Hello everyone, I don't know if anyone else is having this problem but I am having some very annoying connection issues with battle.net. My computer connects to battle.net fine but whenever I am playing a game it will randomly drop me about 10-15 minutes into the game. But after I am dropped I am able to get back on battle.net right away. It is as if I lose connection completely for a split second and then it comes back. When I am playing the campaign I am constantly getting messages about how I have disconnected from battle.net but it instantly reconnects just like when I play online. This is very annoying as I cannot even play the game online. If anyone has any suggestions on this or is having the same problem PLEASE HELP ME! Thank you all!
Are you behind a router? If so you may want to make sure all the ports are forwarded correctly. You can also try changing your DNS server. If your not behind a router, its probably Battle.net just being laggy since the game is new. :/
I am behind a router and I just changed my DNS which did help some, but how do you configure the ports to be forwarded correctly?
Depends on the router. http://portforward.com/ is a great site to find instructions for your router. (I need to amend that to my FAQ.)
Well I just set my port forwarding up and it is still dropping me from games. I honestly have no clue what it could be.
I think after patch 13, everyone started trying port forwarding. In technical terms, port forwarding should never be necessary for a game unless you're hosting the game. Which starcraft 2 doesn't do. Two things that might help. Try turning your cable modem or internet connection off for several hours, and then back on. See if that works. If the disconnects still come back, try playing in offline or guest mode and not even having the internet connected. This problem seems like its definitely on Battle.net's end.
What this is doing is this... Sometimes ISP's do this stupid crap called "MAC Address locking." What this does is, it only lets you use a particular device (such as your router or your PC) when connecting to the internet (as each Ethernet based device has a unique addressed called a MAC address). Now, normally this is done with DSL providers, and some more anal Cable providers (like Comcast and BrightHouse), but sometimes changing your MAC address with let you change your IP address so you can eliminate "dead traffic," which is garbage data sent from zombie machines trying to hi-jack your machine. If you do a lot of Bit Torrenting, you most definitely are suffering from dead traffic. If you have an ISP like Time Warner Roadrunner, you can simply change your MAC address and get a new IP address, which will allow you rid yourself of this dead traffic. Leaving your modem/router off can help get rid of some of this traffic and save on electricity (Basicly, when your not home or at work, leave all of the stuff off!). Once again, it all comes down to who your daddy- I mean ISP is. Some ISP's like BrightHouse, you can call and request a new IP address (although for me, it was a pain in the *** doing so every week cause I sure do love my fansubbed anime). Easiest way to tell if your ISP uses MAC address locking is to simply plug something else directly into the net and see if it works. If it works with little difficulty, then no MAC address locking. If it doesn't work, MAC address locking.
