You'd have to post yr network settings and specs first tho. Are you using a firewall or anti-virus software? You probabaly should disable anti-virus just for playing Far Cry and re-enable it as soon as you're done. Also make an exception for your firewall if you're using one and add Far Cry to the list along with a few commonly used ports. You should see if you have Punkbuster disabled too. That might be a problem. And Punkbuster has some compatibility issues with some hardware. Check out
http://www.evenbalance.com/index.php...faq-farcry.php