Possible "Connection Lost" solution...?

2006-08-02 14:19:38

#1

Capt.CupoNoodles: Member; +18|6970|Southampton, PA

(Yes, I did a search, but I'm not reading through 10,000 threads of all the people that are having this issue to see if this was suggested...ok, I read through about 100.)

Just thought I'd throw this out there...My son and I play on the same computer with different profiles, and he suddenly started seeing the "Your Connection to the server has been lost" about every 1/2 hour or so for a couple of days (and I stop ALL unneccesary local services prior to starting bf2).
Me being the Network/SSL Engineer, I updated the NIC drivers, did a netstat -a (to see if anyone was connected to me and sucking up my bandwidth), etc...but he still saw the problem.
Thinking to myself about packet loss on switches that are set to "autonegotiate" instead of a static 100/full, I thought to myself, "It CAN'T be that simple..."

I went into the options for BF2, and the connection settings, and saw that his connection was set to T1/LAN, not Cable/DSL (or whatever it says). I set it to cable, and he has not had the problem for 4 days of solid playing (and I DO mean "SOLID" playtime - about 24 hrs total).

The problem becomes that if it is set to T1/LAN, BF2 tries to push/pull packets in and out at a much faster rate than the cable/DSL/dial-up (*snicker*) can handle, and collisions/dropped packets occur; eventually causing the server to drop the funky connection.

Like I said, in the threads I read I did not see this suggestion out there anywhere, but what the hell; if I help one soldier, my job is done.

"You have your orders, soldier..."

Good Luck!

Cup

2006-08-02 14:21:14

#2

l41e: Member; +677|6852

...What?

2006-08-02 14:22:59

#3

RDMC: Enemy Wheelbarrow Spotted..!!; +736|6769|Area 51

K, glad I have my settings on the other thingy, And the only time I get connection problems is when the server crashes..-.-

2006-08-02 14:25:18

#4

Capt.CupoNoodles: Member; +18|6970|Southampton, PA

Short version:
"I went into the options for BF2, and the connection settings, and saw that his connection was set to T1/LAN, not Cable/DSL (or whatever it says). I set it to cable, and he has not had the problem for 4 days of solid playing (and I DO mean "SOLID" playtime - about 24 hrs total)."

2006-08-02 14:25:26

#5

lordgeno: Enemy Bush Spotted!; +18|6917|asshole of the planet, NM, USA

he's saying switch the connection option to cable if you have cable/dsl, that way there isn't as much or no data loss.

Last edited by lordgeno (2006-08-02 14:26:11)

2006-08-02 14:25:36

#6

l41e: Member; +677|6852

Ahhh...re-read it and understood it. Good thing I set mine to Cable/DSL when I got the game.

2006-08-02 14:25:51

#7

Tunacommy: Member; +56|6824|Massachusetts, USA

I had the same problem....when I initially set up the game, I clicked on T1 thinking "hell....faster is better right!!"....wrong! Gotta have it on the setting that most closely represents your connection speed - or it does just what you said....I am surprised you did not see this out there - glad you figured it out on your own though - sometimes it is the simple stuff that screws you all up!!!

2006-08-02 14:26:28

#8

MrBrain: Member; +24|6895|Finland

hmm, sounds logical. But for me mostly the "connection lost" means that the server chrashed...

2006-08-02 14:27:20

#9

Capt.CupoNoodles: Member; +18|6970|Southampton, PA

Funny thing is, I think this may have gotten reset to T1/LAN after 1.3...I'm SURE I set his to cable when setting his profile up. Go figure.

2006-08-02 14:29:03

#10

Capt.CupoNoodles: Member; +18|6970|Southampton, PA

MrBrain wrote:
hmm, sounds logical. But for me mostly the "connection lost" means that the server chrashed...

But crashes don't occur every 1/2 hour, which is what he (and a bunch of others) was seeing (and I wasn't) on several different servers.

Last edited by Capt.CupoNoodles (2006-08-02 14:30:14)

2006-08-02 14:31:01

#11

SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|6772|Mountains of NC

Now if we can find a simple solution to the CTD ie. when I log on too BF2, pick my server, wait while it loads and then as soon as it loads boom CTD and I get to start it all over again

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/17445/carhartt.jpg

2006-08-02 14:31:40

#12

Capt.CupoNoodles: Member; +18|6970|Southampton, PA

Working on it...

2006-08-02 14:35:57

#13

De_Jappe: Triarii; +432|6731|Belgium

Good work Cuponoodles. I experienced that myself, especially at the evening with all those students online here at my city it's a big difference. Good job for sharing it to the world.

Seremaker, click the 'auto-ready on' button before you join. If you hear a click sound, you can join safely, otherwise wait till you hear the click sound and then you can join. Good luck!

2006-08-02 14:47:14

#14

Scratch[USA]: Member; +105|6751

De_Jappe wrote:
Seremaker, click the 'auto-ready on' button before you join. If you hear a click sound, you can join safely, otherwise wait till you hear the click sound and then you can join. Good luck!

Times 2 - best advice for CTD on joining

2006-08-02 17:38:21

#15

SEREMAKER: BABYMAKIN EXPERT √; +2,187|6772|Mountains of NC

yeah I've got my "auto ready" set but I still get CTD { not alot maybe every 5 days [ i bet i'll ctd tonite]} I just hate it - map loads, kit and spawn screen pops up and then the music gets stuck and boom CTD

2006-08-02 17:49:32

#16

{BMF}*Frank_The_Tank: U.S. > Iran; +497|6782|Florida

Im not the only one that noticed this I see. Thanks for the info Cup, I changed that on mine soon after 1.3 came out and I was having that problem. Occasionally I still have it, but only when the server itself crashes or goes down. My game personally hasnt done it since......(finding clear spot of desk to knock on wood)

2006-08-02 19:37:18

#17

KillerYaNk: Hard Case; +11|6885|S.E. United States

mine is set to cable 256 or better and I still experience the dredded "problem with your connection" although Im guessing as most said its when the server crashes.most recent was tonite,I was commander they had 1 ticket left were about to get the win and bingo !! now the question is if it was server crash do I still get the win and x2 points or did I lose those stats? hope not...

2006-08-03 01:18:06

#18

[Wildcard]DaMaverick: Member; +4|6691|Near the sky

Hello Killer,

If you go out of the game before the end of the round, you keep you stats but you lose the x2 if you don't come back into the game before the end of the round.
That means, you out , come back as fast as possible!!

2006-08-03 05:31:36

#19

KillerYaNk: Hard Case; +11|6885|S.E. United States

thnx for the reply
there was no way to get back in b4 the round ended as it was the end of the round.checking my stats this morning I found that I not only didnt get the x2,but no points/kills for that round at all.
I know this as I played 2 more rounds after and those = points and stats are all that shows this morning.
oh well,shant not complain or bitch anymore as we know and wait in desparation for 1.4.
if 1.4 doesnt take care of the issues, then this game is unfortunat;y not worth playing anymore for me...

2006-08-03 06:53:08

#20

Tunacommy: Member; +56|6824|Massachusetts, USA

SEREMAKER wrote:
yeah I've got my "auto ready" set but I still get CTD { not alot maybe every 5 days [ i bet i'll ctd tonite]} I just hate it - map loads, kit and spawn screen pops up and then the music gets stuck and boom CTD

I have the same problem - even using the auto ready trick.....sometimes I get it 3 times a night....sometimes never. Intermittent problems....the hardest to fix.

2006-08-09 00:20:02

#21

winterkill13: Member; +0|6676|Stuttgart, germany

Mine is weird though. It happens exactly 15 minutes into gamplay. If the round finishes before 15 minutes then I can go on to play again, but at exactly 15 minutes (to the second. I have a stopwatch and everything) it says that there is a problem with my connection and kicks me out.

I thought that I had this problem whipped after uninstall Mcaffee, but a couple days later it happened again.

What could be happening 15 minutes into gameplay?????????????????????????

WInterkill13

2006-08-09 01:25:24

#22

DerGraueWolf: aka Nekrodamus; +52|6936|Germany, near Koblenz

KillerYaNk wrote:
... checking my stats this morning I found that I not only didnt get the x2,but no points/kills for that round at all ...

Since the server crashed, all data were lost and nothing (times, points, awards) could be reported. That's something we have to live with - otherwise pause the game until 1.4 (hopefully) fixes the crashes.

I guess I lost around 2,000 points and some stars but I actually don't bother (fortunately I had to redo just one award).

2006-12-10 02:39:55

#23

henno13: A generally unremarkable member; +230|6553|Belfast

the connection thing DOESNT work.
My connection is set to cable not LAN but the same message comes up!

2006-12-14 20:26:02

#24

Check_Back: Member; +0|6554

Same problems here...on every servers....

My connection set to Cable

Someone have suggestions ?????

2006-12-14 21:09:59

#25

s()mtingWong: Member; +48|6897

Lmao i still get the same problem and had my con. set to cable since? day one i think. Its when i installed patches 1.3 and up that i been noticing con. errors. For some reason i get these errors twords the ending of a Long round wich sucks because i instantly loose a life and sometimes i get thrown on the enemy team wich is loosing .

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