[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] let me live see Halo is the special needs child of all online pc games. The code sucks plain and simple (I LOVE HALO PC OK??!!). And what the one guy said about bungie servers is absolutly correct. Free servers from Homelan that kick ass?? ALRIGHT!! If yoou have any spyware, or antivirus programs running while playing halo pc, they will effect performancecand may block packets. Also your not running a router are u? (please SAY NO!!!)[/quote] OK. Now we are getting somewhere. Yes I do play thru a router. And yes I do have antivirus programs on both computers. I have no choice but to play thru a router if I want to play on the monster rig I own. I could disable the antivirus programs and give that a shot, but I hope its not the router.