WoW problem

[kinkladze10]

Hi I hope someone can help me with this bizzare problem as I have run out of ideas.

Im an online gamer and love playing World of warcraft with my girlfriend

I have a D-Link router DSL - G624M and we both have our own accounts of the game, we can surf all day and my connection is solid which also connects at 8.1mbs.

I recently moved house and switched to a new ISP and since have been plagued by some horrible in-game disconnects.

the bizzare problem is that it will only affect 1 of the 2 pc's never both at the same time what tends to happen is it will begin to lag, then the game freeze and will either catch up after 30 seconds or boot one of us out, either way it is unplayable but the internet connection still remains.

I have updated on both PC's the graphics drivers, defraged, virus checked, spyware checked etc and there are no problems that I can see.
I havent updated the Sound Card driver but will if it makes a difference?

I have followed blizzards (the game makers) instructions on their website but theres nothing I can do to stop this random disconection problem.

I've looked at my network configuration and so far I have on both pcs

Checksome Offload - enable
Flow control - enable
IEEE802 Support Disable
Jumbo Fram Payload Size - 1500
Low Power State Link speed - Enable
Nework Address - not present
Optimize for - Throuput
Segmentation Offload - enable
Speed Duplex settings - Force 100 Full Duplex
VLAN id - 1
VLAN Support - disable
WakeonLan From Power off -Enable

The only settings I have changed here are recomandations from Blizzard in that I should Force 100 Full Duplex and Optimize for throuput.

The other settings I havent changed and to be honest I don't know what they do anyway, Im not sure if the problem lies here.

I'm trying to update my drivers for the network card to rule out that possibility but my pc is a Lan Party Ultra D and the other is an Asus SLI Delexue
board.
Im using the nforce nvidia networking controller (not the Marvel Yukon Ethernet Controller) on both pcs and looking at the driver its dated 4.6.6.0 from the 24/11/2004 (it is an onboard motherboard network port, part of the chipset). Perhaps that really should be updated?
I've been to Nvidia's site and thought I was downloading an updated driver, installed it but it didn't change anything so I assume it wasn't that one.

So I'm really not sure what to do or where to go next, totally bafflled I know this problem is just isolated to me as when I do play online in Raids etc there are 40 people in the Raid group, all of who don't get disconnected at all.
whats stranger is it can occur slightly then go away then come back when you least expect it.

Thanks in advance for any help

 

[kinkladze10]

ok how do I set that up exactly with the router?

Is it a case of just plugging it into that port and it will take it?
Im sure I did try that once when trying rule out problems but I don't think it ever picked anything up in that socket?

 

[kinkladze10]

yep confirmed, I plugged in my cable into my Lan connection 2 and it picked up the local area network but it wouldnt connect to the internet ?

I tried a repair but it couldnt access that either, tried to get to my router but it couldnt see it.

Am I missing something here?

 

[kinkladze10]

Hi Im not that hot on networks but yes I think it is a DHCP server

well it says DHCP server on my router screen anyway.
Not sure what an NIC is

but I disabled my LAN1 connection plugged into the Lan 2 connection
then and tried to enter the ip etc manually, still didn't work.

It picks up and says connected at 100Mbps but I can't see the router nor can I get anywhere near the net connection?

I also have a 1394 connection next to it that is enabled dont know what this does.

is there a dummys guide to get it to work, I have all my router ips numbers etc just not sure where to put them.

sorry for being so stupid

 

[kinkladze10]

Im very relecutant to do that

I can only update to a version a month later and it did say not to do it unless specifically instructed

I want to get the other Lan port working so I can rule out that before I update the firmware, the router as far as I can see is fine, never disconnects

I should also add I have voice chat on while this is happening via ventrilo and that is fine (very low bandwidth) so I honestly do not beleieve it would be the router

 

[kinkladze10]

with working setup in Lan port 1 (nvidia controller)
IP 192.168.1.3
255.255.255.0
Def Gateway 192.168.1.1

in Lan port 2
exactly the same

it does say above it media state: media disconnected

but I would have thought with the same setting it would be fine to pick up the net?

ive tried connecting etc but nothing cant even see my router page even though the green light on the back of the pc in the connctor is flickering

as soon as I plug it back in internet comes straight back