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#27 May 01 2008 at 4:10 PM Rating: Good
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Sounds like a problem I was having not too long ago. My druid would be disconnected from WoW at least once per session (even short sessions), while my other characters could go for hours without a single disconnect. Then to get back into the game, I'd have to log onto another character, log out, then log into my druid or it would continue to DC me everytime the game loaded.

I really thought it might be my internet provider since my DSL likes to disconnect whenever the phone rings, but I decided to try deleting my addons folder (instead of disabling them one at a time) to see if that fixed any issues. I kind of doubted it would since I was using the exact same addons for all my characters, but only having problems on one of them. But after redownloading the updated versions of all the addons I could find (and a few old versions of the ones yet to be updated) I can now play the druid as much as I like without disconnecting.

I know you've said you reinstalled WoW completely, but have you tried deleteing any addons? Sometimes even the up to date versions can cause issues. (Heard of an issue with the Gatherer mod DCing people)
#28 May 01 2008 at 5:31 PM Rating: Decent
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Re-downloading the ZIPs of my addons and rebuilding my UI from scratch is one thing I've tried to avoid (though I had to unzip them when I reinstalled).

I spoke to my ISP today and the tech guy ran some tests. I'm receiving no packet loss and the account has no blocks of any kind.

So here's what I know so far.

1. It's not my ISP.
2. It's not my wire or my wireless (as I've tested both).
3. It's not my addons (tested with no addons and had trouble).
4. It's not even WoW (hence the issue with updating Spysweeper and downloading the Nvidia driver).

My 60+ foot wire, according to the ISP tech guy, has good connectivity and download speed. In spite of the fact that when I run a cable test I get a "poor cable quality" rating. This wire is plugged into my home's wireless router which is then plugged into the modem. According to the tech guy, there might be some sort of interference related to this.

I am convinced it cannot be my computer because I attempted to DL the Nvidia driver on two other computers and on both of them the attempt to DL the driver failed entirely.
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