Computer Help: Game lag on university network?

TubamanRH

TubamanRH

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

Mo/Me

Before coming back to school, I bought a copy of Halo for the PC and played a lot of the multiplayer. However, after coming back to school, the multiplayer has been incredible laggy. By that I mean constant jerky walking, sometime warping right off the edge of a map while walking by it. I've tried reboots, bumping down the graphics, unplugging & replugging my ethernet cable, and getting a new IP address. Is there anything I can do, or is it a problem with trying to play on a protected & firewalled university network? Thanks.

kg_lildude1

kg_lildude1

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2005

Lionheart Braves [LHB]

W/

no school = no one using the univ. network
school = everyone using the univ. network

most likely the university's bandwidth is getting sucked up by a bunch of other people trying to do the same thing, plus all the normal people going about their usual surfin'

EchoSex

EchoSex

I Hate Everything

Join Date: May 2005

Boston, MA

N/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by TubamanRH
Before coming back to school, I bought a copy of Halo for the PC and played a lot of the multiplayer. However, after coming back to school, the multiplayer has been incredible laggy. By that I mean constant jerky walking, sometime warping right off the edge of a map while walking by it. I've tried reboots, bumping down the graphics, unplugging & replugging my ethernet cable, and getting a new IP address. Is there anything I can do, or is it a problem with trying to play on a protected & firewalled university network? Thanks.
Spybots, malware, Trojans...? Any defence against those buggers? Shut down all those backround tasks permanitly, too.