Adaman

Any other voters? I need more input before I make a decision! >_>

I am really fortunate to have such great parents. I'm very close to my dad, we do alot together, and my mom is very caring towards me. I love them both very much.

I use AntiVir XP as my Antivirus software, and was curious as to how good it actually was. If you think I have a better choice out there, let me know please! No processor-whores or programs that scan every 15 minutes, please.

I think it's located in Northern California mostly, but it might have expanded into Los Angeles. www.surewest.net might help.

Sorry, was browsing other sites. Internet alone is about $50.00/mo., although SureWest has a deal going that if you buy other services, your internet can go as low as $40.00/mo. Advertised speeds are 10 MB/s Download and Upload.

I made an error in the router model: It is a Netgear MR814v2. I'm going to only use DMZ in a last-resort scenario. I'd rather not take any additional risks. And I've been able to play MS just fine on my friends computer...I seriously doubt that it's the result of hackers dropping people from the server. I'm going to download and re-install MS again I suppose...and that goes same for DirectX 9.0 (I think that's the latest version). As always, thanks for the help guys! testmy.net has the best community out of any message board I've ever visited! EDIT: I tried re-installing MS and DirectX9 (which is needed to play), but I still lag out! Maybe if I forward some ports...but what ports should I forward? EDIT two: fallowearth, I went to that site and looked up my router model, but it doesn't offer any port forwarding suggestions for MapleStory...

Knowing that many tech-heads visit this board, I have decided to post this topic here, as opposed to the Maple Story board. You see, I am on Windows XP SP 2, using a Netgear MR18V2 (I think that's the model) and my ISP is surewest.net (Which is an excellent ISP, 10 Megs upload and download). This problem does not occur with any other online games that I play. I log onto the game, enter Bera, my server, and attempt to start playing. As soon as I enter the game (or soon after), I lag out. This usually occurs as soon as I enter the playing field, or immediately after using a teleporter to enter a different map. Any help or suggestions you can provide would help much.

:::.. Download Stats ..::: Connection is:: 9199 Kbps about 9.2 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB) Download Speed is:: 1123 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (main) Test Time:: 2006/03/24 - 12:50am Bottom Line:: 164X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.91 sec Tested from a 5983 kB file and took 5.328 seconds to complete Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1) Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 73.4 % faster than the average for host (surewest.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-PGKZ50RN3 :::.. Upload Stats ..::: Connection is:: 3106 Kbps about 3.1 Mbps (tested with 5983 kB) Upload Speed is:: 379 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net (server1) Test Time:: 2006/03/24 - 1:52am Bottom Line:: 55X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 2.7 sec Tested from a 5983 kB file and took 15.77952 seconds to complete Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1) Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 85.88 % faster than the average for host (surewest.net) Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-98D3JYM45 Yeah, yeah, rub in your faster connections... >_>