Online Gaming Help

I would be more than happy to help you out with this issue. First I need a bit more information from you.

Most importantly, what game is it you are playing?

Also, what hardware are you using, meaning like graphics card, RAM, processor speed, etc. It might not be your internet causing the lag.

Secondly, how are you connecting to your router, you said you're going at 54 mbps so I'm gonig to assume you're using a wireless connection. Correct me if I'm wrong.

There are many things that could be causing this, so before you get back to me, if you are using wireless, direct connect to your router using the cat5 cable, and try the game again, if the lag has gone away, that at least narrows down some of the things that are causing your troubles. Most likely, it's router issue or related, and can easily be cleared up.

Also, what operating system are you running? If you're running windows Vista, go into Start --> Run and type services.msc hit enter.

When this comes up, look for a service called Superfetch, right click --> properties, and then stop the service, and select disable, hit apply, and restart the pc. If you're running vista this will help tremendously during gameplay.

So, in short, please provide me with the following information:

1. Operating System

2. Game you're playing

3. How you're connecting to the router

4. Your computers hardware

Once I have this info, I can help narrow it down to a limited list of possible problems.

Thanks!

Ok, I am using windows xp. I am trying to play starcraft brood war. I am connecting to the router wirelessly. And my hardware includes: AMD Athlon processor 2650e, 1.61 ghz, 896mb ram, NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430. It's a cheap emachines computer, but it should be more than fast enough to play starcraft (a 10+ year old game).

Thanks for your help!

Techman28

ok see if you can open the ports for Blizzard I believe that game requires it and the actiontec may have them built in to the router already just not active

CharlesH

EDIT: Didnt read through the who thread - aka bad post by me....

Message Edited by CharlesH on 06-19-2009 02:13 PM

dont go to www.portforwarding.com

Message Edited by Tektronic on 06-19-2009 11:34 AM

@Tektronic wrote:
www.portforwarding.com
For router emulators on what to do and where to do it

That site is garbage. It just shows a bunch of related links and advertisments. It doesn't even point you in the right direction. Pain in the butt to find what you're actually looking for. Especially for someone who might not really be sure what they're doing. You'd be better off going to google.com and searching for "port forwarding for YOUR ROUTER MODEL HERE"

Message Edited by EVO_Unlimited on 06-19-2009 02:32 PM

my bad http://portforward.com/

@Tektronic wrote:
my bad http://portforward.com/

HAHA much better. Thanks for fixing it. That other site would have confused that guy to peices. lol

@EVO_Unlimited wrote:
@Tektronic wrote:
my bad http://portforward.com/
HAHA much better. Thanks for fixing it. That other site would have confused that guy to peices. lol

lol yea sorry bout that guy. I always get the name wrong !

Yeah, the wireless connection seems really slow, but I do have another router bridged to it which I WANT to use because it connects at 100mbps instead. The only problem with that is I cant get to that routers settings to open the ports that I need to because whenever I enter my IP address it goes to the verizon router, not my netgear one. So can you tell me how I can get to my netgear router's settings, so I can open the ports and just use that one since its faster? Or is there something else I should do and just keep using the verizon router (which is connecting at 24mbps right now)?

Your netgear router should work with teh FiOS service just fine. Try using just that router in place of the FiOS one. Netgear makes very nice and widly compatable routers.

So try using your netgear router in place of the FiOS one, doing this will let you log into it for one, and it might resolve your lag issue as well. Gaming on limited wireless is always going to be laggy. By limited I mean the generic 54 mbps connection speed, so unless you upgrade your gear, you will get some lag going wireless.

Let me know how you make out switching out your routers.

Ok, I'm connected through my netgear router at 104 mbps. But I still can't get to the router's settings to open the ports. Everytime I enter my IP address it just goes to the verizon's router's settings. Do I have to enter a different IP address or something?

sorry couldnt figure out how to edit*** but i forgot that since u cant acess the router it would be impossible for you to change default so do this. Unplug/turn off ur actiontek and be connected to the netgear then login and change the values

Ok, so I was connected through my netgear router. I used the default gateway and it led me to the netgear's settings (finally). It asked me if I wanted to upgrade the firmware, I clicked yes. Then my internet went down and now connecting to my netgear router isnt even an option. Its not even showing up. What did i do now??!!

EDIT: Okay, just unplugged it and plugged it back in, now its working.

Message Edited by bigtmonee on 06-20-2009 04:42 PM

EDIT: I just tried to upgrade the firmware again and the same thing happened; I lost internet connection. Do you have to be on a LAN to upgrade the firmware or something? Do I need to upgrade it?

Message Edited by bigtmonee on 06-20-2009 04:48 PM

to be honest iv never upgraded my firmware. most time people do firmware upgrades they do custom firmwares butit sounds like u just need to trial and error it but ur super close !

Alright, I'm just about ready to give up haha. I am now using my netgear router instead of the verizon one. I have my wireless zero configuration stopped. And I have the correct ports finally open but yet I'm STILL lagging. I don't understand this at all. I feel like there isn't much more than I can do.