Definite router problem

Foxspeed

Hi all,

I received a new router when I signed up to my internet provider last year and all appeared well apart from being kicked from the game Battlefield Bad Company 2 after a round or two. The game would freeze before I would then be disconnected. I can play Battlefield 2 with no problems.
During the Xmas period I was also getting lots of disconnections to the internet and logged all records of this and forwarded them on to my provider and we agreed that the router was faulty so I sent it back for a replacement and fitted my old Netgear router to get me by. With the Netgear router I don't get disconnected from BC2 at all but do find opening web pages to be 'sticky' like it needs two clicks!
Anyway, my new replacement router (Thomson TG585.v7) arrived today and no disconnections to the internet as yet but unfortunately I am still being disconnected from BC2.

Any ideas why this should be so?

Thanks for any help/info.

dogfish12

Hello, I cannot answer your problem but I'm using a thomson 585 v7 router which was provided by Tiscali now talk talk and its 3 years old. They must still be making those modems.

paulday

Hi

Is the game on a console connected through the router? If so, the 585 is a pretty useless router as there is no DMZ capability and the console needs to be put into the DMZ in order to work properly with online gaming.

I was constantly being disconnected from FIFA and others, replaced the router, and no problems since. The Thomson is now gathering dust lol.

Paul

KillerWatt

paulday wrote: »

If so, the 585 is a pretty useless router as there is no DMZ capability and the console needs to be put into the DMZ in order to work properly with online gaming.

Nothing like leaving the stable door wide open :rotfl:

The problem is the router itself, get one that is properly configurable instead of being "dumbed down" by the ISP.


PS
You can enable a DMZ in the 585, you just need to login as the SuperUser to get access to all the features your ISP decided you weren't capable of configuring.

GunJack

KillerWatt wrote: »

The problem is the router itself, get one that is properly configurable instead of being "dumbed down" by the ISP.

One of the best bits of advice for anyone who's not on sky LLU, I've yet to come across a ISP-firmware-frigged router that works properly...


..although, not directly familiar with the 585v7, but it sounds like you need to get into the black art of port-forwarding on it to allow specific games/ports combinations to operate...BUT with Thomson themselves locking down half the features of previous 585s, doubtful if even that is poss on the v7 fw

paulday

No problem with putting a PS3 or Xbox into the DMZ, nothing out there that will attack them.
Port forwarding is useless on this router too lol

Paul

KillerWatt

paulday wrote: »

No problem with putting a PS3 or Xbox into the DMZ, nothing out there that will attack them.

The 360 was being hacked and taken remote control of way back in 2007, and I'll quite happily bet there are loads more sploits out there (for both consoles).

TOP TIP:

NOTHING is unhackable - whatever one man makes, another man can break

Foxspeed

Thanks for all the swift replies everyone. I'm not that proficient with routers to be honest. I play the games on my PC via the router, not on a console. I have manually set the MTU settings but really don't know anything about port-forwarding. What is DMZ?

My internet provider is Vivaciti and I get fairly good speeds of around 7-8mb download & .70-90 upload. I run my LAN into a Bigfoot Killer2100 network card and that has been ruled out.

The latest Battlefield game (BF3) has been announced that it will be released around Autumn and I really would like to get this problem sorted ASAP. I will be buying a new PC before then.

So is there anything I can do apart from use my old Netgear DG834G router?

Thanks once again.

KillerWatt

Foxspeed wrote: »

So is there anything I can do apart from use my old Netgear DG834G router?

Login to the router as the SuperUser and you can then set the firewall and port forwarding up properly.

ian2211

Foxspeed wrote: »

Thanks for all the swift replies everyone. I'm not that proficient with routers to be honest. I play the games on my PC via the router, not on a console. I have manually set the MTU settings but really don't know anything about port-forwarding. What is DMZ?

My internet provider is Vivaciti and I get fairly good speeds of around 7-8mb download & .70-90 upload. I run my LAN into a Bigfoot Killer2100 network card and that has been ruled out.

The latest Battlefield game (BF3) has been announced that it will be released around Autumn and I really would like to get this problem sorted ASAP. I will be buying a new PC before then.

So is there anything I can do apart from use my old Netgear DG834G router?

Thanks once again.

http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Thomson-Alcatel/TG585v7/Battlefield_Bad_Company_2.htm

A DMZ is a demilitarised zone. It affords a layer of protection to the rest of your LAN. The machine (usually a server) in the DMZ can be vulnerable to an attack but the rest of the LAN will not.

Foxspeed

Failed at the first hurdle when trying to make my address static.

"Could not parse with your IP address or gateway"