- Jul 29, 2006
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I moved to a new city a couple months ago and have just now had the time to take up online gaming again. I've been having a whole load of disconnects, however, and 'm worried that my new internet connection is sub-par. I plan on calling them about it, but I wanted to find some way to test it myself and figure out exactly what the problem is.
I'm using a Linksys WRT54GX router, connect by wire to my cpu and to a cable modem (my provider is Comcast, in Boston). In two months I really haven't had any trouble at all with websurfing, and I get excellent to decent pings on most servers (Halflife 2 variants, Battlefield 2142). I was getting kicked about every 5-10 minutes from the Battlefield servers, then switched to Day of Defeat Source.. the kicks stopped but I started getting periodic bursts of lag at around the same intervals, even though my average ping stayed very low.
Is there a good program for testing / recording the reliability of the connection? Does anyone have advice on how to best deal with the cable company about this?
Thanks for any suggestions!
I'm using a Linksys WRT54GX router, connect by wire to my cpu and to a cable modem (my provider is Comcast, in Boston). In two months I really haven't had any trouble at all with websurfing, and I get excellent to decent pings on most servers (Halflife 2 variants, Battlefield 2142). I was getting kicked about every 5-10 minutes from the Battlefield servers, then switched to Day of Defeat Source.. the kicks stopped but I started getting periodic bursts of lag at around the same intervals, even though my average ping stayed very low.
Is there a good program for testing / recording the reliability of the connection? Does anyone have advice on how to best deal with the cable company about this?
Thanks for any suggestions!