Need help :(((

[MoonShadow]

I don't know if anyone else has gone through this (not from what I've read), but my regular 2.x client is going through some problems. Whenever I'm around 1 person or more it lags (transfer, not video lag, I run smoothly) and eventually disconnects my modem, it literally kills my connection, and I have no idea what to do... I've played with the options, but maybe I'm doing something wrong. I do not experience this problem using Graal 3.x, but it's a huge inconvenience, I had to quit GC because of it (note this did not happen on my old PC, I am on a laptop right now.). The modem hardware I use is Agere Systems AC'97. The drivers are all updated. Someone please lend me a hand!