Left 4 Dead 2

[Calin Leafshade]

Does anyone play? Some people from the irc channel often play so if anyone would like to join us then feel free to join the AGS steam group or add me on steam (user steviepolts)

It's alot of fun.

[Anian]

Yes it is fun, from regular team fighting on advanced to f-in around on expert (or vice versa).
I tried to join one time but you already joined up.  Too bad, I really wanted to survive the apocalipse with McCarthy. 

I still have a problem with my router kicking losing connection and then having to wait 2 minutes (that's right, some arse actually put that much on the reconnection, which you cannot abort). I connect and then am in game for like 3-4 secs. Except on 2nd time I join up the server, then it's ok...or randomly one day it's fine the next it's not...
That's why I hate that game, everything else is fun. 

[Calin Leafshade]

I had alot of trouble with my router dropping connection too.. its because steam will flood your router if its not configured right (thompson routers are the most guilty).

most routers have fixes though if you search for them

[Anian]

Yeah, it is a thompson, but I've tried everything (from portforwarding to steam client drop fixes) and nothing helped it seems. Only thing I haven't tried is some procedure which is done over telnet (which as far as I could tell is exactly the same as portworwarding only manually and I have tried it but telnet throws some open port 23 error).
I've also tried with Win firewall and McAffee disabled and everytime it's the same result...or it works one time but then doesn't the next. And again, it's so damn annoying because basically you have to shut down the game over task manager and start it again, because it's faster than waiting for the time to run out (barely).

I'm turning this into a help topic, I'm just saying.  

In any case, somebody starts up the game and I join twice...stupid fix, but it's the closest I got.

[Calin Leafshade]

This was my fix which is specific for my router but it should be fairly generic for thompson routers.

It's actually related to timeout issues, not port forwarding i think

This fix should correct the following issues:

* Servers in Steam/in Steam games suffer ping 'spikes'
* Difficulty/Inability to connect to servers
* Use of Steam/Steam games causes the BeBox to freeze/stall/restart (crash)
* Loss of connection to servers, or timeouts
* Poor performance ('lag') in servers

If you are having problems with the fix supplied below then please post in this thread and I will try to help, but I will not be held responsible for any damage to Be equipment etc. You know the drill.

This fix involves editing the user.ini file to change configuration. of the BeBox. This can also be done through telnet but I recommend it be done this way as I ran into problems trying the fix via telnet.

1. Follow this link to the router configuartion page:
http://192.168.1.254/cgi/b/bandr/?ce=1&be=0&l0=0&l1=1id=BACKUP_RESTORE

2.Enter username & password (default is Administrator, with the password left blank or the S/N from the bottom of the BeBox - without the bit in () )

3. Select Backup Configuration Now.... Don't close this window

You should now have a user.ini file containing your router configuration options.

4. Open it in Notepad. Go to Edit , Find and search for appconfig application=GAME(UDP)

You should see three entries regarding UDP. You need to change them to:

appconfig application=GAME(UDP) trace=enabled timeout=3
appconfig application=CONE(UDP) trace=enabled timeout=3
appconfig application=LOOSE(UDP) trace=enabled timeout=3

Now again, go to Edit , Find and this time search for timerconfig timer=udpidle

You should change this entry to:

timerconfig timer=udpidle value=3

5. Save that user.ini file to the desktop. Switch back to the Speedtouch router page and select Restore Configuration Now....

6. Use the router dialog to locate and select the user.ini file that you have modified. The router should upload the file.

7. Once configuration is uploaded, restart your router and all 'Connection Problem' or Server list crashes or Restarting of the BeBox due to UDP flooding in CSS and other games should be FIXED.