After pinging many servers, Modem goes null for minutes.

ice_glitch · 05-13-2006, 10:10 PM

This happens when I run a server browser for a game or any such thing. EXCEPT Webbrowsing. ONLY Server Pinging. After pinging about half the typical number of servers for a game, my modem just completely stops sending data. I get about half the number of game servers there really are, and after pinging all of these servers, my modem will not send data for about 2-4 minutes. I've never really bothered to count. But, I'm trying to figure out why this happens. It's happened ever since I got the DSL modem about 3 years ago. It's a Visionnet (in my opinion a piece of garbage). Is there a way to stop the modem from cutting off byte transmission after pinging that many servers?

johnwill · 05-14-2006, 04:56 PM

Could this be your ISP limiting your access in some manner? This sounds like some restrictions on traffic to me...

05-13-2006, 10:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
ice_glitch Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 52 OS: XP SP2	After pinging many servers, Modem goes null for minutes. This happens when I run a server browser for a game or any such thing. EXCEPT Webbrowsing. ONLY Server Pinging. After pinging about half the typical number of servers for a game, my modem just completely stops sending data. I get about half the number of game servers there really are, and after pinging all of these servers, my modem will not send data for about 2-4 minutes. I've never really bothered to count. But, I'm trying to figure out why this happens. It's happened ever since I got the DSL modem about 3 years ago. It's a Visionnet (in my opinion a piece of garbage). Is there a way to stop the modem from cutting off byte transmission after pinging that many servers? __________________ Dell Dimension 4700, BIOS A10, Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2, Pentium IV Processor 3.0 Ghz, 2.5 GB RAM, 30GB Seagate Master, 100GB Seagate Slave, Pioneer DVD R/RW Drive,256 MB PNY GeForce 8600 GT, No Floppy Drive, 500watt modular PSU

05-14-2006, 04:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 31,468 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Could this be your ISP limiting your access in some manner? This sounds like some restrictions on traffic to me... __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience