Curse

Annihilator · Dec 02, 2005, 03:34 AM // 03:34

I kept having a NetErr=7 disconnect when playing the game .. so frequest that I could only log in long enough to basically 'farm' (10-15 minutes). After talking with my ISP (and shockingly finding out that it was not them for once) I Discovered MY problem.

It would seem that with my Linksys router (BEFSR41) every 10-15 minutes the router renews the WAN (internet) IP address. Now while the address may be the same, the server thinks that you disconnected (or so I believe).

So I thought I would put this here for anyone else that may be having a similiar issue as I now have to get a new router (mine does not allow you to set the renew time other then for LAN (Local Traffic)).

You can check this the next time you get a disconnect. Log into your router right away and check the DHCP Lease time. Mine always resets to 4 Days countdown, and by no surprise also when I get disconnected to the GW server.

Happy hunting

The Halo Bender · Dec 03, 2005, 07:05 PM // 19:05

Thanks for posting that. I'm sure that a lot of people simply assume that err7's are always ANET's fault.

Not to thread-jack, but I thought I'd post my err7 solution here. I was getting disconnected often during the past 2 weeks. Turned out it was a router problem and I simply had to download the latest firmware for the router. Problem solved

Epsilon07 · Dec 04, 2005, 10:55 AM // 10:55

I've been expiriencing the same problem i'll try it and see if it works

Racthoh · Dec 04, 2005, 11:04 AM // 11:04

Nice post, I'll have to tell some of my friends who have frequent err=7 problems. Now... is that wireless or wired, I'm no good with hardware jargon.

Annihilator · Dec 05, 2005, 01:11 AM // 01:11

Mine is wired, but any router could have the same effect.