EQ2 tech questionFollow

thank you the the answerer of my last post, i found most of the information i needed to get me somewhat acquainted with the game.

now, on to a tech question,

my current system is fully capable of running these games

3.6 gig pentium 4 w/ hyper thread
2 gigs of ddr at 667 mhz
160 gig hd @ 7200 rpm
256 mb ATI RADEON x850 XT Platinum Edition video card

my issue is my connection...i use a wireless b connection, and while playing star wars galaxies i would sometimes encounter 4-5 second intervals where the npc's and players would "freeze" but i could still move around, then when the time had expired or whatever, the server seemed to re-load and everything that had happened in that 5 seconds happened ultra-fast on my side of the connection...

needless to say i want to avoid this, so are wireless connections (it is a road runner high speed router) ok to play this game?

Wi-Fi's maximum bandwidth is either 11mbs [802.11b] or 54mbs*

That's 11 million bits per second for 802.11b I doubt your internet connection is anywhere near that fast so this should not be your bottleneck. [1MB DSL = 1 million bits per second]

The problem sounds more like

a) your router and NIC lose connection temporarily [like when my big fat brother sits in front of the router]
b) your internet connection gets jammed up for a few seconds [symptoms you described match it, when suddenly the information that's been pent up flows to your system almost simultaneously]

For a) unless your have some obstruction [or distance], you should be at or near the maximum bandwidth. Do check to see if anyone's using the router though as that will use up bandwidth [even if your connection shows the maximum]

b) requires that you switch ISPs [you're using cable right?] or the method by which you are connecting to the internet. Or play at different times of the day when there's less network congestion.



*some router/NICs with more than one antenna can 'bond' an additional channel to 'double' the bandwidth, hence the 108mbs that some routers advertise.


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Basically a higher bandwidth Wi-Fi solution does nothing for your MMORPG experience. I still shoot for 802.11g or Super-G solution simply because it involves newer and better hardware. As long as you can manage 10000 bits per second [EQ2 seems to transmit data to my PC at the maximum of 24000bps, more usually 4000-6000bps. I get the peak transfer rate usually when entering a zone or an area with a lot of players then it settles down] you are fine.

I do like Super-G though, less chance of inteference from your neighbours [you DID change the defauly password? Hide the SSID or Profile name/etc] or your neighbour's kid mooching off your line.

Edited, Fri Aug 19 01:20:58 2005 by Asphe