Constant D/Cs

Well.. here's the deal.

I got a new CPU and it's Win7 64bit so now whenever I play MapleStory I disconnect every 20 - 50 minutes. Sometimes less. On a proxy I don't disconnect for hours. What's the deal ! ):

EDIT: When I D/C there's never an error message or any pop ups
I am using Cable Internet
Windows 7, 64bit

It could be your ISP. What type of Internet connection are you using?

when you said DC do u mean:
- Program immediately closed, nothing pop out
- Program immediately closed, [error #####] pops out
- you still can walk around, but can do nothing else. Program closed 10 sec or so later. [you have disconnected from the server] message pops

I connect fine and don't disconnect for hours on a proxy.

sorry can you explain more? are you using proxy or what? Sorry my english is not so good.

when you said DC do u mean:
- Program immediately closed, nothing pop out
- Program immediately closed, [error #####] pops out
- you still can walk around, but can do nothing else. Program closed 10 sec or so later. [you have disconnected from the server] message pops


sorry can you explain more? are you using proxy or what? Sorry my english is not so good.

The program immediately closes with no pop up. I usually don't use a proxy, but using a proxy is more stable than not using one.

@Jamie_Kurosawa - It shouldn't be my ISP, my friend (who is also my neighbour) uses same ISP and plays MapleStory just fine. I connect to the internet through a modem.

Modem... would this be Cable, DSL, or Dial-Up?

Just because a neighbor has a good connection doesn't mean you might also. You could have software running in background using excess bandwidth over the network, a bad phone line, bad cable, etc.

Modem... would this be Cable, DSL, or Dial-Up?

Just because a neighbor has a good connection doesn't mean you might also. You could have software running in background using excess bandwidth over the network, a bad phone line, bad cable, etc.

Oh sorry my bad, I'm using Cable.

First off check your Cable Broadband speed by going here: http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest (contrary to the name it will work for Cable Broadband).

Next, how are you connecting to your modem?

• Directly connecting PC to Cable Broadband Modem?
  
• Connecting using a Cable Modem connected to a Network Router/Switch?
  
• Wireless connection using either PC-to-Modem or PC-to-Router?
  

Oh sorry my bad, I'm using Cable.

ah yes......cable........the bane of all existence.

Post your computer specs, plz

Little info on Cable...

Cable internet is a shared connection between yourself and others in your neighborhood, apartment complex, etc. As more people sign on and gain access to the same network, the connection rate is split up between you and others in your service area.

1 person on would get 100% of the speed
2 people would get 50/50
3 people would get 34/33/33

...and so forth until basically they either don't allow anymore people in the area, or the service rate drops to 56k/v92 speeds. At most they never add more than 4 to 5 households in an area.

Chances are your "neighbor" is the problem actually, and possibly other neighbors reducing your bandwidth.

DSL (ADSL) offered by phone companies doesn't have this problem. It's not as fast speedwise as Cable, but it has consistent and continuous speeds unless you yourself add people in your business/household to the network.

Often you'll find out that 6MB connections offered by Cable, aren't always going to be 6MBPS data rates unless you, yourself, is the only person on the network within your neighborhood/building.

Little info on Cable...

Cable internet is a shared connection between yourself and others in your neighborhood, apartment complex, etc. As more people sign on and gain access to the same network, the connection rate is split up between you and others in your service area.

1 person on would get 100% of the speed
2 people would get 50/50
3 people would get 34/33/33

...and so forth until basically they either don't allow anymore people in the area, or the service rate drops to 56k/v92 speeds. At most they never add more than 4 to 5 households in an area.

Chances are your "neighbor" is the problem actually, and possibly other neighbors reducing your bandwidth.

DSL (ADSL) offered by phone companies doesn't have this problem. It's not as fast speedwise as Cable, but it has consistent and continuous speeds unless you yourself add people in your business/household to the network.

Often you'll find out that 6MB connections offered by Cable, aren't always going to be 6MBPS data rates unless you, yourself, is the only person on the network within your neighborhood/building.

So with that in mind we need to know when this guy gets his constant disconnections. He may very well try to game during peak times.

And actually Ray you just hit the bull's-eye with a money shot. This is a common problem. Gaming with Cable Broadband internet during peak times is seriously recommended NOT to do. Because Cable is inconsistent with speed rates this can and will cause instabilities between a client and the server. Often some gaming companies have low speed rates like 394/64 kbps or even dial-up speeds of 56/24 kbps to maximize how their servers operate, others operate at broadband only rates of 256/128 or higher kbps only.

And this creates a problem. By minimizing their bandwidth needs for the client, most focus of the server is centered on how stable the connection rate is. Any speed spikes that are too sudden will cause the connection to fluctuate and become unstable. The server detects this and will label the client as unstable and if a certain speed ratio isn't met over a given period of time, the connection is dropped.

MapleStory is actually made to run on a 56kbps network and because of this, most of the client and server action is 90% on the client side and 10% on the server side, which leaves little more for the server to do than critical functions and network management, and a lot of that 10% is devoted to network management which focuses on how stable the client runs, what's going on with the connection, and is there anything unauthorized being transmitted?

When you have a spike in your connection rate the server lists you as unstable. This instability starts a timer. If during this time your connection stabilizes, you stay connected, but if the connection continues to be in a flux pattern, the connection is dropped, and you disconnect.

Many veteran online gamers will tell you Cable Broadband internet is an easy way to end up on the wrong side of problems, and DSL connections are far more reliable.

Jamie



and Ray



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LOL @ Ray. We are the best tech support here at SP... oddly I do wonder, Ray are you CompTIA A+ certified too?

I believe I have the same problem as Azuma. I have two laptops, one is running vista and has a burned out cpu (this laptop does NOT have this problem) and a new laptop running W7 that does have the problem. Also I found this kind of funny because im on a DSL network, though it is wifi.