Multiplayer online connectivity

[Major Blood 0]

Hello All

I am having some BIG trouble playing ArmA online. Here is the situation:

A friend and I like to make online passworded games to try out new add-ons and missions together. The problem is, after being online for about 20-25 minutes the game crashes. ( You know, the game freezes and seconds counting up unitl the connection is lost.) This happens every single time we make a game without fail. This is occuring with and without any addons. This is also happening while on line playing evolution, ctf, bezerk, ect. on other peoples servers. Even while I am playing, I get a message stating that I am losing connection.

So, I am a noob online gamer, but have never had this problem before with any other game. I consistently get booted in about 20-25 mins, no matter where I am playing and what type of game it is, or no matter how many people are in the game. (The 20-25 minutes: Yes, I have timed the occurances.)

I am aware of Ping, and other factors such as internet connection, and what server you are playing on, ect. I have heard of opening ports and such, but have no idea how to resolve this issue.

ArmA is NOT fun anymore if I can't play online. There is nothing more frustrating than getting kicked every half hour of so. Makes it very difficult to get into a game.

Has anyone had this issue? Does anyone know of a solution?

Please help me. I am about to just give up.

My question is this:

[Infam0us 10]

Just an idea from reading your post, but you sure its not another issue like overheating?

[Major Blood 0]

That is not a bad thought.  I am able to play single player and mess around in the editor for hours with not trouble.

There is something that is killing my mutliplayer.

There is no overheating issue.

HELP!!!!!!

[BraTTy 0]

So which antivirus-firewall programs are you using?

I used to run Panda's and after about 30 minutes I could no longer even browse the web, of course I shut-it-off for online gaming

[Major Blood 0]

Hello

I am currently using Mcafee Virus protection. I will try to disable the firewall to see if this helps. Are there ports that need to be opened? If so, which ones?

Thanks for the suggestion. I will give it a try.

[deanob 10]

Same problem here... Have opened ports and tried everything but still the same.

Have you got the CD version or the steam/download version? I have CD and have that issue. :(

[desertjedi 3]

If the failure comes at about the same time every time, it sounds like overheating. As noted, I would kill McAfee but then I would also bypass your router by connecting your PC directly to the internet and then play a session and see if the problem repeats.

Without taking your router out of the equation, I don't think you can rule it out as the problem.