Lag disappeared after disconnecting Linksys router

[Aera]

<p>I play on AB, the most populated and laggy server out there.  People complain about it all the time.  Well, I decided to just unplug my Linksys router and directly connect my modem to the back of my PC and the lag completely disappeared.  I mean, completely.  Spells cast instantly now, no more rubberbanding, etc...  Why is this?  What is wrong with my router settings?  I've reset it multiple times.  Any suggestions to have this great of a connection with my router plugged in?</p>

[Barx]

<p>Was it an instant thing? (IE you were lagging, unplugged and went directly, logged back in and the lag was gone?). If so, make sure you have port forwarding set up for EQ2, that might speed things up a bit.</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>There@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Why is this?  What is wrong with my router settings?  I've reset it multiple times.  Any suggestions to have this great of a connection with my router plugged in?</p></blockquote><p>Greetings,</p><p>It sounds like one of the ports being used by the game is getting blocked at the router.  You should be able to correct this by port forwarding.  The following website is a great resource that walks you through the process:</p><p>Simply select the router you are using, then select the 'skip this advertisement' button in the upper right, and finally select Everquest 2 on the following page.  You will then be presented with a walkthrough on how to forward the correct ports.  Please respond if you need any further assistance.</p>

[Wingrider01]

<p><cite>There@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I play on AB, the most populated and laggy server out there.  People complain about it all the time.  Well, I decided to just unplug my Linksys router and directly connect my modem to the back of my PC and the lag completely disappeared.  I mean, completely.  Spells cast instantly now, no more rubberbanding, etc...  Why is this?  What is wrong with my router settings?  I've reset it multiple times.  Any suggestions to have this great of a connection with my router plugged in?</p></blockquote><p>What linksys model is it and what is your connection speed from your provider, some of the earlier linksys models and revisions had trouble accepting the large pipeline's that the ISP providers are giving now. we debugged that at a friends house, they had a rev 1 linksys router and it had performance issues with a 12 meg pipline from the ISP, this is especially a problem if you have been u[graded to a DOSCIS 3.0 style bandwidth and modem</p>

[Dirty Jack Rackham]

<p><cite>TSR-DanielH wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>There@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Why is this?  What is wrong with my router settings?  I've reset it multiple times.  Any suggestions to have this great of a connection with my router plugged in?</p></blockquote><p>Greetings,</p><p>It sounds like one of the ports being used by the game is getting blocked at the router.  You should be able to correct this by port forwarding.  The following website is a great resource that walks you through the process:</p><p>Simply select the router you are using, then select the 'skip this advertisement' button in the upper right, and finally select Everquest 2 on the following page.  You will then be presented with a walkthrough on how to forward the correct ports.  Please respond if you need any further assistance.</p></blockquote><p>Maybe it's just my warped sense of sensibilities,  but you may actually want to  provide linkage to the site that you're trying to direct There@Antonia Bayle to there Danny Boy. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" /></p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>Dirty Jack Rackham wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Maybe it's just my warped sense of sensibilities,  but you may actually want to  provide linkage to the site that you're trying to direct There@Antonia Bayle to there Danny Boy. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" /></p></blockquote><p><img src="/eq2/images/smilies/499fd50bc713bfcdf2ab5a23c00c2d62.gif" border="0" /></p><p><a href="http://portforward.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://portforward.com/</a></p>

[Aera]

<p>Hi everyone.  Thanks for the awesome responses.  I'm going to go ahead and try the portforward website right now and report my findings before I try anything else.</p>

[TSR-DanielH]

<p><cite>There@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hi everyone.  Thanks for the awesome responses.  I'm going to go ahead and try the portforward website right now and report my findings before I try anything else.</p></blockquote><p>Let us know if you still need assistance after port forwarding.</p>