Topic: Internet Cafe-LAN

[fORK]

Halo Mr.GameHeaven...
We've 80 PCs here...
AMD 1800XP, 256DDR, 40GB, GeForce4 MX440 64MB, 100Mbps Realtek Network Card, 100Mbps 3COM Switch...

My problem is sometimes my PCs can finish the whole C&C-General game but on the same PCs sometimes happen to have disconnection and need to vote for players.....

Every PCs' serial is different, same patches, same maps...
Btw my server is running Windows 2000 NT (P4, Intel Server motherboard, 512 ECC RAM, 40GB...

Please help ASAP....
Thanks a million....
 

[gryphon]

A lot of questions all at ones probably. .  so hope you won't mind.

Is the 3Com switch manageble, and if so are there any other rules then just the basic switch functions ?
When a computer get's a bad connection, are that always the same computers or can it basically be any of those 80 machines ?
Do you play other games on those PC's and if so I suppose they arn't cousing you any problems ?
And how many players are in the game when this happends ?

[RotteVis]

I've been on a Lan a long time ago, also with a 3com managable siwtch/router, which had the problem of disconnecting a computer random. Turned out that the 3com was getting too hot, it had almost continous full load and was placed in a small cabinet, so it couldn't cool down. I don't know how it's placed at your place, but you can always chech and make sure that isn't getting too hot  

[fORK]

Thanks....
It happened on 5-8 PCs while playing the same game....
I doubt is the switch problem cos I placed the switch in a fridge cooling room...
besides, Ive tried with War3 and CS yet nothing disconnected.... Somemore, CS is 20++ PCs, War3 8PCs...
Please helpzzz............
 

[Doc Nyar]

Does the problem happen on the same pc's, or does it happen on  different machines every time ?