Networking

9 articles

Safety

A VPN cannot lower your ping to a nearby server. It can do several other things, some of which get accounts banned.

Marcus Reyes·3 minAugust 12

Fixes

Error 6 appears before the game loads at all. That timing narrows the cause to three things.

Priya Shah·2 minAugust 12

Fixes

The server stopped hearing from you. That is a different failure from your client losing the server.

Priya Shah·2 minAugust 12

Fixes

Both codes mean data stopped arriving cleanly. The difference is which direction failed.

Priya Shah·2 minAugust 12

Performance

Rubber-banding is not lag. It is packets going missing, and a two-minute test tells you whether the fault is yours or theirs.

Marcus Reyes·3 minAugust 12

Consoles

The 2811 family points at NAT and port behaviour rather than basic connectivity. That changes the whole fix list.

Dan Okafor·3 minAugust 12

Consoles

The most common Switch network error, and the one where the connection test unhelpfully says everything is fine.

Dan Okafor·2 minAugust 12

Mobile

Switching to mobile data frequently fixes lag, which surprises people until they understand what Wi-Fi is doing.

Marcus Reyes·3 minAugust 12

Gear

Gaming routers sell features that mostly rebrand standard networking. One of them is genuinely useful.

Marcus Reyes·3 minAugust 12