Connection Problems with N4

Any help is appreciated in this, I just do not understand it I have been dealing with this for 9 months and if you could and I still am not any closer to figuring this out. I have been having connection problems with N4 since the very beginning. In every single N4 race everyone always said I was warping. Yet I am on a cable connection and in N3 I have absolutely ZERO problems. I can connect to a server in N3 and sit there with 100% quality and no dropped packets for a full 50% race. However in N4 I am nothing but warp, even on great servers. Tonight I tried to use Jeff's server (frogdog1) and I had nothing but problems. I could connect for about 30 secs to 2 minutes and then it would kick me off. Yet once again, N3 works fine as do other internet games. Here is what it is doing that is really wierd. Once the server kicked me out, my internet in general would not work for about 30 secs to a minute. It is like something was causing my internet connection to search for something and it gets stuck until it finally times out. After about 30secs to a minute, my internet would start going again but as soon as I got on N4 the server the same thing would happen. I stayed off of the server and downloaded something and surfed and my internet had zero problems, but once again as soon as I get on the N4 server it kills my internet connection and I have to wait for it to start working again. Ideas and help would be Greatly appreciated

Do you have any kind of FPS (framerate) problems in N4? Other than that... some system specs would probably help :-) -- ed_ 'Life begins @ 7,000rpm'

You know what I think? I think your ISP is limiting your throughput. Somehow you've been tagged as a heavy user and they have placed a limit on your account. When the amount of packets starts exceeding the pre-set limit...you get throttled back. Can I prove this? Do I have any documentation? nope. just a dirty feeling. dave henrie "Cliff Roman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:4pen7.8569$[email hidden]... > Any help is appreciated in this, I just do not understand it > > I have been dealing with this for 9 months and if you could and I still am > not any closer to figuring this out. > > I have been having connection problems with N4 since the very beginning.In > every single N4 race everyone always said I was warping. > > Yet I am on a cable connection and in N3 I have absolutely ZERO problems.I > can connect to a server in N3 and sit there with 100% quality and nodropped > packets for a full 50% race. > > However in N4 I am nothing but warp, even on great servers. > > Tonight I tried to use Jeff's server (frogdog1) and I had nothing but > problems. I could connect for about 30 secs to 2 minutes and then itwould > kick me off. Yet once again, N3 works fine as do other internet games. > > Here is what it is doing that is really wierd. Once the server kicked me > out, my internet in general would not work for about 30 secs to a minute.It > is like something was causing my internet connection to search forsomething

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> and it gets stuck until it finally times out. > > After about 30secs to a minute, my internet would start going again but as > soon as I got on N4 the server the same thing would happen. > > I stayed off of the server and downloaded something and surfed and my > internet had zero problems, but once again as soon as I get on the N4

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> it kills my internet connection and I have to wait for it to start working > again. > > Ideas and help would be Greatly appreciated > > > >

I would agree with you except for the fact that I can sit there and download at 200k/sec for any length of time using WinMX or on a FTP site. "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Z8gn7.63240$[email hidden]...

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> You know what I think? I think your ISP is limiting your throughput. > Somehow you've been tagged as a heavy user and they have placed a limit on > your account. When the amount of packets starts exceeding the pre-set > limit...you get throttled back. > Can I prove this? Do I have any documentation? nope. just a dirty > feeling. > dave henrie > "Cliff Roman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:4pen7.8569$[email hidden]... > > Any help is appreciated in this, I just do not understand it > > > > I have been dealing with this for 9 months and if you could and I still

am

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> > not any closer to figuring this out. > > > > I have been having connection problems with N4 since the very beginning. > In > > every single N4 race everyone always said I was warping. > > > > Yet I am on a cable connection and in N3 I have absolutely ZERO

problems.

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> I > > can connect to a server in N3 and sit there with 100% quality and no > dropped > > packets for a full 50% race. > > > > However in N4 I am nothing but warp, even on great servers. > > > > Tonight I tried to use Jeff's server (frogdog1) and I had nothing but > > problems. I could connect for about 30 secs to 2 minutes and then it > would > > kick me off. Yet once again, N3 works fine as do other internet games. > > > > Here is what it is doing that is really wierd. Once the server kicked

me > > out, my internet in general would not work for about 30 secs to aminute. > It > > is like something was causing my internet connection to search for > something > > and it gets stuck until it finally times out. > > > > After about 30secs to a minute, my internet would start going again butas > > soon as I got on N4 the server the same thing would happen. > > > > I stayed off of the server and downloaded something and surfed and my > > internet had zero problems, but once again as soon as I get on the N4 > server > > it kills my internet connection and I have to wait for it to startworking

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> > again. > > > > Ideas and help would be Greatly appreciated > > > > > > > > > >

My system is more than capable of running N4. 1.3 ghz, 256meg RAM, Geforce2 64meg Pro Cable Modem connection Just makes no sense, I do not have this problem with any other game or any other internet application. "Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:HGfn7.13902$[email hidden]...

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> Do you have any kind of FPS (framerate) problems in N4? > > Other than that... some system specs would probably help :-) > > -- > ed_ > > 'Life begins @ 7,000rpm' > >

Hey Cliff, To test this theory, you should try to run both a download and an upload at the same time. Pulling stuff down from somewhere else would be normal traffic. But if the ISP sees you sending a steady stream out, they may think you are running a web-site or something and visitors are pulling stuff down from your site. Running a web-site is normally a violation of the typical home-users usage agreement. So they throttle you back. Same would be true for N4 where they start seeing a lot of up and down traffic. The biggest problem with this theory is that N3 (or any of your other on-line games) don't trigger the same thing even though they should appear the same. Jeff Causey FrogDog Racing "Cliff Roman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:cnhn7.11095$[email hidden]... > I would agree with you except for the fact that I can sit there anddownload

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> at 200k/sec for any length of time using WinMX or on a FTP site. > > > "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:Z8gn7.63240$[email hidden]... > > You know what I think? I think your ISP is limiting your throughput. > > Somehow you've been tagged as a heavy user and they have placed a limit

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> > your account. When the amount of packets starts exceeding the pre-set > > limit...you get throttled back. > > Can I prove this? Do I have any documentation? nope. just a dirty > > feeling. > > dave henrie > > "Cliff Roman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:4pen7.8569$[email hidden]... > > > Any help is appreciated in this, I just do not understand it > > > > > > I have been dealing with this for 9 months and if you could and I

still > am > > > not any closer to figuring this out. > > > > > > I have been having connection problems with N4 since the verybeginning.

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> > In > > > every single N4 race everyone always said I was warping. > > > > > > Yet I am on a cable connection and in N3 I have absolutely ZERO > problems. > > I > > > can connect to a server in N3 and sit there with 100% quality and no > > dropped > > > packets for a full 50% race. > > > > > > However in N4 I am nothing but warp, even on great servers. > > > > > > Tonight I tried to use Jeff's server (frogdog1) and I had nothing but > > > problems. I could connect for about 30 secs to 2 minutes and then it > > would > > > kick me off. Yet once again, N3 works fine as do other internet

games.

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> > > > > > Here is what it is doing that is really wierd. Once the server kicked > me > > > out, my internet in general would not work for about 30 secs to a > minute. > > It > > > is like something was causing my internet connection to search for > > something > > > and it gets stuck until it finally times out. > > > > > > After about 30secs to a minute, my internet would start going again

but

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> as > > > soon as I got on N4 the server the same thing would happen. > > > > > > I stayed off of the server and downloaded something and surfed and my > > > internet had zero problems, but once again as soon as I get on the N4 > > server > > > it kills my internet connection and I have to wait for it to start > working > > > again. > > > > > > Ideas and help would be Greatly appreciated > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

In article <[email hidden]>, "Jeff Causey" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>Hey Cliff, > >To test this theory, you should try to run both a download and an upload at >the same time. Pulling stuff down from somewhere else would be normal >traffic. But if the ISP sees you sending a steady stream out, they may >think you are running a web-site or something and visitors are pulling stuff >down from your site. Running a web-site is normally a violation of the >typical home-users usage agreement. So they throttle you back. Same would >be true for N4 where they start seeing a lot of up and down traffic. The >biggest problem with this theory is that N3 (or any of your other on-line >games) don't trigger the same thing even though they should appear the same.

Are you saying that running an online game looks the same(to the ISP) as running an FTP server??? If that's the case, how could you convince the ISP that you're NOT running such a server? Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett F1 hcp. +16.36...Monster +360.54... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.