Strange connection problem

cardshark202

Ok, me and valor will often play on the same site, off the same connection, but I get disconned at least 3 times per session and he almost never does. Doesn't make sense to me. Anyone have any ideas?

HoLLLLLaments

prejudice against gingers imo

ArmaniJeanss

Maybe Valor clicks into the lobby and/or other sections of the site to check his balance or his player points etc, whereas you just stick to the tables you've loaded.

So you get disconnected for inaction as the system thinks you aren't using the main page anymore.

All just a theory, probbably garbage.

RichieLawlor

Valor runs better imo

White Knight

Do you both use wireless?

Hectorjelly

is your internet wireless? If you could try swapping computers you could see if the problem was your computer

Van Dice

I would like to play on such a discerning site, details?

White Knight

Van Dice wrote: »

I would like to play on such a discerning site, details?

It is ok to play on the majority of sites from the same IP as long as they play different games/tables etc.

cardshark202

Its wireless, we don't play on the same tables/limits either really

RoundTower

Van Dice wrote: »

I would like to play on such a discerning site, details?

I'd prefer to play on a site that allowed cardfish but kept disconnecting valor.

Paul Tergat

sorry just had to laugh at this thread, its true valor just seems to run good - never seen him take a bad beat!

Hitman Actual

Hectorjelly wrote: »

is your internet wireless? If you could try swapping computers you could see if the problem was your computer

Yeah, do this. And if you can run a standard LAN cable to your rig, see does that make a difference. Also, update all your drivers, OS, etc, maybe even the BIOS if you're comfortable doing that. [Actually, making sure you're updated is really important, particularly with wireless.] Another thing, maybe try stopping as many background processes as possible, and see does that stop the disconnections.

If you want to get really technical, you could try Wireshark to see the network log of what happens when you get disconnected. You'd need some real network guru's to help you interpret that though.

cardshark202

trying wireshark atm with sikes, though he's failing me a little here!

sikes

cardshark202 wrote: »

trying wireshark atm with sikes, though he's failing me a little here!

the fish forgot his admin password. if you weren't living in poverty in some third world **** hole, you'd prob have a better connection, mostly.

dwayman

You could use mains adaptor network plug thingy. I have one and it is great. Got mine in Aldi a while back.

It could be that you have some sort of obstacle between you and the router like a concrete wall which weakens the signal. Different brands of wireless adaptors are more reliable than others too.

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=356937

White Knight

sikes wrote: »

if you weren't living in poverty in some third world **** hole, .

Ireland? :rolleyes:

sikes wrote: »

you'd prob have a better connection, mostly.

Yep, definitely :rolleyes:

ocallagh

edit: ok in an ttempt to be half serious have you tried support? They might load balance their users onto separate servers. Aside from gingeritis I can't think of anything else that could be causing this

sikes

White Knight wrote: »

Ireland? :rolleyes:



Yep, definitely :rolleyes:

no not definitely. most of the servers are in fairly random places. eg malta for b2b. it would be a fair guess that countries around italy, many of which have submarine links to italy, would have better connections than you would experience in ireland/uk

eagle eye

I used to have connections problems on all the sites but since I bought my own router, I have a netgear one now, I've had no connection issues.
I have Eircom broadband.

White Knight

sikes wrote: »

no not definitely.

was an attept at sarcasm about the lack of countries finances/broadband capabilities hence the :rolleyes:'s

sikes

White Knight wrote: »

was an attept at sarcasm about the lack of countries finances/broadband capabilities hence the :rolleyes:'s

ah right, woops, im pretty bad at recognising sarcasm.

Anyway the fish involved has downloaded a new driver which might have sorted something out.

cardshark202

Yeah dl'd the driver, looked good for a bit but my laptop was just slowrolling me. I will fire an email to support about it though I'm not too hopeful on that one

RoundTower

Have you checked the bin?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8ZjqaZNLpg

ocallagh

lol @ the related videos

running bad
Degenerate Gambler
cardshark poking it
Going For Broke
The Most Degenerate Poker Player in The World
Degenerate Gambler
Degenerate Gambler
Take the Cash Geoff!
The Degenerate Gambler - How to Find a Bookie
The Degenerate Gambler goes to the track

Hitman Actual

What's the difference between yours and valors' PC? If the wireless adapters are different, just install the same one as valors. Updating the driver should have helped, but wireless adapters still tend to be finicky, even though the tech is fairly well established at this stage. Also, just updating the adapter driver might not be enough; you might need to update the motherboard drivers and maybe the BIOS as well (although a bad BIOS update might effectively kill your machine).

Edit: lol@RoundTower... I rarely post here these days but still manage to run across a classic.

DeVore

Do you use wireless while Valor uses cable?

If you are both on wireless, do you both use it from the same room? (I'm presuming you both connect to the same router).

Both on same OS?

Do you have any idea of the strength of signal you are getting? (out of 5 bars or some such?)

Are you running anything in the background like a bittorrent program (even if you are not downloading, or have it limited in some way)?

Worst case scenario is that its down to your network card drivers being pickier then his about late packets or packet loss. Thats really clutching at straws a bit but if we can rule everything else out... it could be that.

I had exactly the same problem and its the single most annoying thing. It would disconnect 5 times an hour sometimes or not at all for hours on end. I sympathise!
in my case doing some pretty deep voodoo on the network card settings seemed to help a little but shortly there after I boxed the motherboard with static electricity in a staggering display of cleverness and the new laptop worked grand. :rolleyes:

DeV.
ps:#include wit about gingerness and lack of money.

cardshark202

We both sit the same distance away, we both get the same signal strength(excellent), I'm not running and bittorrent programs while I play. We both have vista, he has a pc with external net wireless card, I have a laptop with internal card.

DeVore

bugger.

I was hoping you'd say something different.

I'll try to dig up the network voodoo instructions I used. In the mean time to exclude the minor difference between the two, you could try cabling an ethernet line to the router and seeing if that makes any difference (I have a feeling you've probably tried this before). Next 48 hours are fairly mad for me but I'll see if I cant find the changes you need to make to the network layer settings.

DeV.

Hitman Actual

Reggie, another thing to try would be to get a USB wireless adapter and try that. They should only cost around €50 or so. To use it, you'd probably have to disable your current adapter- uninstall that driver and then disable the adapter in the BIOS.

fatguy

Plug it in to the modem/router directly and see if you still get the problem. If not, then it's your wireless card.