NR when in observer
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NR when in observer
Whenever I go in as observer mode, after like 5 minutes it says that everyone is NR, and on the radar and screen, everything is floating around and other crap like that. Any suggestions?
A search of the sourceforge tracker found a three year old bug report:
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.ph ... tid=103248
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.ph ... tid=103248
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I, too, have a D-Link and have experienced the not responding problem. At one point, I never became NR, and then it started back up again. I don't know what changed in my D-Link router, but it has made me believe there is a reason that causes it, and is fixable.
Either that, or I'm losing my mind.
Either that, or I'm losing my mind.
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that used to happen to me too...but i was using a netgear router, not a d-link.
it hasnt happened since i started using a linksys one (wrt54g)
it hasnt happened since i started using a linksys one (wrt54g)
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I just started having that problem day before yesterday, but it's consistent now. I can only observe for about five minutes before other players randomly go in and our of NR (note that I never fully disconnect - I still get a very few player updates)
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Actually, that looks kinda fun. Let me try that!
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WE WOULD ALL APPRECIATE IF VERY MUCH IF YOU SPELLED YOUR WORDS CORRECTLY, OR AT LEAST MADE A VALID ATTEMPT AT IT. USING INCORRECT GRAMMAR IS ONLY CUTE TO YOUR MOTHER.
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It was revived by someone who said:chicken fingers wrote:guys this topic is 2 frigen years old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bet that feels embarasing
"I realize this is an ancient topic but I have the same problem."
They were asking if anyone had found a solution to the problem in the last 2 years, since clearly, the original poster wasn't the only one looking for help.
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ooh...burn
anyway, you should try disabling as much of your firewall as possible (open port 5154, turn off SPI, make sure "respond to pings on internet port" is on, etc.)
anyway, you should try disabling as much of your firewall as possible (open port 5154, turn off SPI, make sure "respond to pings on internet port" is on, etc.)
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My router is an SMC - it's got some age on it, so I can easily see it being a defect, bug, or even outright breakage.
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I suspect that, if you were to put in the effort to research it, you'd find that a single model of support chip for wireless routers would be at fault; probably a network controller chip, not a router CPU/flash ROM.
In other words, all the routers that have this flaw probably use the same flawed chip.
In other words, all the routers that have this flaw probably use the same flawed chip.
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I just realized what the exact problem and the solution to it is.
BZFlag use two protocols to communicate between the client and the sever, TCP and UDP.
The wiki entry on the Network Protocol is out dated but the basic should be the same. You should read the "Client/Server Communication" and " Client/Client Communication".
http://my.bzflag.org/w/Network_Protocol
The problem is that router only forward packet from a server if a computer inside the network has sent a packet recently. I believe what is happening is that the UDP connection is being cut because the client doesn't send packets over the UDP connection unless the tank deviates from what DR would suggest (and if your dead or an observer there is no tank). The reason the TCP connection doesn't get cut is because you have tell the sever that the packet has been received (by sending a packet).
The solution is to have the client send a keep-alive packet ever minute or so if it hasn't sent any data in the past minute.
BZFlag use two protocols to communicate between the client and the sever, TCP and UDP.
The wiki entry on the Network Protocol is out dated but the basic should be the same. You should read the "Client/Server Communication" and " Client/Client Communication".
http://my.bzflag.org/w/Network_Protocol
The problem is that router only forward packet from a server if a computer inside the network has sent a packet recently. I believe what is happening is that the UDP connection is being cut because the client doesn't send packets over the UDP connection unless the tank deviates from what DR would suggest (and if your dead or an observer there is no tank). The reason the TCP connection doesn't get cut is because you have tell the sever that the packet has been received (by sending a packet).
The solution is to have the client send a keep-alive packet ever minute or so if it hasn't sent any data in the past minute.