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Metatail · Jan 27, 2008, 07:37 PM // 19:37

Hello.
My GW started lagging since 2 weeks. It just happened out of nowhere. Now I can't play normally because every ~10 minutes my ping is on 10k and I'm experiencing a total freeze due to such a big lag. I've tried defragmenting the whole disk using the methodes described in a sticky thread. Tried reinstalling the game as well. Also searched for spyware/trojans/viruses etc. Nothing helps.
Once I've noticed that the lags were gone for 2 days. No idea why this happened but it was not so long after I defragmented disk C (only). Maybe just a coincidence with another event.

I run DSL 512 with an Asmax BR-804 router.
Another thing worth noticing is the fact that (on 1gb RAM) my GW uses most of my CPU (~80%).

Thank you for your help regarding my problem.

Tarun · Jan 28, 2008, 12:46 AM // 00:46

What sort of connection are you on, wired or wireless? Are you on a router and/or using a software firewall? If you are on a router, is your Internet shared? Do you have anti-virus and other programs running in the background such as anti-spyware or other programs that check the Internet for updates?

Metatail · Jan 29, 2008, 08:28 PM // 20:28

I'm on wired connection with a router. Apart from that I use Win XP Pro SP2 Firewall. My internet connection is shared. I run antivirus on background as well but it checks for updates only once a day.Turning it off isn't helping. I've made sure that nobody who shares my connection isn't causing lags as they weren't using computer at all when my lags happened.

Tarun · Jan 29, 2008, 09:01 PM // 21:01

Have you tried resetting your modem and router?

Just a thought, but if any of the other computers were on and have any infections then that could attribute towards network latency.

Melinda1984 · Jan 29, 2008, 11:43 PM // 23:43

im getting this same problem for about 2 days now

Tarun · Jan 30, 2008, 02:55 AM // 02:55

You can also try doing a traceroute to one of their servers, all you need is the URL or IP.
Start > Run > cmd
Type the following:
tracert <url or IP here>