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Hi

I have a Linksys router and I had to forward some ports in order to host in halo so I did. But now it seems that my connection is dropping and then reconnecting. It didn't start till I forward the ports but I don't think that should cause my connection to drop. Anyone know what’s wrong?

Linksys Router - BEFSR41

Thanks in advance for any help.

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A few focused checks will usually quickly identify why a connection starts dropping after you open ports to host a game. Given 's note that changing the PC network settings briefly helped, and ’s point that heavy clients can stress consumer kit, this looks like either the host and router losing sync (DHCP/ IP changes), the router running out of NAT/session resources under load, or a firmware/driver bug that appears only during intense traffic.

  1. Reserve a fixed LAN address for the game host (DHCP reservation or static IP on the machine) so forwards always point to the same device.
  2. Isolate the router: temporarily connect the host directly to the modem and run a hosting session. If drops persist, the problem is on the host or with the ISP; if not, the router is the likely cause.
  3. While hosting, watch the router status page or logs for active connections, CPU/memory, or WAN reauth events. High connection counts or sudden WAN reauths are diagnostic.
  4. Update the router firmware and the host NIC driver (back up settings first). If a recent firmware change coincides with the problem, try a known-stable version.
  5. Simplify the environment: stop other heavy network apps, disable extra firewall/AV briefly, and test. Also check NIC power-management and DHCP lease timing on the host.
  6. If needed, reset the router to factory defaults and reconfigure minimal settings and the one forward to test stability.
  7. If the router still drops under load, consider replacing it with hardware built to handle many simultaneous sessions.

For deeper diagnosis, capture traffic on the host (packet capture) to see whether the WAN link is re-negotiating or the host is receiving resets, and collect router logs with timestamps to correlate events before contacting support.

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emule?

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Not Emule, my whole connection. But I changed some things in the Internet Protocol and the dropping seems to have stoped now.

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"netsh winsock reset" I suppose :)
anyhow, emule is a router killer, if it's not configured correctly. another problem might be the wrong MTU, but in that case your connection wouldn't exist

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Well so much for it being fixed. It started to drop again after I hosted a game in halo. Not too sure what to do now...My router is a linksys model BEFSR41.

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