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Ekvall Eames
Registered User
Join date: 27 Oct 2007
Posts: 1
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12-19-2007 17:00
I am located in the central USA and run high performance machines over a good cable connection. I have played numerous sims over the last 12 years from Warbirds to WWIIOL to EQ to DAOC to WoW and more.. I have played many of these games using two machines I currently own. Machines that run those sims with outstanding framerates and only occasional lag.
I have been on SL for two months now. I have to say that the connectivity in SL is by FAR the worst of any MMPORG I have ever played, even going back to early days.....
I must crash or lose connectivity to SL 10 times a day....
Why? Can anyone explain this to me please?
Are servers spread all over the world or something?
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Alyx Sands
Mental Mentor Linguist
Join date: 17 Feb 2007
Posts: 2,432
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12-19-2007 17:11
That's mighty weird, I'm in Europe and my connectivity is usually fine (connection only acts up if the ISP is borked). Are you sure it's not a firewall problem?There are quite few ports that have to be open.
Edit: SL is notoriously picky with a stable connection, so when I had ISP trouble (reconnecting every few minutes, check your broadband log!), it would repeatedly kick me.
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Sindy Tsure
Will script for shoes
Join date: 18 Sep 2006
Posts: 4,103
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12-19-2007 17:15
From: Alyx Sands Are you sure it's not a firewall problem?There are quite few ports that have to be open. /me recommends closing the ports back up - most people shouldn't need to open any unless your firewall blocks outgoing traffic by default. If you can log in and things seem normal, even for a few minutes, you don't need to open any ports. |
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Alyx Sands
Mental Mentor Linguist
Join date: 17 Feb 2007
Posts: 2,432
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12-19-2007 17:16
From: Sindy Tsure /me recommends closing the ports back up - most people shouldn't need to open any unless your firewall blocks outgoing traffic by default. If you can log in and things seem normal, even for a few minutes, you don't need to open any ports. My firewall is configured to allow only what I allow, so I HAD to open up a bit to get SL working! 
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->Potestatem obscuri lateris nescitis.<-
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