Can Wireless Disrupt Gameplay?
Maveric
Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1101Members
Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1101Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Severe and regular latency spikes</div> - Ai ~2.5GHZ Pentium 4 w/ HT tech
- ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, Sound Blaster-made Sound card
- ~512 MB RAM
- Win XP
- OpenGL 1024x768 32 Bit mode
- EAX is off
- Using Half-Life client
- Using Steam
- NS V3.X Beta 3
- Severe latency spikes occuring at seemingly random times causing either one of the following:
1: Skip-back to a previous location -- IE: Run forward ~4 meters and end up ~2 meters from where i was when i skipped-back
2: Freeze-game-in-place seeming to be link-dead, and then "revive" itself, often with me dead from a marine that turned the corner, shot me, and thus killed me while i was "link-dead". It's as if my screen has frozen the image onto the screen, and then refreshes that image normally after ~4 seconds.
I am on my second computer in a wireless network of 2 computers. There is a wireless connection between the computer i am on now (Comp2, lets call it) and the computer connected to the internet (Comp1) Obviously, to play NS or even be here to ask this question there <b>is</b> a shared wireless connection between Comp1 and Comp2. I have a DSL connection from Telus. If you were to look at a top-down flow-chart of my network you would see:
1 ISP
(>Direct Connection Here<)
2 DSL Modem
(>Direct Connection Here<)
3 Wireless Network ( -> Wireless Connection Here -> ) 5 Comp2
(>Direct Connection Here<)
4 Comp1
The Wireless Network (Router?) is made by Mirco$oft, FYI, too. (As well, a Mirco$oft Wireless Keyboard and Micro$oft Wireless Mouse)
Can anyone help me?
- ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, Sound Blaster-made Sound card
- ~512 MB RAM
- Win XP
- OpenGL 1024x768 32 Bit mode
- EAX is off
- Using Half-Life client
- Using Steam
- NS V3.X Beta 3
- Severe latency spikes occuring at seemingly random times causing either one of the following:
1: Skip-back to a previous location -- IE: Run forward ~4 meters and end up ~2 meters from where i was when i skipped-back
2: Freeze-game-in-place seeming to be link-dead, and then "revive" itself, often with me dead from a marine that turned the corner, shot me, and thus killed me while i was "link-dead". It's as if my screen has frozen the image onto the screen, and then refreshes that image normally after ~4 seconds.
I am on my second computer in a wireless network of 2 computers. There is a wireless connection between the computer i am on now (Comp2, lets call it) and the computer connected to the internet (Comp1) Obviously, to play NS or even be here to ask this question there <b>is</b> a shared wireless connection between Comp1 and Comp2. I have a DSL connection from Telus. If you were to look at a top-down flow-chart of my network you would see:
1 ISP
(>Direct Connection Here<)
2 DSL Modem
(>Direct Connection Here<)
3 Wireless Network ( -> Wireless Connection Here -> ) 5 Comp2
(>Direct Connection Here<)
4 Comp1
The Wireless Network (Router?) is made by Mirco$oft, FYI, too. (As well, a Mirco$oft Wireless Keyboard and Micro$oft Wireless Mouse)
Can anyone help me?
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i'll try reversing some cables between the router and the DSL modem... and hope i dont fry anything in the process.
[edit - looks like nothing happened to increase performance. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo--> ]
If this is true (which it probably is) how can i reduce packet size or flow to a continual stream?
I'm on Comp1 when i'm posting this, and i seem to have no problem in opening sites quickly. (Comp2 is currently defragmenting. 33% fragmentation is NOT good... <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo--> )
afew more variables laid down:
- There is (obviously) a wall inbetween my wireless connection on comp2 and the router. In fact, i would say ~3 walls, because im in a lower room against a wall.
- The transmit/receive device for comp2 is sitting ontop of the location of the power supply (comp2 is a tower. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> ) Is this a bad thing?
- There is a wireless GameCube controler sometimes used by my brother.
- The router and DSL modem are next to eachother
- The router (and thus the modem as well) are near a window. Could it be picking up background interferance? Possibly picking up other nearby wireless transmissions? Aliens? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
- There is (obviously) a wall inbetween my wireless connection on comp2 and the router. In fact, i would say ~3 walls, because im in a lower room against a wall.
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Bingo. I think that would be it. Just get a 'regular' router and run a wire from it to your computer. You can staple it to the wall like any other wire (eg telephone). The router I use is two rooms away and the cable goes under the carpet next to the wall for most of its length. It's a pretty quick job tbh.
(Me ->) <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif' /><!--endemo--> (<- Dude at store who said wireless is good for gaming)
(Me ->) <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif' /><!--endemo--> (<- Dude at store who said wireless is good for gaming) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Saying that I could be wrong. Just theory. My mobile phone, for example, gets absolutely zero reception in here but if I go outside the window I get full reception.
@nthony, I can find our server without any problems. Here is the IP address anyway:
216.58.238.189:27050
Is there a microwave in use nearby? Baby monitor? Cordless Phone?
I don't know what it is, but wireless is designed to cover a whole house. I have it at my house, and we have 5 laptops flying around the house, and even in the very back of the backyard we could play a game, especially if you have 802.11g.
Try having someone else host it...
They ping faster than wireless. I used to use a wireless mouse for CS. and i notice it had like a 100...lag when I clicked.
if its like that. I could only asume wireless is similar.
so yes, go back to the store and <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='asrifle.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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