Disconnect every few minutesFollow

I'm getting disconnected every few minutes. It's getting really annoying.

I have a cable modem connection and everything checks out fine on that end. I ran a (ping www.yahoo.com -t -t 1450) and it works fine with around 40 to 60 ms return. The cable tech support was able to see pretty good signal strength.

I tried my computer on a friend's DSL line and it works just fine. So I know it's not my computer that's causing the problem.

Thanks for any assistance.

My Stats:

P4 2.4 GHz
1 G RAM
Nividia 5900 card
OS: Win 2K
Video: DirectX 9.0b

I'm not using a router...

So if my ISP is blocking ports then what should I tell them?
I'd think that I wouldn't be able to get in at all if my ports are blocked. But I'm able to play for a few minutes before being disconnected.

This may help:http://eqlive.station.sony.com/support/tech_support/ts_network_support_firewall_proxy_info.jsp

Also, make sure your network card/modem is not sharing an IRQ with your video or sound card.

Viruses or programs checking for updates can also knock you offline. I would run housecall.trendmicro.com just to double check.

Are you overclocking that 5900 by any chance? If so, by how much and how many case fans do you currently have?

Do you have admin rights on win2k with teh account you are using?

I'm on Time warner roadrunner myself. I have heared some people have problems with Earthlink in other areas, but not around houston so much. Earthlink filters some strange ports.

You don't want IRQ sharing even under win2k if you can avoid it.

Alright, will dig around for other possible causes and get back to you.

I finally found the problem. It was my NIC. I had it set to autosense. Evidently the game doesn't like that. I readjusted the setting to 100BaseT full duplex. I think it probably works on any setting except for autosense.

Thanks for all the assists!!