Halo 1 & 2 for PC
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I stumbled upon this when i was updating xfire. I got a skin that takes you directly to their online test or whatever. read this.

If you don't want to read, it says that our very own broadband modems are the start of the high latency problem. The data "packets" coming out of a 100Mbps ethernet cable has to be stored in the modem buffer before going through the slower upstream connection. This buffer, while keeping data packets from becoming dropped, will raise latency.

  • 09.10.2005 2:40 PM PDT
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I know that i shouldn't be doing both a double-post and bump all in one, but i just can't resist.

The supposed solution to the problem in my previous post is to limit the banwidth so that the buffer never has to fill. Some companies are selling routers that limit the bandwidth being sent to the modem, therefore preventing the modem's data buffer from overfilling. This may not reduce your overall ping, but it should help prevent it from spiking really high randomly.

Please don't ask me for help on how to do something like this, because I don't know how. The article in the previous post gave the impression that you have to buy the router for the "fix".

  • 09.11.2005 1:28 PM PDT

This is very useful information, do you know what kind of routers support bandwidth limiting?

I wonder if there's other ways to control the packet losses other than using XFire, I'm just an occasional PC Gamer, but I'd like my expierience not tainted by lag.

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  • 09.11.2005 3:11 PM PDT
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I heard that there's a D-Link router with "game fuel" technology, which i think does this automatically or something like that.

What do you mean "control packet losses using Xfire"?

  • 09.11.2005 7:45 PM PDT

I read the site and I noticed how you would need Xfire in order to get the Stream Engine skin, I was wondering if there's another way.

  • 09.25.2005 7:14 AM PDT
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No need to read, it's true, i know what your on about Mr MA5B, they need to sort it out, so everyone can get a good link.

If your going to get a router, dont get it for the sake of Halo, i have a router and it has bad relations with Halo online, sometimes you proberly cant even play the game online because of a router, bet there is a way though. The Bungie forum member : 'iggwillv' knows how to sort the problem, so ask him if you see him around.

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  • 09.26.2005 10:06 AM PDT
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I got a 3.9 i think thats good i have cable from optium online.

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  • 09.27.2005 12:00 PM PDT
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Hi

  • 09.27.2005 3:00 PM PDT

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  • 09.27.2005 6:26 PM PDT