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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It seems with HLSW you can connect better. But if
you connect ingame without HLSW, you will get almost a timeout. I don't know why
HLSW handle this better, it's strange.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ronny</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=dallas@crd-dwc.com href="mailto:dallas@crd-dwc.com">Dallas
Crandall</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=cod@icculus.org
href="mailto:cod@icculus.org">cod@icculus.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, December 10, 2007 2:47
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [cod] Linux Connecting to
the server issue</DIV>
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not have any connection problems until Sat. morning when the punkbuster
updated the server. It then forced all the clients to update, afterwards it
takes on average 13-18 seconds to connect to our Linux servers and about 8
seconds on the Windows.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Clanwarz
[mailto:clanwarz@gmail.com]<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Sunday, December 09, 2007 2:47
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
cod@icculus.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
[cod] Linux Connecting to the server issue</SPAN></FONT></P>
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color=black size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Ryan,<BR><BR>No
one complains about connecting to our windows servers, they can connect one
try within a few seconds.<BR><BR>Everyone is complaining about the linux
servers, taking up to 3 tries before connecting.<BR><BR>--jay
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