[jas142]

Few things: I have a 56k. Yes, I know, i'm gonna get flamed. I'm only 15 and my dad is too cheap to dish out the cash for DSL... However, my ping is always lowetr then EVERYONES. I mean, I can see who has FASt cable and dsl, and then the people who have 56k (usuaully 450-650 ping). I usually have a 700 to 999 ping though! WHY?

Also, I usually crash 15-20 mins into game multiplayer. Why? It just locks up and I can't alt tab or alt-control-delete! Ughhh

[Comet]

whatcha got for a system???.... the modem isn't the root to your entire problem...
do you have everything in the game set on the highest??..

do you have a fast computer??... RAM?... Graphics card???

just wondering....

later....

[jas142]

566 mhz 192 ram 32 mb gforce tnt card

all settings are on LOWEST.... not only do i get that horrid ping, but also a fram rate dipping into 10 or 9

[ThePuppetMaster]

U REALLY NEED A NEW PC.
Sorry but the reason u get those frames and shit is becasue ur pc sucks (sorry). And tnt2 is a bad card!

[mizat0]

as for the ping problem, go to www.cablenut.com or dslreports.com and see if you can find any tweaks for your 56K. And always join games with the lowest ping available

[Lorenz]

you should get a job to help finance the purchase of a DSL line and a new computer, Perhaps if you do you might find your dad would be more willing to get these things.

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As stated earlier, the problem may not lie soley within your connection. It may be due to your low end system. Contrary to this, I know many people who can run MOH:AA on worse systems than yours with realitive ease. So, in essence, a good chunk of your problem is caused by your connection (or lack there of :P) Two sites were posted above which you should check out, and another great one that he neglected to mention is:
http://www.speedguide.net

This provides many tweaks to allow for a slighty faster connection. But, sadly, most of these tweaks that we speak of do not make a signifcant difference to your ping. (If any.)

As for the reason why your system is crashing every 15-20 minutes, I can only come up with only one possible hypothesis. Most servers run on a map rotation, and I know from personal experience, that even with my cable, sometimes when the server switches maps there is a long period in between. Probably caused by paket loss, or the like. And with your 56k, these gaps may be longer. Maybe you system didn't crash per-say, maybe you just have to wait it all.

That's the price you pay for 56k.

[yellow]

Maybe you should just kick your dad in the nuts and tell him to get a DSL connection.

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