Second Life Forums Archive - ISP cuts me off

Merlin Peregrine

Registered User

Join date: 24 Nov 2003

Posts: 18

01-05-2004 17:57

Since the last update, i`m getting cut off from my broadband wireless provider, because I have to much activity going in and out of my computor.

They thought I had trojans, which I did and Norton found them. I checked for spyware, and found 51, ugh! I got rid of them.

I even did a new install of xp on that same partition, reinstalled as many drivers as I could think of got new direct x, new nvidia. Im still showing 400 k packets being sent and received while connected to sl.

Does anybody have any ideas or suggestions as to what I can try next to keep connected while in sl.

I`ve met too many new friends to even think of giving it up.

^_^ Merlin

Devlin Gallant

Thought Police

Join date: 18 Jun 2003

Posts: 5,948

01-05-2004 21:49

Same thing happened to me. My girlfriend cut me off. Only cause I DIDN'T have trojans.

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Garoad Kuroda

Prophet of Muppetry

Join date: 5 Sep 2003

Posts: 2,989

01-05-2004 23:19

WTH kind of ISP do you use that pays that much attention to you? It's good you got rid of the spyware and stuff (stay vigilant with that), but if the service you are paying for has some kind of bandwidth cap and they didn't advertise that when you signed up...that's just wrong.

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Carnildo Greenacre

Flight Engineer

Join date: 15 Nov 2003

Posts: 1,044

01-06-2004 00:15

The next step is probably to request that Linden Labs send a letter to your ISP informing them that yes, you really are running a game that moves that many packets a second.

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Merlin Peregrine

Registered User

Join date: 24 Nov 2003

Posts: 18

01-06-2004 01:21

Was on tonight without being cut off. Only thing I did different was change to no agp accel. My inventory loaded
faster, but not much else to speak of. Dunno, might have snuck in when they were not watching.

I told them about sl, but they didn`t seem to care, just so I got on the internet. Heck, I can do that with dial-up at a whole lot cheaper.

Proly will see if the will send a letter, might be better received from a techie.

Thanks for the replies. Got my first time post in the forum in, been reading forever.

Garoad Kuroda

Prophet of Muppetry

Join date: 5 Sep 2003

Posts: 2,989

01-06-2004 05:06

Well turning off AGP accel won't effect your bandwidth, so you probably just got lucky or something.

You COULD run SL on dialup, according to...someone (Eggy?), so you could always use that to threaten them. lol...

(Just don't tell them that it'll cripple you in SL even with settings turned way down.)

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BTW

WTF is C3PO supposed to be USEFUL for anyway, besides whining? Stupid piece of scrap metal would be more useful recycled as a toaster. But even that would suck, because who would want to listen to a whining wussy toaster? Is he gold plated? If that's the case he should just be melted down into gold ingots. Help the economy some, and stop being so damn useless you stupid bucket of bolts! R2 is 1,000 times more useful than your tin man ass, and he's shaped like a salt and pepper shaker FFS!

Dusty Rhodes

sick up and fed

Join date: 3 Aug 2003

Posts: 147

01-06-2004 08:45

Almost all residential broadband ISPs have a bandwidth cap. They don't want someone running a web server. This is especially important with cable internet, where you are pretty much on a LAN, with a finite shared bandwidth spread out along a small geographic area. Shades of 1.2?? Once again, SL and RL are shown to be the same thing.

Kex Godel

Master Slacker

Join date: 14 Nov 2003

Posts: 869

01-06-2004 09:47

If it's just SL, you could potentially try lowering your bandwidth setting in Preferences/Network. I assume this will cause the SL servers to send you a slower rate of data, and hopefully keep your ISP from nagging you again.

What tool are you using to indicate you're still showing 400k of packets sent and recieved? How does this compare with the "bandwidth" reading under the Alt-1 statistics tool within SL?

Also try doing a free run through housecall, as it can't hurt to double-check if a particularly nasty virus may have gotten around norton...

http://housecall.antivirus.com/

If none of this still points a finger at the source of the bandwidth utilization, I'd suggest trying a firewall which will alert you to any outgoing connections, such as ZoneAlarm or Kerio.

Good luck, I hope you can get it sorted out =)

Dan Rhodes

hehe

Join date: 5 Jul 2003

Posts: 268

01-06-2004 11:00

Even with a cap on your connection that shouldn't mean your connection will stop a certain point .. it should not disconnect your service.

It may have something to do with the amount of traffic being passed back and forth but your connection should never drop unless you have some type of limit on the amount of bandwidth you can use in a time period.

I'd definetly continue to call your ISP until they've exhausted all the troubleshooting options they have. If they are pushing you in the direction of a virus that knocks you off the internet but yet your not finding anything with housecall or nortons I would call them back.

ISP cuts me off
Merlin Peregrine Registered User Join date: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 18	01-05-2004 17:57 Since the last update, i`m getting cut off from my broadband wireless provider, because I have to much activity going in and out of my computor. They thought I had trojans, which I did and Norton found them. I checked for spyware, and found 51, ugh! I got rid of them. I even did a new install of xp on that same partition, reinstalled as many drivers as I could think of got new direct x, new nvidia. Im still showing 400 k packets being sent and received while connected to sl. Does anybody have any ideas or suggestions as to what I can try next to keep connected while in sl. I`ve met too many new friends to even think of giving it up. ^_^ Merlin
Devlin Gallant Thought Police Join date: 18 Jun 2003 Posts: 5,948	01-05-2004 21:49 Same thing happened to me. My girlfriend cut me off. Only cause I DIDN'T have trojans. _____________________ I LIKE children, I've just never been able to finish a whole one.
Garoad Kuroda Prophet of Muppetry Join date: 5 Sep 2003 Posts: 2,989	01-05-2004 23:19 WTH kind of ISP do you use that pays that much attention to you? It's good you got rid of the spyware and stuff (stay vigilant with that), but if the service you are paying for has some kind of bandwidth cap and they didn't advertise that when you signed up...that's just wrong. _____________________ BTW WTF is C3PO supposed to be USEFUL for anyway, besides whining? Stupid piece of scrap metal would be more useful recycled as a toaster. But even that would suck, because who would want to listen to a whining wussy toaster? Is he gold plated? If that's the case he should just be melted down into gold ingots. Help the economy some, and stop being so damn useless you stupid bucket of bolts! R2 is 1,000 times more useful than your tin man ass, and he's shaped like a salt and pepper shaker FFS!
Carnildo Greenacre Flight Engineer Join date: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 1,044	01-06-2004 00:15 The next step is probably to request that Linden Labs send a letter to your ISP informing them that yes, you really are running a game that moves that many packets a second. _____________________ perl -le '$_ = 1; (1 x $_) !~ /^(11+)\1+$/ && print while $_++;'
Merlin Peregrine Registered User Join date: 24 Nov 2003 Posts: 18	01-06-2004 01:21 Was on tonight without being cut off. Only thing I did different was change to no agp accel. My inventory loaded faster, but not much else to speak of. Dunno, might have snuck in when they were not watching. I told them about sl, but they didn`t seem to care, just so I got on the internet. Heck, I can do that with dial-up at a whole lot cheaper. Proly will see if the will send a letter, might be better received from a techie. Thanks for the replies. Got my first time post in the forum in, been reading forever.
Garoad Kuroda Prophet of Muppetry Join date: 5 Sep 2003 Posts: 2,989	01-06-2004 05:06 Well turning off AGP accel won't effect your bandwidth, so you probably just got lucky or something. You COULD run SL on dialup, according to...someone (Eggy?), so you could always use that to threaten them. lol... (Just don't tell them that it'll cripple you in SL even with settings turned way down.) _____________________ BTW WTF is C3PO supposed to be USEFUL for anyway, besides whining? Stupid piece of scrap metal would be more useful recycled as a toaster. But even that would suck, because who would want to listen to a whining wussy toaster? Is he gold plated? If that's the case he should just be melted down into gold ingots. Help the economy some, and stop being so damn useless you stupid bucket of bolts! R2 is 1,000 times more useful than your tin man ass, and he's shaped like a salt and pepper shaker FFS!
Dusty Rhodes sick up and fed Join date: 3 Aug 2003 Posts: 147	01-06-2004 08:45 Almost all residential broadband ISPs have a bandwidth cap. They don't want someone running a web server. This is especially important with cable internet, where you are pretty much on a LAN, with a finite shared bandwidth spread out along a small geographic area. Shades of 1.2?? Once again, SL and RL are shown to be the same thing.
Kex Godel Master Slacker Join date: 14 Nov 2003 Posts: 869	01-06-2004 09:47 If it's just SL, you could potentially try lowering your bandwidth setting in Preferences/Network. I assume this will cause the SL servers to send you a slower rate of data, and hopefully keep your ISP from nagging you again. What tool are you using to indicate you're still showing 400k of packets sent and recieved? How does this compare with the "bandwidth" reading under the Alt-1 statistics tool within SL? Also try doing a free run through housecall, as it can't hurt to double-check if a particularly nasty virus may have gotten around norton... http://housecall.antivirus.com/ If none of this still points a finger at the source of the bandwidth utilization, I'd suggest trying a firewall which will alert you to any outgoing connections, such as ZoneAlarm or Kerio. Good luck, I hope you can get it sorted out =)
Dan Rhodes hehe Join date: 5 Jul 2003 Posts: 268	01-06-2004 11:00 Even with a cap on your connection that shouldn't mean your connection will stop a certain point .. it should not disconnect your service. It may have something to do with the amount of traffic being passed back and forth but your connection should never drop unless you have some type of limit on the amount of bandwidth you can use in a time period. I'd definetly continue to call your ISP until they've exhausted all the troubleshooting options they have. If they are pushing you in the direction of a virus that knocks you off the internet but yet your not finding anything with housecall or nortons I would call them back.

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