Problems after Server Restart

[Shodo]

Unfortunately, I've done both of those things already [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Left the modem & router off overnight and rebooted in the morning, and called Centurylink who basically just said "well we don't see anything wrong, so it's not our fault - but we'll perform a reset for you!"

Guess i'll try manually resetting to factory and updating the firmware - not sure what else to do.

[Shodo]

Thanks for the replies btw, I want that double xp!

[Zheddar]

For sure, that double xp is really nice. I can't think of anything else that could be causing the issue. I wish I knew more.

[Speedi]

I have been crashing when zoning sometimes since the server restart.

[Subversive]

Originally Posted by Speedi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I have been crashing when zoning sometimes since the server restart.

^this

[Subversive]

Crashed every zone from Lavastorm to North Freeport.

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[Frudrura]

This has been happening to me too. Not sure why.

[Shodo]

At the risk of jinxing myself, the issue appears to have been resolved without further action. I've been on for a few hours, zoned many times (even faster than normal) with no issues. So if it was a DNS issue I guess it got worked out - woohoo! (Hopefully some others have had a change as well)

[Swish]

To anyone still having these problems:-

1. Do you share your connection with anyone else? (people streaming Netflix, watching Twitch, etc).

If so, get everyone to stop for a minute...and try zoning places again.

I lived in shared accommodation a few years back and shared an internet connection with 6 others. Those bastards loved to stream the football, stream films they didn't want to buy or download, and do other things that hogged every kilobyte of bandwidth. At that point I was struggling to see the server list on the server select screen and would sometimes disconnect while zoning.

So I think it could be a bandwidth issue for some people.

2. Are you playing on a wireless connection?

Wireless just adds another layer of crap to your internet connection. If you're loading Facebook/Amazon/etc you won't notice the connection occasionally stalling/dropping out but if you're gaming you more than likely would notice a ping spike for a moment or two.

Get near your modem/router if you're not already near it and plug an ethernet cable in (they're cheap to buy, most routers come with a short one at least). That'll do a lot to stabilize your connection.



Basically try and eliminate your connection from router to wireless card from being the issue.

Try copying your P99 folder onto a USB stick and seeing if it works on another computer/laptop/etc. Eliminate these things... it's got to be something, and if you can narrow the field down you're more likely to find solutions.

Take a laptop with P99 on it and test it at a friend's house on their connection... and crucially, tell them about the red server and sit them down on it for an hour [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Wisteso]

Swish:

Not sharing the connection with anyone. It has happened during times when I was only playing EQ (no netflix, etc) and I am using a wired connection.

I am not seeing any packet loss during normal game-play either (based on F11 stats). Also usually around 55ms latency.

Going to post a dbg log when another crash happens. However, on a side note...

I highly doubt that its an issue with anyones hardware. DNS issues, Tier1/Tier2 network congestion, or maybe just an EQEmu bug... but lots of the ideas mentioned in this thread have an extremely low likelihood of causing the issue - computers just dont work that way.