Routers modems...whats it all mean?!

Ringo_60013 · March 8, 2009

right basically for the past... ooh...2 years i reckon, i've been playing TDU with a, lets be honest, crap internet connection. so.... i'm thinking "hmm maybe its time to get it sorted once and for all"

basically the problem is this.

when playing TDU the game runs fine, not much lag, and tbh i'm usually quite happy cruising by myself listening to some music or something. BUT... when i do want to cruise with friends, i find it annyoing to say the least that i can connect to only one of them with a RED connection i.e. Good... the other 6 players are in white text i.e. Bad....

i have a Huawei SmartAX MT882 modem and a Belkin wireless router.... the belkin thing i reckon is flawless tbh... never let me down so far. the problem is with the MT882, supplied "lovingly" by TalkTalk....(*cough* yes i know but its dad who pays the bills so its dads choice which service we're on...even though i use it 10x more than him and know pretty much every problem inside out)

so my question is this.... what setups do those of you who have really good connections i.e. 7 other players in RED, have? i think i can persuade my dad to buy almost anything from a computer shop so name the products you're using as this will help me out immensely.

i want details, nitty gritty please. i want to be able to march into a computer shop and say "i want this" and have the whole thing sorted completely.....basically i don't want any more hassle...a few niggles with setup is fine but not the problems i have atm.

thanks in advance. Ringo

PS: sorry for the novel... but hey..i've gotta be good at writing somewhere... B grade in english....tho i'm not sure how... :confused:

T3hReaper91 · March 8, 2009

TalkTalk would be the problem there aswell as the modem.

Go buy a new modem and then if that dont help its defiantly the service provider. I have had no problems myself with any belkin product.

Unless u have not port forward ports on the belkin hub but you most probs have.

Ringo_60013 · March 8, 2009

nice to see a reply so quick :D

and yeah i know for a fact that TalkTalk is crap.... but obviously dad won't listen to that so... anyway what modem are you running Reaper? i know the belkin stuff is good, as i say never let me down yet.

T3hReaper91 · March 8, 2009

im currently running a edimax modem i believe.

Not the most well known people but i find it great. I have a edimax modem with 2 edimax routers.

Sponge · March 8, 2009

I'd suggest you get a non-NAT netgear router.

I once had a HomoHub and I had the same problems as you. I (up)Downgraded to a Voyager220v and all of the problems disappeared. Those who are in a server in white is their fault, not the router's.

Good luck in finding a suitable replacement

Ringo_60013 · March 8, 2009

thanks reaper.... tbh i have no idea what sort of specs i'm needing so.... hows this... does this have the right features..and if so what are those features that i could do with to play TDU to its full capacity?

http://www.edimax.co.uk/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=129&pl1_id=1&pl2_id=3

T3hReaper91 · March 8, 2009

Well this is what i got: http://www.edimax.co.uk/en/produce_detail.php?pd_id=128&pl1_id=2&pl2_id=11

and thats pluged into my edimax routers.

so you could plug that into your belkin router

Its easy to set up and works like a charm also cheap.

AJRacer · March 13, 2009

My Router is made by Linksys (Cisco) how would it work cuz i hav problems(thread posted)

Phenom9600-FX · March 16, 2009

I use an Asus RX3041 router (http://www.asus.com/Product.aspx?P_ID=WmAxz5CzACn2JKpi&content=specifications). I play TDU from august 2008 and for the first month I didn't see more than one player with good connection... The rest of them were all white and having that broken connection sign in front of their names. And all of this time I thought that is because I have a crappy network. But after a month, tired to play that way, I've tried to open some ports in the NAT/Port mapping section of the router (ports to be open are available in the game's User Manual); only maximum 3 ports have to be opened from the list in the manual. In my case I've opened up ports 8889-TCP, 17475-TCP/UDP and 9961-TCP/UDP. Since then I always see all players perfect (there are some times when I see them white but not broken connection).