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I almost thought I had it, after pulling the BF4 folder out of My documents again. I had done it before, and it didn't work then. The was lasting a little longer than normal, then it gave me the error again.. "Game disconnected: Client closed down connection. Check your network connection and make sure that port 3659 (UDP) is open."
Any more ideas?
@webhaus Have a look at this video it may help you if you have not tried this yet....
- 10 years ago
Thanks for the input. Been there done that a long time ago. I'm a network admin, and my computer IP has always been fixed. When i first saw the UDP error message, I forwarded that port on the router right away, but it didn't help.
I had the error three times last night in the span of 40 minutes. Lost 15 xp because, after waiting in queue, i joined back in at the last minute of a round on the losing team and got killed once.
@2042isNotBF wrote:@webhaus Have a look at this video it may help you if you have not tried this yet....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d1loxULd1o
- 10 years ago
The latest update seems to have made this problem worse for me. I can't stay connected to a server for more that 5 minutes before getting disconnected now.
- SolitaryEclectic10 years agoLegend
@webhaus Sorry for the very late post back. Have you already done a DNS Refresh/ flush and I am thinking you did all this due to your job but will post this just to be safe.
Source: http://help.ea.com/en/article/how-to-flush-dns-cache-for-windows/
Regular internet usage causes your computer to automatically cache IP addresses and other domain name system results. Clearing (or "flushing") this cache will refresh the data, getting rid of outdated data that may be causing connection issues.
Note: These steps should be completed using an admin account. You will be typing prompts into the CMD console, so it is very important that you enter the commands exactly as shown.
Also, the following steps are specifically for PC players.
Windows 8
Navigate to the desktop.
Hold down the Windows key and press R. (This will open the Run dialogue.)
Type cmd and press Enter. (This will open a command prompt.)
Type ipconfig /flushdns and press Enter.
Type ipconfig /registerdns and press Enter
Type ipconfig /release and press Enter.
Type ipconfig /renew and press Enter.
Type netsh winsock reset and press Enter.
Reboot the computer.
Windows 7
Hold down the Windows key and press R. (This will open the Run dialogue.)
Type cmd and press Enter. (This will open a command prompt.)
Type ipconfig /flushdns and press Enter.
Type ipconfig /registerdns and press Enter.
Type ipconfig /release and press Enter.
Type ipconfig /renew and press Enter.
Type netsh winsock reset and press Enter.
Reboot the computer.
Windows Vista
Hold down the Windows key and press R. (This will open the Run dialogue.)
Type cmd and press Enter. (This will open a command prompt.)
Type ipconfig /flushdns and press Enter.
Type ipconfig /registerdns and press Enter
Type ipconfig /release and press Enter.
Type ipconfig /renew and press Enter.
Type netsh winsock reset and press Enter.
Reboot the computer.
Setting an alternate DNS:
While a DNS refresh might solve your connection problems, the DNS itself could potentially not be working as intended, and connection issues will continue no matter how many times you flush your DNS cache.
You can check if you DNS is failing by trying to switch to a public DNS like Google DNS by following the steps on how to use Google Public DNS straight from developers.google.com.
https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using
Google DNS might actually be slower than your normal DNS, but is useful to test and see if your connection problems are coming from your local DNS.
If you continue to have connection problems, more connectivity troubleshooting steps can be found here.
http://help.ea.com/en/article/how-to-troubleshoot-connectivity-issues/
Source: http://help.ea.com/en/article/how-to-flush-dns-cache-for-windows/If this has been done or does not fix it then ,,....
In truth I am at a loss at what you can try other then starting everything clean again but no guarantee this would fix it. :/ By this I am saying uninstall BF4 and delete the BF4 My Documents folder and you know the drill reboot and start again.
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