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Nilrem · 26-11-2007, 21:36

Given how little data tends to be needed for online RPG's i'd guess the problem is more likely a problem in the routing at some point.

I've been playing Ultima Online for about 7 years and at various times there have been major issues affecting players in certain areas/isp's that turned out to be due to routing issues outside the ISP's network (from memory in one case many players using popular european isp's were being routed to the US and back to London, and another time one of the routers along the way wasn't able to make the connection to one set of servers, resulting in players being unable to connect).
Depending on the game you might be able to force it to try using another port, UO for example has multiple possible ports it can use, and changing them can work at times.

26-11-2007, 21:36	#8
Nilrem Inactive Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 160	Re: Warning Speedtester and RPGs blocked!! Given how little data tends to be needed for online RPG's i'd guess the problem is more likely a problem in the routing at some point. I've been playing Ultima Online for about 7 years and at various times there have been major issues affecting players in certain areas/isp's that turned out to be due to routing issues outside the ISP's network (from memory in one case many players using popular european isp's were being routed to the US and back to London, and another time one of the routers along the way wasn't able to make the connection to one set of servers, resulting in players being unable to connect). Depending on the game you might be able to force it to try using another port, UO for example has multiple possible ports it can use, and changing them can work at times.