wireless encryption hurts bf2

2007-07-30 16:25:51

#1

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6855|the land of bourbon

well, i think it does. lately i've been getting a lot of "problem with connection" type errors. it started happening as soon as i use wpa encryption over my wireless router. as soon as i disabled the wireless signal completely, i have not seen the "pwc" again. what could possibly be happening with the wireless encrypt that is fuggin up my bf2?

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2007-07-30 16:28:50

#2

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7041|NYC / Hamburg

connection speed over a WPA encrypted should be just as fast as an unencrypted one. Maybe an issue with the access point/router

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2007-07-30 16:34:20

#3

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6855|the land of bourbon

my pc is wired with no encryption to the router, but the router also has a built-in wireless antenna broadcasting an encrypted connection. i'm sure it an issue with the router, i'm just wondering if i can fix it. there are no firmware updates for the router, so if there are any other router config tricks, that would be cool.

Last edited by steelie34 (2007-07-30 16:35:04)

2007-07-30 16:42:11

#4

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7041|NYC / Hamburg

overheating maybe? My routers (my ISP seems to give me a new Zyxel router every 1/2 year) always dropped connections and did funky stuff until I popped the cover off and stuck a heatsink to the CPU

EDIT: enabling WPA actually fits in nicely into that theory. Extra load of WPA might just be enough to mess up the router. If you wanna run WPA try dropping some other features like DHCP

Last edited by max (2007-07-30 16:44:19)

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2007-07-30 16:44:44

#5

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6855|the land of bourbon

max wrote:
overheating maybe? My routers (my ISP seems to give me a new Zyxel router every 1/2 year) always dropped connections and did funky stuff until I popped the cover off and stuck a heatsink to the CPU

really? that actually doesn't sound like a bad idea

2007-07-30 16:48:07

#6

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7041|NYC / Hamburg

steelie34 wrote:
max wrote:
overheating maybe? My routers (my ISP seems to give me a new Zyxel router every 1/2 year) always dropped connections and did funky stuff until I popped the cover off and stuck a heatsink to the CPU
really? that actually doesn't sound like a bad idea

I was actually thinking about modding a 92mm fan @ 5V onto the top cover. Haven't gotten around to it though.

I r master of ghetto mods

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2007-07-30 20:52:40

#7

ednodes: Part-time Owner; +12|7018|Bath

ive been having exactly the same problem today.

2007-07-30 22:08:58

#8

Y0URDAD: I'ma Eat Yo Children!; +17|7118|Annapolis, MD

Is it a Netgear?

2007-07-31 01:00:13

#9

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7041|NYC / Hamburg

ednodes wrote:
ive been having exactly the same problem today.

hey there ed!

_{once upon a midnight dreary, while i pron surfed, weak and weary, over many a strange and spurious site of ' hot xxx galore'. While i clicked my fav'rite bookmark, suddenly there came a warning, and my heart was filled with mourning, mourning for my dear amour, " 'Tis not possible!", i muttered, " give me back my free hardcore!"..... quoth the server, 404.}

2007-07-31 02:53:24

#10

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6708|United Kingdom

steelie34 wrote:
well, i think it does. lately i've been getting a lot of "problem with connection" type errors. it started happening as soon as i use wpa encryption over my wireless router. as soon as i disabled the wireless signal completely, i have not seen the "pwc" again. what could possibly be happening with the wireless encrypt that is fuggin up my bf2?

Update punbuster manually

2007-07-31 12:41:25

#11

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6855|the land of bourbon

i'll try the PB update thing. i've also noticed other people posting about a similar problem. i hope this isn't a bf2 issue (again)....

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