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Ok so im at uni (started last sept) and iv only recently decided that i want to start playing pickups and stuff again so i plug my cable into the router/modem they’ve got here and i get this really weird connection to server problem. Im living off campus so i presume its just standard broadband/buisness broadband, and they use Netgear equipment.

So here’s the problem: Most of the time i cant join a lot of servers, what happeneds is, i click join, the server loading screen gets stuck on two bars for aaaaages, then about 5 mins later i actually get into the server, once im in i usually have a ping between 2000-4000, but it doesn’t fluxuate, it just sticks at one specific ping. This appears to be really random, because one hour i’ll have no problems with a certain server, and the next, i get this really weird problem.

It cant have anything to do with people downloading (i imagine) becuase, for example: When i join server A it works perfectly, theres no ping problems or lag spikes. When i try and join server B a few seconds later i get this weird problem, then if i join server A straight after that its fine again.

This has been really frustrating because tonight i connected to a pickup server to test it out and it worked fine, then i went to see a mate for a while, then i came back and it was fucked =[.

Other internet related things that might help resolve this issue includes:
-Being able to download files from places like Filefront and megupload are really quick (500kb/s) but i rarely see steam get above 5kb/s when downloading.

Any sort of help into resloving this problem would be greatly appreciated! <3
(If anyone finds out how to get this working perfect gets a free pint at LAN! :D)

Nah, i dont disconnect between changing servers, but is it possible for it to renew the ip every few hours or so? Also is there a way to find out if my if my ip is changing? If so i could just ask the techies at the uni to make it static.

EDIT: *Frustration* In the space of ten minutes iv gone from being able to access servers 1,3,4,5,6,7 on mpuk pickup to just 4,5 and 7 -_-

Before trying to join a server, try to type in console:

clientport 27006
net_start

Then if you join an other one, change clientport to 27007 and type net_start again. An other one, do 27008, etc..

I got a problem, it is that when I join a server it’s fine, but if I try an other one then I got huge packet loss, and if I change the clientport it works fine again. I used to not be able to connect to servers at all (stuck on connecting) and had to change clientport a lot too.