Yes, he's using Nintendont, so it seems that was where the issue came from!

Thank you so much for your reply!

Hi! First off, thank you for your work on Ep III.  My friend and me had been wanting to play it online and were so thrilled we could finally play! The only issue we've been encountering when playing on Gamecube ship is that for some reason my friend keeps getting disconnected from the server every 1...