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I recently had the misfortune of taking out a Broadband contract with BT. This entailed getting a flashy new BT Homehub. I did not realise at the time, however, that BT's idea of secure connection seems to be wrapping your PC in cotton wool, so to speak. Aside from being plagued with problems of random websites being blocked, the internet giving out completely for periods of time, wholly unhelpful tech support answers (after explaining my problem of random websites failing to load, they replied "Have you tried opening Internet Explore and typing in the address of the site you wish you access in the address bar then clicking on 'Go'?") I have also been troubled by online gaming problems.
First of all, the first time I tried to play Counter Strike, I could play for about 4 seconds, then it would disconnect me. I then got around the problem by setting up ports for Counter Strike, and it seemed to work. Except it randomly repeated the problem for no obvious reason. Then, I couldn't join a game of C&C Gens. I would get to the connecting screen then I'd disconnect. I could disable the built in Homehub firewall, I could set up the ports specified in the manual, but nothing would work. I've pretty much given up on it ever working, which is a shame, because I rather enjoyed that game. Another problem I experience is that I can never host a game. Ever. At all. Garry's Mod, HOI2, JKA, SWGB... Doesn't matter what game, I simply cannot host. This is especially frustrating when I wish to play with my friends who have pretty poor internet connections, and it ends up with everyone experiencing lag and lots of it. I try disabling the builtin Homehub firewall, setting up every port under the sun... but I cannot host.
Please... please... can someone help me? This is really doing my head in. I'm on the point of travelling by bus to their house and just playing Scrabble with them instead. :sigh:
Oh, and a bit of advice to anyone : Don't use BT.
First of all, the first time I tried to play Counter Strike, I could play for about 4 seconds, then it would disconnect me. I then got around the problem by setting up ports for Counter Strike, and it seemed to work. Except it randomly repeated the problem for no obvious reason. Then, I couldn't join a game of C&C Gens. I would get to the connecting screen then I'd disconnect. I could disable the built in Homehub firewall, I could set up the ports specified in the manual, but nothing would work. I've pretty much given up on it ever working, which is a shame, because I rather enjoyed that game. Another problem I experience is that I can never host a game. Ever. At all. Garry's Mod, HOI2, JKA, SWGB... Doesn't matter what game, I simply cannot host. This is especially frustrating when I wish to play with my friends who have pretty poor internet connections, and it ends up with everyone experiencing lag and lots of it. I try disabling the builtin Homehub firewall, setting up every port under the sun... but I cannot host.
Please... please... can someone help me? This is really doing my head in. I'm on the point of travelling by bus to their house and just playing Scrabble with them instead. :sigh:
Oh, and a bit of advice to anyone : Don't use BT.