Network problems when starting the game?

[Redstiza]

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What kind of connection are you using (wired or wireless)? Do you have any other programs running in the background?

What do you mean by 'nothing else that requires an internet connection will work either'? Do you try to connect to the internet using another program?

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The computer is using a wireless connection through an adapter at the moment, a simple usb card that plugs in to allow for it to connect to the router. By other things I meant any browser or program that uses internet will also stop working for a moment until the game gives a 2002 and closes. The only thing that was running in the background at the time was Google Chrome which wouldn't open any sites until after, giving connection error pages instead.