Call of Duty 4 problem :(

[HotStuff]

Having trouble with Call of duty 4 in steam. Once launched, when I browse servers then try to connect to a game server, it loads the map then my internet connection drops out. It happens about 80% of the time. I have to reset my DSL router/modem in order to have internet access again.

I have been in touch with my ISP, they have checked my line remotely and see no problems. ALL my other games, include steam ones, CSS, TF2 etc all work perfectly. Also I can browse the internet for hours without any connection issues.

It seems to be only Call of duty 4 which for some reason causes my internet connection to drop when connecting to a game.

I have submitted a question to steam tonight via their support service.

Anyone....?

 

[Ronin Storm]

What is the make/model of your router?

 

[thatbloke]

Has it worked ok before or have you only just bought the game?

I had alot of problems initially with it, but some game updates sorted that out. Having the steam version (like me) I do notice that my ping is up at around 100, whereas with all other games I play it's normally down in the 30s. I'm wondering if steam is doing something dodgy as most other people in THN have the DVD version of the game.

Does your router have any log entries that may shed light on why you are being disconnected? Are you definitely sure it's the router that's resetting and not, say, your network card?

 

[HotStuff]

It was my router, it was hanging/crashing most of the time when joining COD4 servers. It was a BT voyager 240.

I simply connected up my new BT homehub which was delivered to me over 18 months ago and everything appears to be fine now. The advice I got from the technical helpline was the new router was far superior to old one.

If I had installed it 18 months ago!

Morale of this story: Old hardware...well....is old

 

[Ronin Storm]

ICMP flood can knock your router stone dead. Two likely applications that are going to cause that sort of behaviour are torrents and some games. Low quality routers are quite susceptible to ICMP flood, including models from the Belkin series and those cheap enough for ISPs to give away with their DSL connections. Moral of the story is, unfortunately, you get what you pay for in a router. Oh, and that net code appears to be difficult to write well...