Increasing disconnections.

I've always had trouble raiding on official. But only in 25mans, I could easily do 10man raids, with no disconnections what so ever. But recently I've been having some problems, I started disconnecting in 10man raids every now and then. As time went on it only got worse. Today when I tried doing even a normal 5man I even got disconnected :|. So I was wondering if anyone else might be experiencing the same problems while playing? Or if anyone maybe had a solution to this. I have tried all the fixes out there, changing the IP stacks from your registry, ect. Nothing is working. Also I find it quite weird that it's getting worse than ever before. I've had my line moved to a need exchange port on the dslam too. So I don't really know what to do anymore.

Any help would be appreciated. .

*Edit* - Forgot to say that I'm currently running on a 384kb line.

//Dwelm

I have very few disconnect issues on the same line speed. One thing that can be a big issues is Recount, if you use it give Skada a try instead. Helped to decrease DC's for me. But not the problem for everyone. Other addons might be the culprit though. I play on Stormrage-EU.

Hope you sort it out...

I've also thought about addons, tried playing with everything disabled. Didn't really help, only made my login speed faster :|. Oh and I'm currently playing on Quel'Thalas-EU.

There is a sticky for this:

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=192745

I have read the sticky, nothing in there I haven't tried. Also, this never used to happen, and I've changed nothing with my connection. And my latency isn't so much the problem, the problem is, I think, that my line, for some reason, runs out of BW. But I have no idea why.

*Edit* - Forgot to say that I'm currently running on a 384kb line.

if that is not on a unshaped account,you will have problems,that speed just not good enough for wow anymore, my m8 had like 3k lat the other day

or telkom is just ****ing with your connection

I'm running on a axxess unshaped account .

Paste your line settings from your router (LA & Noise)

IE.

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 4096 kbps 512 kbps
Line Attenuation 37.0 db 20.5 db
Noise Margin 20.8 db 13.0 db

What addons do you use? Have you tried running without any. Also according to some posts on Bliz forum your nic always plays a roll on this. Some and specially some drivers and way more prone to dc's..

You will find that on 384 you get more disconnects than on 512 to 4mbit lines. At least in my experience.

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 288 kbps 128 kbps
Line Attenuation 63.5 db 31.5 db
Noise Margin 14.6 db 14.0 db

Hmm, this doesn't look too good ?

And yes, I've tried raiding with no addons, still got disconnected. :|.

And I've also tried to upgrade my nic, but I can't find updated drivers anywhere. (Even Intel's site doesn't have anything)

Have telkom do a reset on your line, and test for signal/noise ratio.
If its too high, that can find and address the issue.

Another thing, a lot of the times these disconnects have nothing to do with your connection at all.
Sometimes its your pc.
Good way to test if it is in fact your connection: Does your Ventrilo also cut out and disconnect at the same time?

If yes: Ok, it might be your connection.
If no: Your pc is buggered. Format and reinstall windows, start from scratch, or start investigating what hardware is gonna go "BOOM!" soon.

Hmm, really, because ONLY my WoW disconnects, my xfire/Ventrilo stays connected. I'll try formatting then .

Line Attenuation 63.5 db 31.5 db

There is your problem. If u go above 40 wow gives dc's. Can't remember what the 2nd number must be +- atm, also think it must not be more than something like 22

WOW his line syncs at 288kbit!

And he said that the sticky didn't have the info he needed...

It's syncing at 384 today. Also would something cause a spike in line attenuation. Since I never really had a problem with my line before a few months ago?

Mate that is a clear indication that you have a line problem. WOW is very sensitive to LA & noise etc

Look into it

Line Attenuation is the process where a signal, sent over a transmission medium, is gradually lost.
This loss of signal is mainly attributable to distance factors, but could also be further hampered by external influences, such as RFI and EMI. Allthough RFI and EMI are more likely to be the culprits in Signal-to-Noise ratios going higher, smaller doses over longer distances have been known to further the process of attenuation.

Bottom line: Call Telkom and have them reset, test, and fix your line.

SnowWar said:

Line Attenuation 63.5 db 31.5 db

There is your problem. If u go above 40 wow gives dc's. Can't remember what the 2nd number must be +- atm, also think it must not be more than something like 22

Click to expand...

Hmm, I've done a bit of reading, and everywhere I read I get the same result?

Downstream Attenuation

0-43 dB - 2Mbps
43-60 dB - 1Mbps
> 60 dB - 512kbps

Click to expand...

Doesn't that mean my Line Attenuation is about correct?

Just trust me when I say if you have above 40 LA you going to have trouble with WOW. Its just the way Wow works its data. Not going into finer detail but you will have problems.

Same if you have lower than 11dB (upstream). Ow and u ideally want MORE than 20dB downstream

You can start @ your house and upload extra phone lines, fax machines and such **** that degrade your signal quality.

This line of mine looks like this & its awesome quality:

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 4096 kbps 512 kbps
Line Attenuation 16.0 db 8.0 db
Noise Margin 28.3 db 14.0 db

Maybe the following can give you a better idea of things:

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Line Attenuation
Line attenuation is an indicator of line health. ADSL, Line Attenuation is the energy loss of signal transmission through the phone line.

Several things can cause higher line attenuation, including…

Distance from the exchange
Type of cable & gauge of wire
Phone line joins, such as wire connectors
Additional phone points
Star wiring
Corrosion on your phone line
The lower the line attenuation, the better.

20bB. and below = Outstanding
20dB-30dB. = Excellent
30dB-40dB. = Very Good
40dB-50dB. = Good
50dB-60dB. = Poor and may experience connectivity issues
60dB and above = Bad and will experience connectivity issues

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SNR Margins (Signal to Noise Ratio Margins)
Signal to Noise Ratio simply refers to how loud the signal is over background noise. The higher the SNR margin, the more stable the connection because of fewer errors.

A strong signal will allow the line to cope with faster speeds.

In general, a higher signal to noise ratio will result in less errors.

6bB. or below = Bad and will experience no line synchronisation or intermittent synchronisation problems.
7dB-10dB. = Fair but does not leave much room for variances in conditions.
11dB-20dB. = Good with little or no synchronisation problems
20dB-28dB. = Excellent
29dB. or above = Outstanding

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Calculating your distance from the exchange
A handy equation that we use is to divide the downstream attenuation by 13.81. This will give you a fairly accurate distance from the exchange measured in kilometres.

For example; if you had a downstream attenuation of 30dB…

30dB divided by 13.81 = 2.172 KM

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Poor quality wiring
Line health will be dependent on the existing phone cabling.

Energy is required for ADSL signals to travel along phone cables and turn corners. Therefore, more phone cables / extensions (Star wiring) or phone points connected to the line will result in a poorer quality ADSL phone line or higher line attenuation.

The same goes for corrosion on the line. The more corrosion, the higher the resistance resulting in a poorer quality signal.

The best way to ensure the best quality signal is to have one phone point wired to standard or install a good quality Central / Remote Splitter .

A Central / Remote Splitter will allow many phone line extensions without interference of the ADSL signal to the modem.

If your line speed changes the whole time (384 to 288) then it is clear you have line issues...

End of discussion really.