NR2K2 on line problem losing connection

I am on a dialup connection (no cable/DSL available here) and think it is set up as good as it is going to be. Here is the problem: at times while racing, the on line status bars will start growing and getting red. After a while, my connection to that server drops due to latency or quality being too high. Once this happens, I can't connect to any more races. I have an external modem and can see the line is alive and the send light is flashing. If I get out of NR2K2, I can't even ping anything! Although the line is up, the connection is worthless. The only way to recover is to redial into my ISP. I use the following, but they are turned off for racing; Zone Alarm firewall and McAfee virus scan. I run Wingman Profiler, but nothing else is running. System is a PIII 800 Mhz with Windows ME. Not sure when this started (didn't always happen). I don't know if it is on my end or with the ISP. This does not happen when on line unless I am racing. I averages about every 2 to 3 races where a race is the usual 10% length. Ideas? Thanks, Russell

"R Keating" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:atm0ij$kfo$[email hidden]... > I am on a dialup connection (no cable/DSL available here) and think it is > set up as good as it is going to be. Here is the problem: at times while > racing, the on line status bars will start growing and getting red. Aftera > while, my connection to that server drops due to latency or quality being > too high. Once this happens, I can't connect to any more races. > > I have an external modem and can see the line is alive and the send lightis > flashing. If I get out of NR2K2, I can't even ping anything! Althoughthe > line is up, the connection is worthless. The only way to recover is to > redial into my ISP. > > I use the following, but they are turned off for racing; Zone Alarmfirewall > and McAfee virus scan. I run Wingman Profiler, but nothing else isrunning.

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> System is a PIII 800 Mhz with Windows ME. Not sure when this started > (didn't always happen). I don't know if it is on my end or with the ISP. > This does not happen when on line unless I am racing. I averages about > every 2 to 3 races where a race is the usual 10% length. > > Ideas? > Thanks, > Russell >

I don't have any specifics, but here's my guess what is happening. You have a v.90 56k modem. One of the 'features' of v.90 is to keep searching for the best connection speed. So every now and then it will resend connection info trying to either get a faster speed, or throttle things back if there's too much line noise(or other speed impediments.) What the GPLer's found long ago was that 33.6 connections are constant. The older protocol does not hunt and peck for better bandwidth. What you connect at, is what you stay at. This is a big benefit for Online racing, especially Papyrus online racing because it is so dependant on Predictor code. So dig through your modem docs and find the arcane phone command that will force your modem to connect at 33.6 AND turn off error correction. Good luck....I haven't messed with modems in so long I'd probably be more hinderance than help. dave henrie --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.427 / Virus Database: 240 - Release Date: 12/6/02

That was excellent advice Dave. I wouldn't have remembered this. Achim

"Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<atn1jd$koad$[email hidden]>... > That was excellent advice Dave. I wouldn't have remembered this. > > Achim Yep, and as soon as he does lower the baud rate and turn off error correction, he will NOT be able to see any races listed. Thanks Papy, you morons. Jet

Not at all true, check your setup... -- Biz "Don't touch that please, your primitive intellect wouldn't understand alloys and compositions and,......things with molecular structures,....and the....." - Ash Jake Ryan <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<atn1jd$koad$[email hidden]>... > > That was excellent advice Dave. I wouldn't have remembered this. > > > > Achim > > Yep, and as soon as he does lower the baud rate and turn off error > correction, he will NOT be able to see any races listed. Thanks Papy, > you morons. > > Jet

I think that may not be the case for all users, Ryan, because I'm pretty sure I was using settings as Dave outlines them in the early days of GPL and VROC. Modem set to a fixed speed of I think 28.800, and turning _software_ error correction off. Although I have to admit it's been a few years since I've used a modem, so my memory perhaps isn't fully up-to-date. Achim "Jake Ryan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in messagenews:<atn1jd$koad$[email hidden]>...

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> > That was excellent advice Dave. I wouldn't have remembered this. > > > > Achim > > Yep, and as soon as he does lower the baud rate and turn off error > correction, he will NOT be able to see any races listed. Thanks Papy, > you morons. > > Jet

I have my modem speed set to 2800. Jake is correct, if I turn error correction off, it takes to long to download the list or races and I never see them. There is a time limit on how long you have to download the list or races and with error correction off I can't get the list in time. After the timer expires the list starts downloading again. Therefore it never can finish. If Papy. would allow us to set that timer, I'd be ok. If there were less races listed I'd be ok. If my phone line was better I"d be ok. Too many ifs :(. Russell "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:atnidt$uia3$[email hidden]... > I think that may not be the case for all users, Ryan, because I'm pretty > sure I was using settings as Dave outlines them in the early days of GPLand

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> VROC. Modem set to a fixed speed of I think 28.800, and turning _software_ > error correction off. > > Although I have to admit it's been a few years since I've used a modem, so > my memory perhaps isn't fully up-to-date. > > Achim > > > "Jake Ryan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:<atn1jd$koad$[email hidden]>... > > > That was excellent advice Dave. I wouldn't have remembered this. > > > > > > Achim > > > > Yep, and as soon as he does lower the baud rate and turn off error > > correction, he will NOT be able to see any races listed. Thanks Papy, > > you morons. > > > > Jet > >

On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 17:02:38 -0600, "R Keating" <[email hidden]> wrote: >If Papy. would allow us to set that timer, I'd be ok. If there were less >races listed I'd be ok. If my phone line was better I"d be ok. Too many >ifs :(. Hm, I just dropped my Sportster back to V34, connected at 33.6, and grabbed the race list fine. I'm not denying you're having a problem, but I don't see it with my equipment. Another alternative to keeping the modem from constantly renegotiating speeds is to keep using v.90 but force it to connect at a more stable speed. For instance, if you're getting 52k initial connects but the connection is unstable, most modems will allow you to use an init string to force it to connect at say 48k instead, which should provide better stability and fewer renegotiations. Jason

There is a 30 second timeout on downloading the Race list from Sierra.com. If the race list size is greater than the that your connection can download in any given 30 seconds, then NR2K2 will never display the race because it re-requests the race list after 30seconds. The race list will not appear until it reduces to a size that is downloadable within the 30second window. "R Keating" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:atoaeg$q26$[email hidden]... > I have my modem speed set to 2800. > > Jake is correct, if I turn error correction off, it takes to long to > download the list or races and I never see them. There is a time limiton

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> how long you have to download the list or races and with error correction > off I can't get the list in time. After the timer expires the list starts > downloading again. Therefore it never can finish. > > If Papy. would allow us to set that timer, I'd be ok. If there were less > races listed I'd be ok. If my phone line was better I"d be ok. Too many > ifs :(. > > Russell > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:atnidt$uia3$[email hidden]... > > I think that may not be the case for all users, Ryan, because I'm pretty > > sure I was using settings as Dave outlines them in the early days of GPL > and > > VROC. Modem set to a fixed speed of I think 28.800, and turning

_software_ > > error correction off. > > > > Although I have to admit it's been a few years since I've used a modem,so

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> > my memory perhaps isn't fully up-to-date. > > > > Achim > > > > > > "Jake Ryan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:<atn1jd$koad$[email hidden]>... > > > > That was excellent advice Dave. I wouldn't have remembered this. > > > > > > > > Achim > > > > > > Yep, and as soon as he does lower the baud rate and turn off error > > > correction, he will NOT be able to see any races listed. Thanks Papy, > > > you morons. > > > > > > Jet > > > > > >

There is a 30 second timeout on downloading the Race list from Sierra.com. If the race list size is greater than the that your connection can download in any given 30 seconds, then NR2K2 will never display the race because it re-requests the race list after 30seconds. The race list will not appear until it reduces to a size that is downloadable within the 30second window. "R Keating" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:atoaeg$q26$[email hidden]... > I have my modem speed set to 2800. > > Jake is correct, if I turn error correction off, it takes to long to > download the list or races and I never see them. There is a time limiton

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> how long you have to download the list or races and with error correction > off I can't get the list in time. After the timer expires the list starts > downloading again. Therefore it never can finish. > > If Papy. would allow us to set that timer, I'd be ok. If there were less > races listed I'd be ok. If my phone line was better I"d be ok. Too many > ifs :(. > > Russell > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:atnidt$uia3$[email hidden]... > > I think that may not be the case for all users, Ryan, because I'm pretty > > sure I was using settings as Dave outlines them in the early days of GPL > and > > VROC. Modem set to a fixed speed of I think 28.800, and turning

_software_ > > error correction off. > > > > Although I have to admit it's been a few years since I've used a modem,so

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> > my memory perhaps isn't fully up-to-date. > > > > Achim > > > > > > "Jake Ryan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:<atn1jd$koad$[email hidden]>... > > > > That was excellent advice Dave. I wouldn't have remembered this. > > > > > > > > Achim > > > > > > Yep, and as soon as he does lower the baud rate and turn off error > > > correction, he will NOT be able to see any races listed. Thanks Papy, > > > you morons. > > > > > > Jet > > > > > >

There is a 30 second timeout on downloading the Race list from Sierra.com. If the race list size is greater than the that your connection can download in any given 30 seconds, then NR2K2 will never display the race because it re-requests the race list after 30seconds. The race list will not appear until it reduces to a size that is downloadable within the 30second window. "R Keating" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:atoaeg$q26$[email hidden]... > I have my modem speed set to 2800. > > Jake is correct, if I turn error correction off, it takes to long to > download the list or races and I never see them. There is a time limiton

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> how long you have to download the list or races and with error correction > off I can't get the list in time. After the timer expires the list starts > downloading again. Therefore it never can finish. > > If Papy. would allow us to set that timer, I'd be ok. If there were less > races listed I'd be ok. If my phone line was better I"d be ok. Too many > ifs :(. > > Russell > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:atnidt$uia3$[email hidden]... > > I think that may not be the case for all users, Ryan, because I'm pretty > > sure I was using settings as Dave outlines them in the early days of GPL > and > > VROC. Modem set to a fixed speed of I think 28.800, and turning

_software_ > > error correction off. > > > > Although I have to admit it's been a few years since I've used a modem,so

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> > my memory perhaps isn't fully up-to-date. > > > > Achim > > > > > > "Jake Ryan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:<atn1jd$koad$[email hidden]>... > > > > That was excellent advice Dave. I wouldn't have remembered this. > > > > > > > > Achim > > > > > > Yep, and as soon as he does lower the baud rate and turn off error > > > correction, he will NOT be able to see any races listed. Thanks Papy, > > > you morons. > > > > > > Jet > > > > > >

There is a 30 second timeout on downloading the Race list from Sierra.com. If the race list size is greater than the that your connection can download in any given 30 seconds, then NR2K2 will never display the race because it re-requests the race list after 30seconds. The race list will not appear until it reduces to a size that is downloadable within the 30second window. "R Keating" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:atoaeg$q26$[email hidden]... > I have my modem speed set to 2800. > > Jake is correct, if I turn error correction off, it takes to long to > download the list or races and I never see them. There is a time limiton

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> how long you have to download the list or races and with error correction > off I can't get the list in time. After the timer expires the list starts > downloading again. Therefore it never can finish. > > If Papy. would allow us to set that timer, I'd be ok. If there were less > races listed I'd be ok. If my phone line was better I"d be ok. Too many > ifs :(. > > Russell > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:atnidt$uia3$[email hidden]... > > I think that may not be the case for all users, Ryan, because I'm pretty > > sure I was using settings as Dave outlines them in the early days of GPL > and > > VROC. Modem set to a fixed speed of I think 28.800, and turning

_software_ > > error correction off. > > > > Although I have to admit it's been a few years since I've used a modem,so

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> > my memory perhaps isn't fully up-to-date. > > > > Achim > > > > > > "Jake Ryan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:<atn1jd$koad$[email hidden]>... > > > > That was excellent advice Dave. I wouldn't have remembered this. > > > > > > > > Achim > > > > > > Yep, and as soon as he does lower the baud rate and turn off error > > > correction, he will NOT be able to see any races listed. Thanks Papy, > > > you morons. > > > > > > Jet > > > > > >

There is a 30 second timeout on downloading the Race list from Sierra.com. If the race list size is greater than the that your connection can download in any given 30 seconds, then NR2K2 will never display the race because it re-requests the race list after 30seconds. The race list will not appear until it reduces to a size that is downloadable within the 30second window. "R Keating" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:atoaeg$q26$[email hidden]... > I have my modem speed set to 2800. > > Jake is correct, if I turn error correction off, it takes to long to > download the list or races and I never see them. There is a time limiton

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> how long you have to download the list or races and with error correction > off I can't get the list in time. After the timer expires the list starts > downloading again. Therefore it never can finish. > > If Papy. would allow us to set that timer, I'd be ok. If there were less > races listed I'd be ok. If my phone line was better I"d be ok. Too many > ifs :(. > > Russell > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:atnidt$uia3$[email hidden]... > > I think that may not be the case for all users, Ryan, because I'm pretty > > sure I was using settings as Dave outlines them in the early days of GPL > and > > VROC. Modem set to a fixed speed of I think 28.800, and turning

_software_ > > error correction off. > > > > Although I have to admit it's been a few years since I've used a modem,so

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> > my memory perhaps isn't fully up-to-date. > > > > Achim > > > > > > "Jake Ryan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:<atn1jd$koad$[email hidden]>... > > > > That was excellent advice Dave. I wouldn't have remembered this. > > > > > > > > Achim > > > > > > Yep, and as soon as he does lower the baud rate and turn off error > > > correction, he will NOT be able to see any races listed. Thanks Papy, > > > you morons. > > > > > > Jet > > > > > >

There is a 30 second timeout on downloading the Race list from Sierra.com. If the race list size is greater than the that your connection can download in any given 30 seconds, then NR2K2 will never display the race because it re-requests the race list after 30seconds. The race list will not appear until it reduces to a size that is downloadable within the 30second window. "R Keating" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:atoaeg$q26$[email hidden]... > I have my modem speed set to 2800. > > Jake is correct, if I turn error correction off, it takes to long to > download the list or races and I never see them. There is a time limiton

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> how long you have to download the list or races and with error correction > off I can't get the list in time. After the timer expires the list starts > downloading again. Therefore it never can finish. > > If Papy. would allow us to set that timer, I'd be ok. If there were less > races listed I'd be ok. If my phone line was better I"d be ok. Too many > ifs :(. > > Russell > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:atnidt$uia3$[email hidden]... > > I think that may not be the case for all users, Ryan, because I'm pretty > > sure I was using settings as Dave outlines them in the early days of GPL > and > > VROC. Modem set to a fixed speed of I think 28.800, and turning

_software_ > > error correction off. > > > > Although I have to admit it's been a few years since I've used a modem,so

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> > my memory perhaps isn't fully up-to-date. > > > > Achim > > > > > > "Jake Ryan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:<atn1jd$koad$[email hidden]>... > > > > That was excellent advice Dave. I wouldn't have remembered this. > > > > > > > > Achim > > > > > > Yep, and as soon as he does lower the baud rate and turn off error > > > correction, he will NOT be able to see any races listed. Thanks Papy, > > > you morons. > > > > > > Jet > > > > > >

There is a 30 second timeout on downloading the Race list from Sierra.com. If the race list size is greater than the that your connection can download in any given 30 seconds, then NR2K2 will never display the race because it re-requests the race list after 30seconds. The race list will not appear until it reduces to a size that is downloadable within the 30second window. "R Keating" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:atoaeg$q26$[email hidden]... > I have my modem speed set to 2800. > > Jake is correct, if I turn error correction off, it takes to long to > download the list or races and I never see them. There is a time limiton

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> how long you have to download the list or races and with error correction > off I can't get the list in time. After the timer expires the list starts > downloading again. Therefore it never can finish. > > If Papy. would allow us to set that timer, I'd be ok. If there were less > races listed I'd be ok. If my phone line was better I"d be ok. Too many > ifs :(. > > Russell > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:atnidt$uia3$[email hidden]... > > I think that may not be the case for all users, Ryan, because I'm pretty > > sure I was using settings as Dave outlines them in the early days of GPL > and > > VROC. Modem set to a fixed speed of I think 28.800, and turning

_software_ > > error correction off. > > > > Although I have to admit it's been a few years since I've used a modem,so

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> > my memory perhaps isn't fully up-to-date. > > > > Achim > > > > > > "Jake Ryan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:<atn1jd$koad$[email hidden]>... > > > > That was excellent advice Dave. I wouldn't have remembered this. > > > > > > > > Achim > > > > > > Yep, and as soon as he does lower the baud rate and turn off error > > > correction, he will NOT be able to see any races listed. Thanks Papy, > > > you morons. > > > > > > Jet > > > > > >

There is a 30 second timeout on downloading the Race list from Sierra.com. If the race list size is greater than the that your connection can download in any given 30 seconds, then NR2K2 will never display the race because it re-requests the race list after 30seconds. The race list will not appear until it reduces to a size that is downloadable within the 30second window. "R Keating" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:atoaeg$q26$[email hidden]... > I have my modem speed set to 2800. > > Jake is correct, if I turn error correction off, it takes to long to > download the list or races and I never see them. There is a time limiton

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> how long you have to download the list or races and with error correction > off I can't get the list in time. After the timer expires the list starts > downloading again. Therefore it never can finish. > > If Papy. would allow us to set that timer, I'd be ok. If there were less > races listed I'd be ok. If my phone line was better I"d be ok. Too many > ifs :(. > > Russell > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:atnidt$uia3$[email hidden]... > > I think that may not be the case for all users, Ryan, because I'm pretty > > sure I was using settings as Dave outlines them in the early days of GPL > and > > VROC. Modem set to a fixed speed of I think 28.800, and turning

_software_ > > error correction off. > > > > Although I have to admit it's been a few years since I've used a modem,so

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> > my memory perhaps isn't fully up-to-date. > > > > Achim > > > > > > "Jake Ryan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:<atn1jd$koad$[email hidden]>... > > > > That was excellent advice Dave. I wouldn't have remembered this. > > > > > > > > Achim > > > > > > Yep, and as soon as he does lower the baud rate and turn off error > > > correction, he will NOT be able to see any races listed. Thanks Papy, > > > you morons. > > > > > > Jet > > > > > >

Russel, are Jake and you talking about the racelist in WinVROC? Are you aware that neither VROC nor WinVROC got anything to do with Papyrus and that both are completely private 3rd party efforts? Anyway, I only said to Jake that it's not a prob everybody has. I do think though that few people have it, as none of the guys I know ever reported this. Have you tried to find out what technically happens that causes this to happen? Achim "R Keating" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:atoaeg$q26$[email hidden]... > I have my modem speed set to 2800. > > Jake is correct, if I turn error correction off, it takes to long to > download the list or races and I never see them. There is a time limiton

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> how long you have to download the list or races and with error correction > off I can't get the list in time. After the timer expires the list starts > downloading again. Therefore it never can finish. > > If Papy. would allow us to set that timer, I'd be ok. If there were less > races listed I'd be ok. If my phone line was better I"d be ok. Too many > ifs :(.

Naughty ISP "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:atohvn$15qnc$[email hidden]...

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> Russel, > > are Jake and you talking about the racelist in WinVROC? Are you aware that > neither VROC nor WinVROC got anything to do with Papyrus and that both are > completely private 3rd party efforts? > > Anyway, I only said to Jake that it's not a prob everybody has. I do think > though that few people have it, as none of the guys I know ever reported > this. Have you tried to find out what technically happens that causes this > to happen? > > Achim > > > > "R Keating" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:atoaeg$q26$[email hidden]... > > I have my modem speed set to 2800. > > > > Jake is correct, if I turn error correction off, it takes to long to > > download the list or races and I never see them. There is a time limit > on > > how long you have to download the list or races and with error

correction > > off I can't get the list in time. After the timer expires the liststarts > > downloading again. Therefore it never can finish. > > > > If Papy. would allow us to set that timer, I'd be ok. If there wereless > > races listed I'd be ok. If my phone line was better I"d be ok. Toomany > > ifs :(. > >

Achim, This is with NASCAR Racing 2002 Season on the Sierra/Papyrus servers. I've never dealt with VROC or WinVROC. I force my modem to 28000 with a command to the modem. Even if my modem was re-negotiating speed, I don't understand why it would lose the connection, and never re-gain it not even to allow a ping to any machines unless I hang up and dial in again. Any recommendations for what to look for when this happens? Anyone know of diagnostic software that could at least tell if a problems was on my end or with the ISP? Russell "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:atohvn$15qnc$[email hidden]...

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> Russel, > > are Jake and you talking about the racelist in WinVROC? Are you aware that > neither VROC nor WinVROC got anything to do with Papyrus and that both are > completely private 3rd party efforts? > > Anyway, I only said to Jake that it's not a prob everybody has. I do think > though that few people have it, as none of the guys I know ever reported > this. Have you tried to find out what technically happens that causes this > to happen? > > Achim > > > > "R Keating" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:atoaeg$q26$[email hidden]... > > I have my modem speed set to 2800. > > > > Jake is correct, if I turn error correction off, it takes to long to > > download the list or races and I never see them. There is a time limit > on > > how long you have to download the list or races and with error

correction > > off I can't get the list in time. After the timer expires the liststarts > > downloading again. Therefore it never can finish. > > > > If Papy. would allow us to set that timer, I'd be ok. If there wereless > > races listed I'd be ok. If my phone line was better I"d be ok. Toomany > > ifs :(. > >

Russel, normally, disabling re-negotiation should be faster, as it prevents your modem and its counterpart from spending time on trying to find a faster or slower connection speed from time to time. Likewise for software error correction. Disabling this should reduce your latency and increase your download speed a tad. IP header compression I think should be ON btw, and likewise _hardware_ error correction (only software error correction needs to be off). The prob is, I haven't used a modem for racing for ~5 years, so my memory is a bit dim. The first thing I'd look for is the list of commands my modem has. Because, AFAIR, my old 3com/US Robotic did have a command to prevent renegotiation at higher speeds as well, albeit not with all speeds/protocols. I think there was a command where one could tell both yours and the other modem to not negotiate. I'd also check my data buffers for the incoming and outgoing data streams, are they to small, or too large. Windows defaults seem to be good if your modem is connected to serial, I don't know how it works with USB. In core.ini there's a line bcast_listserv_req_freq=0.000000 ; Request race list frequency I don't know what it does, I'm not even sure it refers to the Sierra.com racelist, but what happens if you set that to a different value, like 60.000 - does this perhaps decrease the frequency at which the racelist is requested to one entire minute, giving your system more time to download it before a re-request is made? I haven't tried it and don't know, maybe it needed to be set to 0.50000 to achieve this (=try half as often), I don't know how it works, but it could be worth a try. Apart from that, I'd set bcast_ping_disable=0 bcast_send_disable=1 bcast_send_freq=16.000000 careful, don't know what's possible max but higher means less bandwidth taken disable_icmp_checking=1 disable_ipx=1 ignore_net_read_errors=1 ignore_net_send_errors=1 net_use_mdm_bandwidth_for_tcp_ip=1 I'm guessing here a bit, I haven't dealt with these issues since I got broadband, so please treat all this with a grain of salt. Good luck! Achim "R Keating" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:atootc$891$[email hidden]... > Achim, > > This is with NASCAR Racing 2002 Season on the Sierra/Papyrus servers.I've > never dealt with VROC or WinVROC. > > I force my modem to 28000 with a command to the modem. Even if my modemwas > re-negotiating speed, I don't understand why it would lose the connection, > and never re-gain it not even to allow a ping to any machines unless Ihang > up and dial in again. > > Any recommendations for what to look for when this happens? Anyone knowof > diagnostic software that could at least tell if a problems was on my endor > with the ISP?

"Richard Freedman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:2OQL9.15454$[email hidden]... > There is a 30 second timeout on downloading the Race list from Sierra.com. > > If the race list size is greater than the that your connection candownload > in any given 30 seconds, then NR2K2 will never display the race because it > re-requests the race list after 30seconds. The race list will not appear > until it reduces to a size that is downloadable within the 30secondwindow. > > Sorry Richard. Missed part of that. Could you repeat ? Elrikk ;o)

im using an ELSA microlink 56k fun modem over a series conn in winXP, and i get something very similar to the problem described. im in a race, and every now and again, the tx/rx light on the front of the modem will just glow red instead of flashing red (this can happen when im browsing the internet too over either of my 2 different ISPs), and i wont be able to recieve/send or ping anything, my connection to any servers is severed, i cant race or browse, and i have to log off and back on again to resume anything. pez "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:atpnn6$1gp9p$[email hidden]... > Russel, normally, disabling re-negotiation should be faster, as itprevents > your modem and its counterpart from spending time on trying to find afaster

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> or slower connection speed from time to time. Likewise for software error > correction. Disabling this should reduce your latency and increase your > download speed a tad. IP header compression I think should be ON btw, and > likewise _hardware_ error correction (only software error correction needs > to be off). > > The prob is, I haven't used a modem for racing for ~5 years, so my memory

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> higher speeds as well, albeit not with all speeds/protocols. I think there > was a command where one could tell both yours and the other modem to not > negotiate. > > I'd also check my data buffers for the incoming and outgoing data streams, > are they to small, or too large. Windows defaults seem to be good if your > modem is connected to serial, I don't know how it works with USB. > > In core.ini there's a line > > bcast_listserv_req_freq=0.000000 ; Request race list frequency > > I don't know what it does, I'm not even sure it refers to the Sierra.com > racelist, but what happens if you set that to a different value, like > 60.000 - does this perhaps decrease the frequency at which the racelist is > requested to one entire minute, giving your system more time to download

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> before a re-request is made? I haven't tried it and don't know, maybe it > needed to be set to 0.50000 to achieve this (=try half as often), I don't > know how it works, but it could be worth a try. > > Apart from that, I'd set > > bcast_ping_disable=0 > bcast_send_disable=1 > bcast_send_freq=16.000000 careful, don't know what's > possible max > but > higher means less bandwidth taken > disable_icmp_checking=1 > disable_ipx=1 > ignore_net_read_errors=1 > ignore_net_send_errors=1 > net_use_mdm_bandwidth_for_tcp_ip=1 > > I'm guessing here a bit, I haven't dealt with these issues since I got > broadband, so please treat all this with a grain of salt. > > Good luck! > > Achim > > > > "R Keating" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:atootc$891$[email hidden]... > > Achim, > > > > This is with NASCAR Racing 2002 Season on the Sierra/Papyrus servers. > I've > > never dealt with VROC or WinVROC. > > > > I force my modem to 28000 with a command to the modem. Even if my modem > was > > re-negotiating speed, I don't understand why it would lose the

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> > and never re-gain it not even to allow a ping to any machines unless I > hang > > up and dial in again. > > > > Any recommendations for what to look for when this happens? Anyone know > of > > diagnostic software that could at least tell if a problems was on my end > or > > with the ISP? > >

I don't know what that is Alex. Could be a failed retrain, but I'm not sure. I remember there was an issue with Windows back in 1998 where sometimes when leaving GPL you couldn't use the connection anymore, and had to shut it down and reopen. Something within Windows' online modules had frozen into that state, but it's all been too long ago for me to remember - sorry. Achim "Alex 'pez' Porazinski" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:atqjgj$jde$[email hidden]... > im using an ELSA microlink 56k fun modem over a series conn in winXP, andi > get something very similar to the problem described. > > im in a race, and every now and again, the tx/rx light on the front of the > modem will just glow red instead of flashing red (this can happen when im > browsing the internet too over either of my 2 different ISPs), and i wontbe > able to recieve/send or ping anything, my connection to any servers is > severed, i cant race or browse, and i have to log off and back on again to > resume anything.