I think this is almost certainly the router. We have had a number of reports about this before.
First, MUSHclient doesn't ever attempt to disconnect you (unless you are running some specific plugin designed to do just that).
Second, if the operating system decided to drop the connection I believe it would generate a "connection lost" message which would be detected by the client, and then reported to you.
What operating system are you using?
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This issue began when I moved ...
Did you move the router, or is this a new one?
What I think happens is, that if the router disconnects you for inactivity, it quietly drops the connection to the MUD. However the operating system, nor client, realize this because they are not trying to send any packets.
Next time that you type something (ie. a command into the MUD) the command is sent to the router which then responds "connection reset". That's why you always notice when you send a command, and not while you are sitting there.
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... during play, the connection will randomly drop ...
Is there some pattern to this? Like, it is at least 5 minutes into a session?
I would have thought the keep-alive packets would help, make sure you restart the client or it won't take effect.
Failing that try to find a router configuration page which lets you disable timeout on inactivity.
If that doesn't work try to work out the minimal interval for sending things to stay connected, and then make a timer that sends something (eg. "look") every interval (eg. every 5 minutes). A slightly smarter system could detect if you have typed in something anyway, and not send the "keep alive" message if you are actively playing.
I seem to recall some plugin being made along those lines.
The other thing is, a while back I had a Linksys router here. It all worked fine, we had no problems with it. Then I upgraded to a "better, faster, super-duper" router which was a different well-known brand.
Now despite my more-or-less knowing what I am doing when it comes to routers, almost from day one we had major problems. My kids would say "Dad, we lost the connection" to the online game they were playing, over and over. And that was changing nothing at all in our setup, except the router.
I finally took it back and got my money back, and went back to the Linksys router. Since I did that all the problems stopped. |