COD4 punkbuster

[crazyDAJT]

punkbuster is really doing my nut in at the moment

I have tried update it but it just keeps kicking me every 30 seconds

It kicks me for "ignoring MD5 tools queries" and "no packet throughput"

any ideas??

 

[SpaghettiOs]

download pbsetup.exe of the punkbuster website and run it. It should update your punkbuster to the right version.

 

[crazyDAJT]

download pbsetup.exe of the punkbuster website and run it. It should update your punkbuster to the right version.

have it installed, tried updating, COD4 was working fine yesterday, last PB update was rolled out on 22.03.2008, so i don't know what has changed

 

[SpaghettiOs]

Hmm, from the errors sound like a problem with communication to the server. Try some different servers and reconnect your internet.

 

[crazyDAJT]

so far its happening on every server, but will try some more

 

[thecremeegg]

They're usually signs of packet loss - ie poor connection.
I had them a few days back, gone now tho

 

[Oddw1re]

This was happening to someone in my clan they just restarted their pc and it stopped

 

[eggnoodle]

I had this issue, and do you happen to have a netgear router per chance?

Could try the following.

Reset your router.

Download the punkbuster removal + renable tool (not pbupdate, its called something else maybe pbsvc (i think) - its on the site somewhere) and enable it to "run as administrator".

Disable Firewall and give cod a try to see if it works then.

Also make sure you have opened up the ports for pbstrA + B executables to work in the exceptions list. Furthermore manually add port UDP 28962 to the exception list (another punkbuster port).

It could also be advisable to just wait a couple of days, as this issue tends to fix itself when lots of people complain about it to punkbuster.