Big Lag Problem :(

[cooljai]

This is the first time i played Live For Speed in 3 years.. I last had it on my dads computer and it worked fine..
I now have it on my laptop and it lags like hell and i struggle to connect to servers.. :(
Any way to fix this..

btw this is my first thread

[DevilDare]

Wireless?

[cooljai]

Wireless?

yes..
my laptop picks up signal from a modem so yes

[Bigbob1993]

Wireless connection means highier lag, nothing strange, I guess that problem is in your internet connection.

Try to play lfs online (with wireless) when you know that there are less people connectet to The Internet ;) That could result in lower ping and highier stability... i must do the same with my modem from T-Mobile :( ... really crappy connection sometimes

[cooljai]

Wireless connection means highier lag, nothing strange, I guess that problem is in your internet connection.

Try to play lfs online (with wireless) when you know that there are less people connectet to The Internet ;) That could result in lower ping and highier stability... i must do the same with my modem from T-Mobile :( ... really crappy connection sometimes

It cant even handle 2 people

[Bigbob1993]

It cant even handle 2 people

I know what are you talking about :D. I was second on race with 12 people, 4/5 laps when my father started downloading something.... i got kicked out of server and I was like :wtf2:

EDIT: NotAnIllusion: we have one of those 3g dongles :)

[NotAnIllusion]

By modem and wireless, do you mean you're using one of those 3g dongles? Those can be a real PITA. If you're on normal cable/DSL broadband with a wireless access point, you could try the following.

- Login to the AP, disable all power saving features and enable all signal boosting features you find.

- If you have XP, get http://www.netstumbler.com/
- If you have Vista or W7, get http://www.vistumbler.net/

Run the program and you'll get a list of all wireless access points in range (of interefering with your signal). What you want to do is check whether your wireless channel overlaps with other people's. Pick a channel that overlaps with the least, and apply the change on your access point.

You can see channel overlaps here: http://www.draytek.co.uk/support/kb_vigor_wlanchannels.html

Pic 1: you can see the channels other signals are using, I'm on channel 1 here.
Pic 2: where I'd change my router/access point's channel.

[cooljai]

By modem and wireless, do you mean you're using one of those 3g dongles? Those can be a real PITA. If you're on normal cable/DSL broadband with a wireless access point, you could try the following.

- Login to the AP, disable all power saving features and enable all signal boosting features you find.

- If you have XP, get http://www.netstumbler.com/
- If you have Vista or W7, get http://www.vistumbler.net/

Run the program and you'll get a list of all wireless access points in range (of interefering with your signal). What you want to do is check whether your wireless channel overlaps with other people's. Pick a channel that overlaps with the least, and apply the change on your access point.

You can see channel overlaps here: http://www.draytek.co.uk/support/kb_vigor_wlanchannels.html

Pic 1: you can see the channels other signals are using, I'm on channel 1 here.
Pic 2: where I'd change my router/access point's channel.
Aw man... I have no clue about this... Im only 12