SL Connection Issues

[MasterIckolas Xaron]

For the past few days I've had Connection Issues with SL

I could be doing something, and all of a sudden, my Bandwith drop to 0kbps and I get logged out. Now normally this means I lot internet, but not so. Skype, MSN, Steam are all still fine and dandy.

Anyone with any Reasons and/or solutions, would be  a big help.

[OTHER INFO]

Yes, On a Wireless, No I can't get on a Hardline. Only have Wireless in this house.

Been on SL with Wireless for almost a year and a half. Never had this issue before.

[George Orellana]

How old is your router? Last year when I started having similar problems it turned out to be my 5 year old router, finally replaced it and all is well now.

[Rolig Loon]

Well, you may have just been living on borrowed time with wireless, because it does give a lot of SL residents problems.  Still, if it's been OK for you that long, it's unlikely to have suddenly turned on you.  My bet is that your ping time shot through the roof, or you have had a massive packet loss.  If you can get in world long enough to check your Statistics Bar (CTRL + Shift+ 1), see what those numbers look like.  If it takes more than about 200ms for a signal to get to San Francisco from your machine, or if you are losing more than a fraction of a percent of packets, SL's servers will drop the connection.  SL is much more sensitive to instability than online games are, and certainly more than static things like e-mail and web browsing.

Take a good look at your router.  Reboot it just in case.  Check too, to be sure that you don't have data cables running over unsheilded power lines, or any other obvious things that could mess up your signal.  And I know you don't think it's the wireless, but look around to see if there are any new potential sources of interference (a new power line running through your back yard, or your neighbor's lights dimming suspiciously when he cranks up the TARDIS).  It might not hurt to check with your ISP too, to be sure they aren't doing something odd to your service.

[Peggy Paperdoll]

If it worked before on wireless, it's likely it would work now.  But there are many factors that must be gone through to determine why it suddenly is not working now.  Did you get any new gadgets that might intefere with the RF (radio frequency) signal?  Things like a garage door opener, a new smart phone, a new tablet, or a TV that connects to the Internet wirelessly?  How about your neighbors..........did they get any of those things?  Maybe it's your neighbor and they found you have an unsecured router (or even some nosey person walking or driving down your street and they found your unsecured gateway to the Internet)?  Wireless is just not the way to go for Second Life, but if you have to, then those are the consequences you have to endure.  To limit it to only stuff you have no control over secure your network (look in your router manual for how to do that).........securing your network is also a security issue.  Unsecured networks are subject to all kinds of problems....some very serious).

Meanwhile the only thing I can suggest right now is to reboot your router and modem.  Unplug for a few minutes (3 to 5) and plug back in.  Then reboot your computer to re-establish your Internet connection.