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Quake 3,wolfenstein internet freeze

Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 10:25 am
by vuurvent
Hey, i got a problem with wolfenstein and quake 3. If i try to find servers, my internet will freeze for like 10 seconds and it will crash. I have this problem already for years with wolfenstein on the pc, but yesterday i tried to play quake 3 on my xbox and i had the same problem. anyone knows the solution? I think im the only one with this problem.

Anyone a solution?

Re: Quake 3,wolfenstein internet freeze

Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 11:34 am
by MKJ
define 'your internet will crash'
does all the interwebs in your house stop working?

Re: Quake 3,wolfenstein internet freeze

Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 11:57 am
by Foo
Q3 makes a lot of simultaneous requests when you search for servers, and this is probably overloading your router or setting off a protection mechanism in it.

Try disabling 'firewall' or 'intrusion detection' measures on the router temporarily, and see if it fixes the issue.

If not, the easiest solution is to use an external Q3 server finder rather than the built-in tool.

Re: Quake 3,wolfenstein internet freeze

Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 10:51 pm
by vuurvent
Firewall is already turned off, because i host a server for medal of honor spearhead. And if i look in my settings i see this.
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And yes the internet will blow out everywhere in my house.

Re: Quake 3,wolfenstein internet freeze

Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 3:28 am
by obsidian
Sounds like you have a shit router. What brand and model?

Re: Quake 3,wolfenstein internet freeze

Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 1:14 pm
by vuurvent
I got a good one,

sweex LB000021

Re: Quake 3,wolfenstein internet freeze

Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 2:46 pm
by obsidian
obsidian wrote:Sounds like you have a shit router.
I suggest a router from a company that has sold more than 10. Try Linksys, for instance.

Re: Quake 3,wolfenstein internet freeze

Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 3:39 pm
by ^misantropia^
Careful there, that's our Dutch pride you are stamping on.

@vuurvent: I've had that model in the past. IIRC it only has 8 or 16 MB RAM so it's not that difficult to crash if you hit the network hard.

Re: Quake 3,wolfenstein internet freeze

Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 9:44 pm
by Eraser
lol yea but sweex is kind of crappy :p

Re: Quake 3,wolfenstein internet freeze

Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 8:26 am
by vuurvent
Hmm, but i can also host a game server on a linksys router?
And whats the regular price of a good one?

Thanks

Re: Quake 3,wolfenstein internet freeze

Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 12:01 am
by obsidian
Yes. If anything, you can set port restrictions so you can host without actually disabling the firewall.

Suggested retail price (though you can probably get them for cheaper from a retailer on sale):
http://homestore-ca.cisco.com/en-ca/lin ... iewcat.htm

Re: Quake 3,wolfenstein internet freeze

Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:34 am
by 4days
is that just spam, or malicious spam?

Re: Quake 3,wolfenstein internet freeze

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:19 am
by ^misantropia^
Spam. I've removed it.