Lost connection every 5 mins.

[Alden]

This just started happening this week, so maybe it's an isp problem and not secondage related. Problem is it's only UO that it happens to.

Almost on the dot, every 5 minutes I freeze, then get a lot connection message.

As soon as that happens I'm able to log right back in and am good to go for another 5 mins.

I've read the various threads here and can't find anything. I have downloaded the suggested programs to help w/ lag, etc.

Any ideas?
Thanks,
Alden

[Batlin]

This is my idea:

First figure out if it's your client or your internet connection.

Open a "command prompt", and type "ping 8.8.8.8 -t" (without the ").
You should see something like this continuously appearing:

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Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=52
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=52
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=52

Keep the window open, minimize it for example.
If you lose connection, check that window and see if the replies are still coming...

[Sheer Luck]

Almost on the dot, every 5 minutes I freeze, then get a lot connection message.

As soon as that happens I'm able to log right back in and am good to go for another 5 mins.

Any ideas?
Thanks,
Alden

Power saving on wireless NIC is turned on. Turn it off via Device manager... ???

[Alden]

This is my idea:

First figure out if it's your client or your internet connection.

Open a "command prompt", and type "ping 8.8.8.8 -t" (without the ").
You should see something like this continuously appearing:

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Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=52
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=52
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=52

Keep the window open, minimize it for example.
If you lose connection, check that window and see if the replies are still coming...

Most of them are in the 70's, but every now and then I get a ping over 1000ms or the request times out. Is that my isp?

[Light Shade]

This is my idea:

First figure out if it's your client or your internet connection.

Open a "command prompt", and type "ping 8.8.8.8 -t" (without the ").
You should see something like this continuously appearing:

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Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=52
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=52
Reply from 8.8.8.8: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=52

Keep the window open, minimize it for example.
If you lose connection, check that window and see if the replies are still coming...

Most of them are in the 70's, but every now and then I get a ping over 1000ms or the request times out. Is that my isp?

Most likely. Are you using a wireless connetion?

[Alden]

Yes, I'm on wireless.

I've also seen the ping spike to over 2k and several requests time out within the first couple of minutes of it running.

I'm in the military and am deployed using a local internet provider, so I have more faith in my hardware than theirs.