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"BP" <admin@fiftystatelegal.com> wrote in message 
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> Please Help.
> I have a strange problem.  When I play Quake 3 MP, my DSL will
> disconnect within just a few minutes of connecting to multiplayer, (I
> will lag for about 15-20 seconds before my DSL reconnects and I am able
> to play the game again, without reconnecting) and then it will happen
> again a few minutes later.  As soon as I lag, I will look over and see
> my DSL light on the modem flashing red, and then eventually it will
> turn green again and I get the game back.
>
> I am connected through a D-Link DI-524 router/AP, to a speedstream 4100
> DSL modem.  Both have the latest firmware.  I have tried two different
> DSL modems, same problem.
>
> - This also happens on Return to castle wolfenstein (I have not tested
> any other games, that is really all I have installed).
> - It happens on any public quake server.
> - It happens whether I use my gigabit ethernet, OR wireless connection.
> - It happens with PB enabled AND disabled.
>
> - It does NOT happen on a LAN server.
> - It does NOT happen on my laptop within the same internal network.
>
> I have reinstalled SP2 for XP, along with any and all windows updates.
> I have not installed any new software to speak of.  I have deleted my
> q3config.cfg file and started fresh.  I have reinstalled quake fresh.
> I have run TCPOptimizer to be sure my network/MTU settings are correct
> (and conservative).
>
>>>From the tests, it would appear to be a system problem, not router, not
> game.  I am running a P4 2.6GHz, 1GB RAM, RAID 0 ATA 7200RPM, Nvidia
> 5700 w/256MB.  I have run tests for spyware and I have uninstalled any
> unused programs.
>
> Read:  A few weeks ago, I upgraded my DSL from 3Mb/384Kb to 6Mb/768Kb.
> I did play a time or two after I requested the upgrade.  I was out for
> a few weeks in Japan, and when I came back, I was getting this problem
> during gameplay.  I feel like I've tried everything.  My next step is
> to run the DSL modem directly to my desktop using the PPoE client for
> XP.
>
> Any ideas?  I'm willing to try anything, but I'm not ready to reinstall
> XP - I have way to many programs installed/configured on this desktop!
>

That doesn't sound right at all. No game should cause a connectivity 
problem. Does it ever happen when you are doing anything else online? I 
assume the correct ports are open at the router or you wouldn't get through 
at all online. I hope someone with an answer brings it. I got none.