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A.N.T. · Nov 25, 2005, 01:34 AM // 01:34

Ok i meet all of the requirements easily. I have all the stuff set to low quality, even though it tells me to set them to high. I use a LinkSys wireless-g 2.4Ghz router, connected to a home network. The host computer is on the other side of the wall =\

I know it says in support to avoid using wireless internet, but does anyone here play with wireless and get no lag?

Billiard · Nov 25, 2005, 02:28 AM // 02:28

When I play wireless on my laptop I seem to get stop and go lag - not sure what causes it, but it definitely is not smooth like on a cat 5 connection. This happens both on my home wireless as well as on more industrial strength wireless.

Narada · Nov 25, 2005, 03:39 AM // 03:39

You're saying that you have the modem hooked up to the host computer which is connected to a router that you connect to? If so, why not try hooking the modem up to the router instead of the computer and then get your connection straight from the router itself? That's what I do and it works fine.

DarkSider84 · Nov 25, 2005, 04:16 AM // 04:16

Do you have all needed ports open on the router? Do you have the firewall set up correctly? And all proper drivers? that could be a cause of your lag one of the above.

Xue Yi Liang · Nov 25, 2005, 04:29 AM // 04:29

No lag here, buddy.

Akilles · Nov 25, 2005, 05:11 AM // 05:11

nope, no lag, AND I even had a time (not by choice) where my system was on the otherside of a massive home with tons of wireless devices and interferance which had my connection at "low" and still ran GW with little lag. I have 54mbps now and it flies.

I think they say that since wireless is less secure (or can be) as other can possibly share your network. has nothing to do with bandwidth. bandwidth is bandwidth. if you have a 2.4 ghz phone in your house, I would consider changing that then.

Narada · Nov 25, 2005, 05:39 AM // 05:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akilles

I think they say that since wireless is less secure (or can be) as other can possibly share your network. has nothing to do with bandwidth. bandwidth is bandwidth. if you have a 2.4 ghz phone in your house, I would consider changing that then.

The 2.4 GHz phone gave me problems too, but not lag problems. What happened with me was that every time someone turned on the phone or someone called and a phone rang, my router would reset itself. I had to replace nearly all the phones in our house with the newer models... 5.8 GHz I believe?

VGJustice · Nov 25, 2005, 06:13 AM // 06:13

I've got wireless, and I get spotty lag. But, I think that has more to do with a really poor ISP than my wireless.

for the record, I've had a 20kbps DSL connection. When my provider works, it's great, though.

Justin_GW · Nov 25, 2005, 06:27 AM // 06:27

I've got a wireless connection and i don't have any lag when playing guid wars

Lerxst_of_Syrinx · Nov 25, 2005, 09:21 AM // 09:21

I'm using a wireless 802.11g (54mbps) connection and have zero lag issues. Come to think of it, I never had problems on a 802.11b (11mbs) connection, either.

The Son Of Morgoth · Nov 25, 2005, 12:12 PM // 12:12

you can play wireless and not lag but u will need a GOOD laptop.......no 256 ram and u want a good graphics card...like a gaming laptop.

Tmm Ryan · Nov 25, 2005, 12:30 PM // 12:30

my other pc is wirelessly connected, and iv only every got lag once, but i think that was down to the gfx rather than the connection cz i got an error.

But then again iv got a belkin 125mbps router + 125 wireless card.

Billiard · Nov 25, 2005, 03:58 PM // 15:58

My laptop is actually pretty decent and does great with a hardwire connection - not sure why it acts up with wireless. Maybe it has to do with the security I got installed? (WEP)

EternalTempest · Nov 26, 2005, 03:38 AM // 03:38

The older 802.11b and 2.4ghz will overlap on the same frequencies.
Make sure you are using 802.11g hardware.

Xue Yi Liang · Nov 26, 2005, 04:35 AM // 04:35

when I had an 802.11b I had spotty connections due to my 2.4Ghz cordless phones. When a call would come in my connection would drop half the time - the rest of the time it was just unreliable. A new 802.11g fixed that right away...

A.N.T. · Nov 26, 2005, 06:15 PM // 18:15

Well, sorry guys, forgot about this thread.

So, from what i read, i have abnormal bull crap. I AM running on a 2.4 ghz 802.11G, my phone is only a 900 mhz. I have a wireless box on my cpu in my room, in the room next to me is the big box that i network too. We have WEP security too if thats a problem.

This isnt just little spotty lags every minute or so. This is clicking 10 yards ahead and taking 2 minutes to get there

Lerxst_of_Syrinx · Nov 26, 2005, 08:18 PM // 20:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by A.N.T.

Well, sorry guys, forgot about this thread.

So, from what i read, i have abnormal bull crap. I AM running on a 2.4 ghz 802.11G, my phone is only a 900 mhz. I have a wireless box on my cpu in my room, in the room next to me is the big box that i network too. We have WEP security too if thats a problem.

This isnt just little spotty lags every minute or so. This is clicking 10 yards ahead and taking 2 minutes to get there

If you want to 100% find out if it's really your wireless connection do this:
(Let it run for 15 or so minutes before you stop.)

Open a command prompt:
Start > Run > type in "cmd"
Find out your gateway IP address by:
ipconfig /all
Write down your Gateway IP address (probably 192.168.0.1 or something like that)
From the DOS box type: ping -t <your gateway's IP address> > c:\pingtest.txt
It will look like: ping -t 192.168.0.1 > c:\pingtest.txt
Let that run for 15 or so minutes.
Press CTRL-C to stop test.

Open My computer. Find the pingtest.txt file on your C Drive and open it.
Inside you'll see a bunch of lines that look like:
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=64

Look for lines where time is high.
Look for Request time out.

Also, the last line should give overall statistics. You are looking for 0% loss.

If any of the above problems show, you have a wireless network problem.

Write back let us know how it went.

A.N.T. · Nov 27, 2005, 02:21 AM // 02:21

Code:

Packets: Sent = 891, Received = 891, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 3ms, Maximum = 42ms, Average = 4ms

Well i got the 0% loss

Could WEP be a problem at all?

Lerxst_of_Syrinx · Nov 27, 2005, 09:36 AM // 09:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by A.N.T.

Code:

Packets: Sent = 891, Received = 891, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

    Minimum = 3ms, Maximum = 42ms, Average = 4ms

Well i got the 0% loss

Could WEP be a problem at all?

It's possible, but unlikely. You can turn off WEP and see see how it goes.

If you are running DSL, you can try the same test I recommended with the Default Gateway IP address of your router (this will test from your house back to your computer). I would do this test before doing the next test.

Also, you can try it with one of your DSN servers listed in the ipconfig. If your DSN server address is the same as your gateway you'll have to log into your router and use its address). If the problem lies with pinging a DSN server (which is operated by your ISP), you'll have to get on the phone with their tech support.

A.N.T. · Nov 27, 2005, 04:00 PM // 16:00

Ok, i did the test with my DNS server, 0% loss...

So what else could be a result of this lag?

Also, the below link is to my DxDiag log file, if theres any useful information you can take from that

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UYGG7FPP