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CASHE
03-11-06, 04:11 AM
I HAVE BEN GOING NUTS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THIS PROBLEM .BEFORE I GOT HOOKED UP WITH COMCAST,I HAD ADSL SO SO SPEED,BUT I COULD HOST INTERNET GAMES LIKE "HALO","QUAKE 3"AND "UT2003".NOW THIS CABLE PROBLEM IS ABOUT TO DRIVE ME LUNEY TUNES. I CAN'T SERVE THE GAMES.
I CAN DOWN LOAD FAST SOME TIMES 4.2MB PER SEC..
WITH MSN MESSENGER I HAVE A SIMILAR PROBLEM. WHEN SENDING FILE THEY START OUT AT A FAIR SPEED 160KB PER SEC THEN DROP OF TO 8KB.WHO HAS TIME TO WAIT FOR THAT. I HAVE HEARD THEIR IS A WAY TO OVER COME THIS NAT.TCPIP DHCP PPNP ...WELL ITS ALL A BUNCH OF BS AND I AM ABOUT TO TAKE THIS ROUTER AND TAKE IT PERSON-ELY TO THE COMCAST AND SHOVE IT UP THERE TEC'S ..AS I WAS ABOUT TO DO SO I FOUND THE TCP/IP ANALYZER AND I FOUND OUT I HAVE A DEFERENT IP THEN I THOUGHT.SET IT TO OPTIMAL SETTING AND REBOOTED .THEN I INSTALLED FILE TRANSFER PLUS FOR MESSENGER BUT I HAD TO GET ALL MY CONTACTS TO DO THE SAME.OK THAT TOOK CARE OF THAT DROP OF. BUT I STEAL THINK 160KB PER. SEC....WELL ITS NOT WHAT I THING I SHOULD BE GETTING FOR MY MONEY. IS THEIR A FIX LIKE A PROGRAM OR A DEFERENT MODEM OR A SIMPLE CHANGE TO GET OUT FROM THIS BIG FAT NAT ASS THE CABLE CO.. WHEN I ORDERED IT SAID OH YES ,YES ,YES,IT WELL DO IT AND FAST. SO I WENT TO TEC SUPPORT ONLINE AND GOT A RUDE COME BACK FROM SOME KEY PUNCHER WHO WAS TALKING TO PROBLEM 10 OTHERS AT SAME TIME,HE SIMPLY TOLD ME I DID NOT HAVE PERMIT ION TO BE A SERVER ,....."WHAT" (i typed)BUT HE WAS GONE::mad: . I CALLED ON THE PHONE AND GOT THE RUN AROUND AND SOME ONE DROPPED THE LINE BEFORE I COULD GET AN EXPLANATION:irate: .
SO PLEASE SOME ONE SET ME STRAIT ON THIS PROBLEM BEFORE I KILL:rtfm: >>>>
OH I HAVE A LINKSYS WIRELESS-G CABLE GATEWAY(wcg200-cc)HARD WIRED TO TWO 3.2GHz P4 SYSTEMS,>>>>
>>:rtfm: A TEC AT CABLE CO., OR THIS MODEM. :rotfl:
I HOPE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM.
THANKS FOR
READING THIS
CASHE,
I CAN SPEND A LOT, BUT WHY!!

YeOldeStonecat
03-11-06, 09:28 AM
Caps lock key stuck or something?

I'm going to guess when you had DSL, you plugged right into the DSL modem unprotected by a firewall...so while your game could get served problem free...your computers were getting quite infected with trojans and worms.

Now...you're behind a Linksys gateway device, which runs a NAT firewall, protecting your network. All ports are hidden to the internet.

You need to find out what ports your games need to be run in server mode and seen from the internet..and open/forward those ports to the LAN IP of your server. For example, Quake 3...if I remember correctly, port 27,960.

CableDude
03-11-06, 11:36 AM
Caps lock key stuck or something?


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