Thanks for any help in advance. I have verizon fios using Bit Defender for firewall. I also have windows 7 64 bit and I downloaded the game through steam and followed the directions of how to install.Now to my problem,I join servers with my filter set to a maximum ping of 140 so every server I join will not be higher then that.however, when im in the game after awhile it starts to get really high ping and getting the red broken chain this is maybe 10-20 mins in the game. I play with friends and every time this happens I ask them if they have a yellow or broken chain on the screen and they do not.So i concluded that it's not the servers fault but rather my own. Solutions I tried was setting DayZ Commander Max connections to 3 I also tried to play with "Launch Using Steam" and "Replace Original Arma 2" both checked and even tried unchecked.I play on multiple servers with the same problem and I join usually at around a 30-40 ping until it skyrockets in game.I have also uninstalled Commander and re-installed. All of my versions are up to date and sometimes it get so bad that my mumble will lag and say what i said with a delay and one time it even kicked me out of mumble. I also play the game to where Commander closes when I join a server. ystem Information ------------------ Time of this report: 1/14/2013, 14:53:10 Machine name: BRIAN-PC Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120830-0333) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. System Model: Z68XP-UD4 BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG Processor: Intel® Core i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz (8 CPUs), ~3.7GHz Memory: 8192MB RAM Available OS Memory: 8110MB RAM Page File: 3720MB used, 12496MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 11 DX Setup Parameters: Not found User DPI Setting: Using System DPI System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent) DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode ------------ DxDiag Notes ------------ Display Tab 1: No problems found. Sound Tab 1: No problems found. Sound Tab 2: No problems found. Sound Tab 3: No problems found. Input Tab: No problems found. -------------------- DirectX Debug Levels -------------------- Direct3D: 0/4 (retail) DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail) DirectInput: 0/5 (retail) DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail) DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail) DirectSound: 0/5 (retail) DirectShow: 0/6 (retail) --------------- Display Devices --------------- Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce GTX 580 Please help I would greatly appreciate it.