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    connection issues in WOW

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by seabass123, Aug 21, 2008.

  1. seabass123

    seabass123 Notebook Guru

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    my roommate and i are playing wow together in the same room using the same wirless internet, except he keeps on disconnecting. is this a driver issue or something?
     
    seabass123, Aug 21, 2008
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    kermit1979 Notebook Evangelist

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    How's his signal strength?

    How exactly is it dropping out? Bad signal, network card dropping out, router not being visible, is it momentarily losing connection, etc. etc. etc.

    Hate to say it man, but you just asked one of the vaguest possible questions on here you could ask.

    If I said to you, my friend is cold, but I'm warm. Do I have a fever? How would you respond? You know, I could have a fever, but it could also be because my friend is vacationing in the antarctic while i'm vacationing in jamaica.

    Be specific if you want people to help you on here.
     
    kermit1979, Aug 21, 2008
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  3. seabass123

    seabass123 Notebook Guru

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    sorry about the vague post.
    his signal strength is good. he's able to surf the web and such, but whenever he tries to play an online game (especially WoW), it'll be lag free for a few minutes, then it'll stop and he'll be running in place or something, then he disconnects.
     
    seabass123, Aug 22, 2008
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    blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso

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    He may be overheating the radio, graphics card, even cpu in the pc can cause this. Also a bad driver will do the same thing, make sure he has the latest.
     
    blue68f100, Aug 22, 2008
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