Problems getting game server list with Virgin

Lonz · 15 Aug 2009 at 14:43

Hey guys, I've just got my internet installed into my new student house and having some real problems trying to get a decent amount of game servers to list in my games. Namingly Steam-based games and Call of Duty.

The router they've given us is a WGR614v9. I'm wired in with a Cat5 cable and and have set the NAT to "open". Apart from that I've had a play around with the DMZ, but to no avail.

I will click "Refresh all" on the steam-server browser, wait about 10-20 seconds, then get around 40 servers to list. I'll wait another 10-20 seconds and get maybe another 20. A similar problem occurs in Call of Duty where I only seem to find around 10 servers of any game type.

Can anyone point me in the right direction where I might be going wrong?

Thanks.

Azuse05 · 15 Aug 2009 at 15:19

Sounds like steam's triggering the routers spi, specifically the udp flood/burst. Given that everyone's behind some form of router, usually with a firewall, it seems strange that steam makes all the calls at once with no way of staggering them.

MadMan-JaMeS · 16 Aug 2009 at 03:16

i also have the same router and cant get any servers for CS:S i used to be able tho :S

deuse · 16 Aug 2009 at 07:52

Why not post your problems on the virgin media News groups?

PhillyDee · 16 Aug 2009 at 09:35

I have the same on my router, a netgear FVS114 and it even happened on my linksys (Tomato firmware). Try it without the router there. It will work fine.