Why does Windows Media Player disconnect sometimes when playing the broadcast?
A. The Player may be detecting your connection speed incorrectly. For Windows Media Player 7 or later, you can manually specify your connection speed. For information about manually specifying your connection speed in Windows Media Player 6.4, in the Microsoft Knowledge Base, see article 253798. Q. Why does Windows Media Player temporarily pause when I’m watching the broadcast? A. Your firewall could be blocking our broadcast. Some firewalls block Universal Datagram Protocol (UDP) traffic, which is the protocol required to play our broadcast. In those cases, the Player is forced to use the HTTP/TCP protocol, which causes buffering and pauses when there is network congestion. To find out whether the Player is pausing due to network congestion, you can compare the bandwidth the Player is currently using against the available bandwidth. On the View menu, click Statistics, and then click the Advanced tab. Some firewalls, such as ZoneAlarm, can prevent Windows Media Player from working, so
