I AM NOT A BOT

[BigTrucK]

haha... definately not pwns... but owns...

pwns is for the counter-strikers.  Good game but too slow.  If you are down for fast paced action where you get to blow people up Quake is where it's at. 

[Slikkster]

Sup all. New to the TS world but I just wanted to let you guys know that I am not a bot. I play on the Railz, Vanilla, and Mutant servers as 'Wireless'. Unfortunately for me I only have a wireless connection here at work and for some reason it lags every 30-45 seconds, without fail, for about 3 seconds, then it's back to normal.

If you have Windows XP, I think I may be able to help you with that occasional lag issue you're experiencing with wireless.  There's an XP "Service" called the Wireless Zero Configuration Service that polls for new networks every few minutes.  This polling temporarily drops your current connection momentarily for a few seconds while it's polling.

The way to fix this is to run a command AFTER YOU'VE BOOTED UP TO THE DESKTOP to stop the Wireless Zero Service.  The reason you need to wait until booting is finished is that Wireless Zero needs to configure your wireless connection at each boot.  However, you don't need it to continue running after you've booted up and connected to your wireless router.  So, if you stop the Wireless Zero Configuration service (and hence, stop the polling for a new network every few minutes), you should --if this is the cause of your problems-- avoid having the temporary dropouts you've been noticing.  Read the webpage link below, and it will instruct you on how to create a shortcut you can click on to stop the service after booting.  It can also be run from a command line, or even put into your startup folder as a shortcut once created, because the service should have already done its job before the startup folder shortcut stopping it is run.

Here's the link:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1566989,00.asp

Good luck.

[BigTrucK]

Nice!!!  I will try it out and let ya know!

[M^tster]

I dont have any of those dropped packet errors or anything...no interuptions here...and Im w/in range of 2 diff wireless networks...other than my own.But ill check that out to see if I can speed up my connection at all...thx.

[BigTrucK]

I tried that fix... it's weird.  It worked in the sense that when it lags it lags for a few seconds than before.  Still don't get why it lags like every few minutes.  :/

[Dr_Cornholio]

I AM A BOT... Well not actually.
*ahem, cough* 

[BigTrucK]

That would explain all the random beepings and puddles of oil everywhere...

[Art]

My bot is rusty.

[Cyan][de]

haha... definately not pwns... but owns...

pwns is for the counter-strikers.