Dont Laugh ..Anyone using o2 mobile bb to play BFBC2?

MR DAZ

Hey Guys,

So I live in the sticks and cant get proper BB.. I use O2 to play BF2 and MW2 and tbh .. its not too bad. I get pings of 100 - 150 and it is well playable (most of the time)


So BFBC2 arrives on the scene ... I get pings of 78 to the TIG server .. which goes up to 150ish ..again..playable.

But for some unknown reason ... I join the TIG server or any other server .. get into game .. plays perfect and 3mins later I get kicked.

Exactly the same time .. 3mins in after login. I have two other frinds using O2 and they are seeing the exact same problem.
One of them (Bluedrax) tested it with a vodfone dongle and even though the pings are worse .. he doesnt get disconnected.

Any thoughts?

I mailed EA and they came back blaming the bad connection.. but infairness it works fine for BF2 , MW2 and a worse Vodfone connection has no problems.

thanks in advance

Daz

BlueDrax

UOTRACE via O2 3G BB (which drops after 2 minutes):

Host Name                                 IP Address        Hop    Ping Time   Ping Avg   % Loss    Pkts r/s   Ping best/worst
* Unknown Host *                          192.168.1.1       1      0ms         0ms        0%        128 / 128  0ms / 0ms
* Unknown Host *                          172.16.25.1       2      167ms                  100%      0 / 128
* Unknown Host *                          172.16.25.6       3      172ms                  100%      0 / 127
* Unknown Host *                          172.16.39.44      4      110ms       137ms      1%        125 / 127  55ms / 1487ms
* Unknown Host *                          172.16.39.57      5      99ms        112ms      0%        126 / 127  68ms / 1286ms
* Unknown Host *                          172.16.252.34     6      79ms        112ms      3%        123 / 127  59ms / 1579ms
* Unknown Host *                          193.120.235.209   7      69ms        119ms      1%        125 / 127  55ms / 1539ms
vlan101.rt001.bmt.esat.net                193.95.141.1      8      109ms       119ms      1%        125 / 127  58ms / 720ms
ge0-0.br001.bmt.esat.net                  193.95.140.4      9      79ms        116ms      0%        126 / 127  58ms / 1555ms
t2a3-p5-0-0.ie-dub2.eu.bt.net             166.49.198.13     10     249ms       133ms      3%        123 / 127  78ms / 1648ms
t2c2-ge0.ie-dub2.eu.bt.net                166.49.158.12     11     169ms       127ms      3%        122 / 127  68ms / 1699ms
t2c2-ge9-2.uk-glo.eu.bt.net               166.49.195.217    12     655ms       127ms      3%        123 / 127  73ms / 1285ms
t2c2-p9-1.uk-eal.eu.bt.net                166.49.208.133    13     119ms       118ms      2%        124 / 127  78ms / 1519ms
so-6-0-2.edge1.London2.Level3.net         212.113.11.253    14     82ms        140ms      0%        126 / 127  78ms / 1592ms
ae-31-55.ebr1.London2.Level3.net          4.68.117.158      15     89ms        141ms      0%        126 / 127  80ms / 1261ms
ae-46-106.ebr2.London2.Level3.net         4.69.141.122      16     79ms        149ms      0%        126 / 127  79ms / 1955ms
ae-100-100.ebr2.London1.Level3.net        4.69.141.166      17     79ms        135ms      1%        125 / 127  78ms / 1492ms
ae-42-42.ebr1.NewYork1.Level3.net         4.69.137.70       18     159ms       218ms      1%        125 / 127  150ms / 1736ms
ae-42-42.ebr1.NewYork1.Level3.net         4.69.137.70       19     169ms       194ms      1%        125 / 127  145ms / 1385ms
ae-3-3.ebr4.Washington1.Level3.net        4.69.132.93       20     168ms       217ms      1%        125 / 127  159ms / 1863ms
ae-13-69.car3.Washington1.Level3.net      4.68.17.5         21     179ms       227ms      1%        125 / 127  154ms / 1866ms
ae-13-69.car3.Washington1.Level3.net      4.68.17.5         22     158ms       213ms      0%        127 / 127  158ms / 1239ms
fert07-eqx-iad.ea.com                     159.153.224.230   23     169ms       205ms      1%        125 / 127  149ms / 1046ms
meav5-pub.pt.iad.ea.com                   159.153.226.105   24     169ms       195ms      0%        126 / 127  151ms / 952ms
meav5-pub.pt.iad.ea.com                   159.153.226.105   25     169ms       189ms      0%        126 / 127  158ms / 888ms

UOTRACE via Vodafone 3G BB (which works fine, apart from the fact I need to dangle the dongle out the window on a long USB cable):

Host Name                                 IP Address         Hop    Ping Time   Ping Avg   % Loss    Pkts r/s   Ping best/worst
* Unknown Host *                          192.168.55.122     1      258ms       263ms      0%        110 / 110  246ms / 548ms
* Unknown Host *                          0.0.0.0            2      0ms
* Unknown Host *                          0.0.0.0            3      0ms
* Unknown Host *                          0.0.0.0            4      0ms
* Unknown Host *                          0.0.0.0            5      0ms
* Unknown Host *                          0.0.0.0            6      0ms
* Unknown Host *                          0.0.0.0            7      0ms
* Unknown Host *                          0.0.0.0            8      0ms
* Unknown Host *                          0.0.0.0            9      0ms
* Unknown Host *                          0.0.0.0            10     0ms
* Unknown Host *                          0.0.0.0            11     0ms
* Unknown Host *                          0.0.0.0            12     0ms
* Unknown Host *                          0.0.0.0            13     0ms
* Unknown Host *                          0.0.0.0            14     0ms
Buffer too small

All other games (BF2, BF:V, BloodBowl, L4D2, CoD4MW, CoDMW2) work fine.

yankinlk

MR DAZ wrote: »

Any thoughts?

Yeah, You wouldn't think yer connection was fine if you had to play a 1v1 deathmatch against you on rust you laggy girl BB using bogger.

Spear

Might not be the connection at fault. If it's a new install, run pbsetup.exe and make sure your PunkBuster is set correctly and updated.

Wonda-Boy

I am not sure if the latency is the problem. But I have BT broadband, and I swear the amount of times I get kicked on the [TiG] server compared to other servers is amazing. I dont know why but I can play all night on other servers without a hitch and I could get kicked 3 times on the [TiG] server a night......hmmmmmm :rolleyes:

Blazer

muhahahahaahahahahahahahahaa Dazza

MrFitt

:eek: Wish My Dongle was as long as your one Dazza!

You need to dangle it out the window like Draz does! muhahahahahahahahahahah:)


Sorry but sell your house and move to Limerick- oh wait that is what you are doing.........:eek:

MR DAZ

Can I post nothing without ye finding me.:-)

i've manually updated Punkbuster using the pb.exe directly fro
there website. Also tried other servers and still the same,disconnects after 3mins

decnug

I'm using O2 and getting the exact same disconnect problem (on PS3). I also have BF1943 for over a year and never had any problems with it until BC2 came out, now I get the same disconnect problem as BC2. The beta worked fine for me for the few months I was using it. MAG,MW2 work fine for me too.

aindriu80

Hi,

Im using o2 Broadband and I am having the same problem. I get disconnected every 4 minutes of playing multiplayer. Modern Warfare 2 worked grand most of the game, and so did the rest of my games.

Im using the Globesurfer III router. Any ideas from o2 ? Or is it just BFBC2 ? I know they were having problems with the online store

cherryghost

theres a packet loss kick in bc2 it appears. emailed my server host and a number of other players with the same issue as yours keeps cropping up apparently

aindriu80

So its a problem with the game ..... any ideas if Battlefield Bad Company 2 are going to fix it? Thanks

MR DAZ

Thanks Cherryghost

I bet my name is cropping up aswell.

BlueDrax

Did EA change something?
Because I can now play BFBC2 for more then 2 minutes without getting a server disconnected error message!!!

Or was it me messing around with the O2 3G broadband settings?

MR DAZ

How long before you get disconnected?

BlueDrax

I didn't get disconnected!

The round's ended as normal.

No crashes to desktop, a little bit of lag now and again but no "server disconnected" error messages!!!

I even found some dog tags, instead of losing mine....

aindriu80

Are you talking about the PS3 settings ?

I just tried the game this morning, still the same error.

"Connection to the game has been lost. Please check your network connection and try again"

Its pretty regular when it happens. Must be EA.

BlueDrax

aindriu80 wrote: »

Are you talking about the PS3 settings ?

I just tried the game this morning, still the same error.

"Connection to the game has been lost. Please check your network connection and try again"

Its pretty regular when it happens. Must be EA.

Sorry - This is for the PC version.

decnug

Changing the APN on the O2 Moblile Partner settings to internet (instead of open.internet) worked for me too, this was for PS3

BeatFreak

Finally retrieved my boards account, wanted to post here ages ago. I'm also in the unfortunate position where O2 3g is the best internet connection available to me during the week.

I managed to get a unbranded or unlocked version of the o2 connection software and changed the APN to just internet as suggested and it worked! Thanks for the heads up.

Welshman666

guys I'm having same problem..

all games work fine etc etc

so i tried changing the APN to internet, but when i try to connect i get 'Error 628: The connection was terminated by the remote computer before it could be completed."

if anyone knows anything around that it would be appreciated

Welshman

yankinlk

Mr Daz has the fix for this - I think he had to go get a new SIM card...

aindriu80

BeatFreak wrote: »

I managed to get a unbranded or unlocked version of the o2 connection software and changed the APN to just internet as suggested and it worked! Thanks for the heads up.

what is the unbranded or unlocked version of the o2 connection ?

I have put my PS3 in a DMZ and set my Firewall to lowest security with no luck. Also I have tried both settings from "internet" to "open.internet" and both dont make any difference.

BeatFreak

Unlocked is probably the wrong word, I wasn't able to change the APN with the default software that came with my E1752. Windows gave me a prompt at some stage to update the driver for my dongle which when I installed the drivers it also installed an additional unbranded connection manager called Mobile Partner which allowed me to create a new profile and use the APN internet rather than open.internet.

So now if I want to play BF I run the Mobile Partner software and connect and otherwise I use the default O2 software.

Worth noting that yesterday out of the blue my dongle stopped working on both connection managers and I ended up with 3 different instances of my E1752 showing up in the device manager. Took a lot of messing and uninstalling software and drivers to get it back to normal.

Welshman666

BeatFreak wrote: »

Unlocked is probably the wrong word, I wasn't able to change the APN with the default software that came with my E1752. Windows gave me a prompt at some stage to update the driver for my dongle which when I installed the drivers it also installed an additional unbranded connection manager called Mobile Partner which allowed me to create a new profile and use the APN internet rather than open.internet.

So now if I want to play BF I run the Mobile Partner software and connect and otherwise I use the default O2 software.

Worth noting that yesterday out of the blue my dongle stopped working on both connection managers and I ended up with 3 different instances of my E1752 showing up in the device manager. Took a lot of messing and uninstalling software and drivers to get it back to normal.

well i got Mobile Partner..changed the APN to just "internet" with that and i still get error 628

im wondering if im doing something wrong here and missing a step maybe?

Thanks for help!

BeatFreak

Error 628 isn't related to this problem, I'd say you have incorrect setting somewhere.

Settings should be;

APN - Static - internet

Authentication - Access number *99#

Actually I thought there was more to it but that seems to be it. Do you have these settings?

aindriu80

attached is my internet settings for my router. Can anyone take a look and help ? i get disconnected every 4 minutes of online play with BFBC2

Welshman666

BeatFreak wrote: »

Error 628 isn't related to this problem, I'd say you have incorrect setting somewhere.

Settings should be;

APN - Static - internet

Authentication - Access number *99#

Actually I thought there was more to it but that seems to be it. Do you have these settings?

yup they are the settings i have

ive made a post on o2.ie forum so maybe someone there can tell me what the prob is hehe

yankinlk

PM Mr Daz lads... he has the answer.

wires

bit of a bump i know but im in the same boat. did u ever get it sorted?
same thing...3 min in and kicked out. tried all sorts of stuff and no joy. i usually get pings of 80 or less in css and cod4. play gta4 and some others with no problems. cant get dsl as i am also in the sticks:-)

MR DAZ

Just an update on this..

I had this sorted for 6months or so and in the last two weeks something changed in O2 and I was back to getting kicked every 3mins

Tried again last night ..and bingo back online no more disconnects.

If this is happening you need to be using the internet apn to sustain a connection.