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Becareful because this can risk your honor.

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Is this the "Unknown Reason" kick?

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whenever i get on a 1.9 server, i am dropped, is this the reason y that happens?

If it is the reason, that really sucks, cause i have a Linksys BEFSR41 - EtherFast® Cable/DSL Router with 4-Port Switch AND the latest firmware. oh well, like i said in my other posts, i guess i'll have to wait til 2.0 or higher :( :'(

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Or you can upgrade! Less time to wait :)

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UPgrade??? upgrade what?
my comp?
my router?
All of the above??
:lol: :agreed:

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Your router should be upgraded. Yeah, a new pc would be good, but that's really all that needs to be upgraded or else you will be booted from servers until version 2.0 comes out.

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could my router also be the reasson why i can't view the servers, when i click refresh list? if so, that would kill two birds with one stone :)

It's two separate issues.

1. SCI and Punkbuster have found a problem with a setting in PB causing the "unknown reason" kicks. It is not a problem on official servers and, on some unofficial servers, it's been resolved.

2. Some broadband modems will cause you Internet connection to drop if you play AA:O. Abraxas recommended upgrading your modem's firmware. If your experiencing this problem (few are), contact your cable modem's manufacturer for more info.

Again, these are two separate issues that are not related to each other. In other words, the "unknown reason" kicks have NOTHING to do with your cable modem's BIOS.

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Like Joe Napalm just said, it's your firmware... I would just recommend getting a new modem with different firmware. I've got a motorola cable modem and I rarely get dropped from servers.

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im a cheapskate, is the motorola cheap? my two probs are i get dropped from everyone, doesnt matter whether they are official or unofficial), and i cant see the servers, i have never lost my connection the the net(thank god :) )

i dont have firmware for my cable modem, you must mean the cable router...right?

The cable modem and router are two different animals. I have an RCA cable modem where the cable coax comes in and then transfers the signal to a CAT-5 cable. From there I have it running into a Linksys router where I then distribute it to 3 PCs. I have no problems with AA:O.

:furious: :furious:

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Well if you want to get specific, I got a "Motorola SB4200 SURFboard Cable Modem" and it was $140. I have a router too and I haven't lost my connection from any servers since 1.9 was released.

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well, i've got the basic modem that comes with comcast/ATT cable with a linksys router

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Get a new modem - that's all that I can tell you. Search for prices on www.pricegrabber.com .

I've got a Motorola SurfBoard BF4100 cable modem to a Linksys BEFW11S4 wireless router w/4 port switch and have 3 puters on it and have only been dropped once on a leased Mountain Pass SE server right before the Official Servers came up. But since the Official Servers have come up, I've never been dropped and can see all the servers on the list. Only problem I have is all the NONE servers popping up too. Gets very aggrivating having to scroll down past them.

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The none servers are servers that have not been authorized yet. But the point is that any motorola cable modem will work with aa without you getting dropped.

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I had the smae prob it happened when I deleted my firewall I had and when i deleted it, it closed all my ports as its dying attempt to save my puter. so i reinstalled my firewall and it worked!

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Lol it closed all the ports! :lol: Well that's good if you ever get a virus that deletes firewalls/anti-virus.

Yea LOL I got a 2 messages today saying RE:AAMEBER I opened it scanned it and sure enough it was a virus.

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No shadow, it did not close all the ports just the ones that ALL my games seem to use. so i could still use the internet, but not any of my games worked. Shadow, do you ever play AA or just live on the forum here?

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I play about half of the time - live on the forums for the other half.

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i tried to take my firewall off, and i lost my connection to the internet for 3 days lol :lol:

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Lol that really sucks!

LOL that is really wierd

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Firewalls can be good for the most part, but they really are bad when you uninstall them.

yea i get alot of problems with norton firewall... so i dont use it anymore. I use either zonealarm or mcaffee

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i would use macafee i think its better

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Mcaffe deceives you by giving you so many things on "Mcaffe firewalls are superior!" and crap like that. What I like about norton, you can set it up and it will never have a pop up about a security alert ever again. There are no advertising like Mcaffe does. They do that to retain their customers. Norton may be expensive, but they've got an overwhelming number of features, and don't advertise, and overall is a great firewall/anti-virus combo. I've got a router and a software firewall.

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My recommendation would be to not run any of that software firewall crap. Why do you need something taking up precious memory and processor resources to lower your AA:O FPSs?

Rather, you should be using a router with Network Address Translation (NAT), which--in it's design--acts as a hardware firewall.

Looks like my work is done here...

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I have a hardware firewall, but for security issues I also run a software firewall. I have 1GB of ram and lots of virtual memory and even when both are running, I have about 87% of resources left.

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well, the hadware firewall is good for all of us who DON'T have 1GB of ram otherwise, get the software.

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Lol people here are talking about getting 8gb of ram!

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well i usually turn it of while playing aa because i also have a firewall on my router so i dont really need a software one but i use it for extra protection whenever i can.

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Yeah but whenever I run my server, people try to hack my home network so I have it running all the time.

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LOl no wonder hes an uber gamer he lives in glendale ARIZONA nothing but dirt out there and nothing else to do but play games and talk in forums hehe..

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woa back from the dead.
silentshadow is cool but i dont know where he is cause he hasent been around for a while