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i just got out of a ridiculous game that involved me spiking 1500-2500 for about 3/4 the game. this has *never* happened before. i turned off my browsers (which are usually open), and was running nothing but demigod. and yet...on a dsl connection, it wouldn't stop lagging. what could be causing it?
Were you downloading or uploading? Are you on a wireless network? Did any other person on your connection start downloading?
If on wireless, you should turn it off, wait 30 seconds, turn it back on, and try again. Stop downloads and other programs.
i am on a wireless network. and i think i figured it out. the rest of my family was doing taxes online while i played. could that be the problem?
Maybe, if they were submitting some sort of form it may take up some upload speed from you.
grandpa internet connection which is as old as the egyptian book of the dead.
The following things will cause you to spike and thusly ruin everyones game:
1) Any sustained upload of any kind from ANY COMPUTER ATTACHED TO YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION that is not throttled through a complex router QoS (Quality of Service) setup. Torrents are the largest offender.
2) Large sustained downloads on slow connections (like 700k dsl). Windows automatic updates or other programs auto updates are probably the most common but roomates watching movies on hulu or similar is a growing issue.
2) Poor wireless reception, like stealing the neighbors connection instead of paying for your own, trying to shoot the signal through 6 feet of concrete or if you live in a highly congested area and multiple people are using the same channel and heavily at that. For gaming always use a cord.
3) Your isp has a broken router someplace or your isp is awful at bandwidth management and oversold their connection a ridiculous amount. A truely ridiculous amount. In all my years I've only seen this happen a handful of times and they usually fix it within an hour.
There is no easy way to fix these issues besides simply not using your internet. QoS stuff is complicated and installing netlimiter on each PC and then manually limiting every offending program is time consuming and you would have to know which programs to limit to begin with.
If you are feeling tech adventerous I would recommend flashing your router with DD-WRT or similar (Tomato) firmware and tooling around with QoS. You may obliterate your router though.
I find #2 offensive as that is what IK am doing in my apartment complex right now.
I had 2 #2's because I'm done but when I wrote the one about stealing internet I was thinking of you!
BTW, I think stealing wireless internet is a felony or something really more serious then you think it would be, something to do with federally regulated transmissions or something.
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