diff --git a/source/glest_game/game/game_constants.h b/source/glest_game/game/game_constants.h
index eae4d3959..8facaf80d 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/game/game_constants.h
+++ b/source/glest_game/game/game_constants.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public:
 	static const int serverPort= 61357;
 	static const int updateFps= 40;
 	static const int cameraFps= 100;
-	static const int networkFramePeriod= 10;
+	static const int networkFramePeriod= 20;
 	static const int networkExtraLatency= 200;
 	static const int maxClientConnectHandshakeSecs= 10;
 
diff --git a/source/glest_game/network/client_interface.cpp b/source/glest_game/network/client_interface.cpp
index 0bc9e5aa5..68cf844c5 100755
--- a/source/glest_game/network/client_interface.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/network/client_interface.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,16 @@ void ClientInterface::update()
 		sendMessage(&networkMessageCommandList);
 	}
 
+	// Possible cause of out of synch since we have more commands that need
+	// to be sent in this frame
+	if(!requestedCommands.empty()) {
+		char szBuf[1024]="";
+		SystemFlags::OutputDebug(SystemFlags::debugNetwork,"In [%s::%s Line: %d] WARNING / ERROR, requestedCommands.size() = %d\n",__FILE__,__FUNCTION__,requestedCommands.size());
+
+        string sMsg = Config::getInstance().getString("NetPlayerName",Socket::getHostName().c_str()) + " may go out of synch: client requestedCommands.size() = " + intToStr(requestedCommands.size());
+        sendTextMessage(sMsg,-1);
+	}
+
 	//clear chat variables
 	chatText.clear();
 	chatSender.clear();
diff --git a/source/glest_game/network/server_interface.cpp b/source/glest_game/network/server_interface.cpp
index 7409aba43..bf0b71aa4 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/network/server_interface.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/network/server_interface.cpp
@@ -424,6 +424,16 @@ void ServerInterface::updateKeyframe(int frameCount){
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Possible cause of out of synch since we have more commands that need
+	// to be sent in this frame
+	if(!requestedCommands.empty()) {
+		char szBuf[1024]="";
+		SystemFlags::OutputDebug(SystemFlags::debugNetwork,"In [%s::%s Line: %d] WARNING / ERROR, requestedCommands.size() = %d\n",__FILE__,__FUNCTION__,requestedCommands.size());
+
+        string sMsg = Config::getInstance().getString("NetPlayerName",Socket::getHostName().c_str()) + " may go out of synch: server requestedCommands.size() = " + intToStr(requestedCommands.size());
+        sendTextMessage(sMsg,-1);
+	}
+
 	if(chrono.getMillis() > 0) SystemFlags::OutputDebug(SystemFlags::debugPerformance,"In [%s::%s Line: %d] build command list took %d msecs, networkMessageCommandList.getCommandCount() = %d, frameCount = %d\n",__FILE__,__FUNCTION__,__LINE__,chrono.getMillis(),networkMessageCommandList.getCommandCount(),frameCount);
 
 	//broadcast commands
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/posix/socket.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/posix/socket.cpp
index 937483cad..796005751 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/posix/socket.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/posix/socket.cpp
@@ -1753,7 +1753,9 @@ void BroadCastSocketThread::execute() {
 
 float Socket::getAveragePingMS(std::string host, int pingCount) {
 	double result = -1;
+	return result;
 
+/*
 	const bool debugPingOutput = false;
 	char szCmd[1024]="";
 #ifdef WIN32
@@ -1852,6 +1854,7 @@ float Socket::getAveragePingMS(std::string host, int pingCount) {
 		}
 	}
 	return result;
+*/
 }
 
 std::string Socket::getIpAddress() {