When chatting with friends, we seem to keep losing messages and
cam/audio requests.
Usually, when we first sign in to MSN, one friend will send a cam
request. I accept and all is fine. Then he sends an audio request.
This seems to take much longer than ever before, but ultimately
connects.
Then we start chatting. Inevitablty, I will see my friend typing and
then back away from the cam, having finished sending his message. Then
after a few moments of silence, he asks "where are you". There are
times when he types multiple messages and I don't get them.
Sometimes the cam stops, and he sends and sends a request and it just
does not get to me.
If I log out of MSN and come back in, the next time he sends a cam
request or text, I get a series of prior request or chat message
attempts.
We both have Windows XP. I have a netgear router WGR614 v4. All
firewalls are off, as well as QoS on both computers. I am using a
cable modem, he is using ADSL.
The same thing happens with another friend, although we don't cam. The
first time one of us sends a file, all is ok, Bit afterwards, if he
sends me files or I send him files, I usually have to send a few times
and most often log out and log in again. Again, we then see the prior
multiple attempts.
The first friend and I BOTH ran that WinSockFixXP. It didn't do any
harm to me, but my friend who has the ADSL connection completely lost
his network settings and internet connection. It took us weeks to
restore it completely.
Might anyone have any other ideas?
Thanks.
Michael