speeds surfing the net have been fairly fast, it still takes only about a second loading up most sites. Yeah, I might try to power cycle the router and modem.. because most of the other players online aren't really disconnecting a smuch as I am.. I tried to scan for adware, viruses, and etc. but it came up clean...
To Darqhelmet: Nah, I close all unnecessary applications when I play games online...
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post #6 of 6
11/27/07 at 1:52pm
Check to make sure you have opened all the ports you need.
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