BF2S Forums routers? lil help plx

The D-link DGL 4300 if you want 4 ethernets and a wireless connection   ...

http://games.dlink.com/products/?pid=370




or if you dont want the wireless option for your network the DGL 4100

http://games.dlink.com/products/?pid=371

edit for linky..

Last edited by arson (2007-01-08 07:42:59)

1. What is the internet speed your ISP has told you you should be getting?

2. Have you ever had any better speed than you are getting now?

[FD]Mulgarus wrote:

Any got a opinions about a good gaming router? i have 3 pc's in my network atm. soon to add a 4th, but im not getting a very good net speed at all
http://www.speedtest.net/result/72512350.png

thats about my avg UP/down.. any thoughts?

I'd watch those other machines, have you tried any analysis on your network, start scanning your ping HOPS and see how long it takes to get to a destination. Start unplugging the other machines from the network, are you sure the other machines are not sucking bandwidth, maybe a Trojan/malware/ad ware or even P2P/torrent uploads? I'd really check within my network first, I highly doubt a router would ever be a bottleneck for a normal ADSL/cable connection. A normal 10/100 switch is MUCH faster than your outbound broadband connection, so I wouldn't go replacing devices just yet.

1) Whats your current router
1(b)) Are you using wireless?
2) Have you tried running BF2 with the other PC's turned off
3)) Have you forwarded all the required ports to your computer- if port forwarding is set by IP, make sure you get a static IP, not randomly assisgned from the router (DHCP).

Last edited by Titch2349 (2007-01-08 09:20:23)

Titch2349 wrote:

1) Whats your current router
1(b)) Are you using wireless?
2) Have you tried running BF2 with the other PC's turned off
3)) Have you forwarded all the required ports to your computer- if port forwarding is set by IP, make sure you get a static IP, not randomly assisgned from the router (DHCP).

This definitely has something to do with port forwarding, also there is a setting called MTU in the router (Maximum Transmission Unit) this is used for the largest physical packet size, measured in bytes, that a network can transmit. Any messages larger than the MTU are divided into smaller packets before being sent. Normally a lot of issues can reside especially when playing BF2 that takes a decent chunk of bandwith. If you can find it on the ADVANCED tab, or even under general in your routers config page, make sure it's set to 1500. Get your manual to figure out how to port forward, you'll need to set the PC you game on as the designated host for the BF2 TCP/UDP ports.

[FD]Mulgarus wrote:

ports need to open are 16567 and 16569, but are they TCP or UDP?

I found where i could open them, but its asking for a name number and type. srry, im nub when it comes to this part

those are not the only ports that need to be opened for Battlefield 2

A full list of the ports can either be found near the back of your manual, or here......

UDP     27900
UDP/TCP 29900
TCP     80
TCP     4711
TCP     29901
UDP     1500-4999
UDP/TCP 1024-1124
UDP     28910
UDP     16567
UDP     55123-55125

(taken from the read me)

Last edited by Titch2349 (2007-01-10 07:53:57)

those are the only ports you need to enable!