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I may just shoot this thing
Okay, I need computer people to riddle me this
I just got a new computer. A new gaming system. It may as well be a doorstop.
When I connect to my wow server on the Big Machine, I never get a latency better than 700 MS but it is usually more like 3000 MS - and it won't stay connected for more than a couple of minutes.
when I first got it, it worked. then suddenly, late last night, it just...stopped working. and I can't figure out why.
meanwhile, my little laptop works just fine - wirelessly - for wow. I can get on no problem, latency is always good - around 200 MS, which is playable, unlike 700 and definitely unlike 3000.
when the big machine quits, sometimes I can't get a web page to come up. other times, google loads in just fine.
the desktop is hard wired, so I would expect it to be even faster than the laptop. he's what I have tried:
Power cycle the modem (useless. The laptop never ceases connection.)
power cycle the router (doesn't help the desktop, laptop still continues to function)
changed ethernet cables to the router (no change. and the laptop still works just fine.)
pulled the router out of the connection and connected the desktop ethernet directly to the modem (still doesn't work, and neither does the laptop, since it's wireless - but as soon as I put the router back in the works, the laptop works again.)
The desktop is running on Vista home pro (I have a free windows 7 upgrade offer)
the laptop is running on windows XP media edition
I used the Big machine to post this message.
okay, anybody have any ideas? I know I have some computer jocks on this f-list. Don't hate me because I have a humungous monitor. help a druid out!
I just got a new computer. A new gaming system. It may as well be a doorstop.
When I connect to my wow server on the Big Machine, I never get a latency better than 700 MS but it is usually more like 3000 MS - and it won't stay connected for more than a couple of minutes.
when I first got it, it worked. then suddenly, late last night, it just...stopped working. and I can't figure out why.
meanwhile, my little laptop works just fine - wirelessly - for wow. I can get on no problem, latency is always good - around 200 MS, which is playable, unlike 700 and definitely unlike 3000.
when the big machine quits, sometimes I can't get a web page to come up. other times, google loads in just fine.
the desktop is hard wired, so I would expect it to be even faster than the laptop. he's what I have tried:
Power cycle the modem (useless. The laptop never ceases connection.)
power cycle the router (doesn't help the desktop, laptop still continues to function)
changed ethernet cables to the router (no change. and the laptop still works just fine.)
pulled the router out of the connection and connected the desktop ethernet directly to the modem (still doesn't work, and neither does the laptop, since it's wireless - but as soon as I put the router back in the works, the laptop works again.)
The desktop is running on Vista home pro (I have a free windows 7 upgrade offer)
the laptop is running on windows XP media edition
I used the Big machine to post this message.
okay, anybody have any ideas? I know I have some computer jocks on this f-list. Don't hate me because I have a humungous monitor. help a druid out!