Disconnection Frustration

KissAndKill - Dreamweaver
KissAndKill - Dreamweaver Posts: 750 Arc User
edited September 2012 in General Discussion
Today was the first time ever that I've started getting connection issues on PWI since I began playing in 2010. Why is it happening now? D: I'm not talking about the normal "Oh it's near maint." I didn't have the problem last week this time. Nor have I had for the entire time I've played PWI. Are there problems with the connection I have? I doubt it.
There once a time when I cared about getting to the top quickly as possible to help others. Now, I take it slow, and don't worry about having nothing to do. There's always something to do in an MMORPG, especially if you are high level. PK'ing is for those who desire to inflate their egos. True friendship comes from helping one-another, rather than to start rivalries.

It takes 315300 Mysterious Chips to make one warsoul weapon, if you have a 100% success rate.
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  • Cathulion - Dreamweaver
    Cathulion - Dreamweaver Posts: 235 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    1. LOL your forum title rhymes.

    2. It can be anything. Weather, ISP, PWI, anything...
  • KissAndKill - Dreamweaver
    KissAndKill - Dreamweaver Posts: 750 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Cathulion - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    1. LOL your forum title rhymes.

    2. It can be anything. Weather, ISP, PWI, anything...

    My ISP is Charter Communications, cable D:

    Inclement Weather? I don't think it is storming or anything in South Central Wisconsin, seeing as I have my windows open in downtown Madison, WI :P
    There once a time when I cared about getting to the top quickly as possible to help others. Now, I take it slow, and don't worry about having nothing to do. There's always something to do in an MMORPG, especially if you are high level. PK'ing is for those who desire to inflate their egos. True friendship comes from helping one-another, rather than to start rivalries.

    It takes 315300 Mysterious Chips to make one warsoul weapon, if you have a 100% success rate.
  • SylenThunder - Twilight Temple
    SylenThunder - Twilight Temple Posts: 7,908
    edited September 2012
    KissAndKill - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    My ISP is Charter Communications, cable D:

    Inclement Weather? I don't think it is storming or anything in South Central Wisconsin, seeing as I have my windows open in downtown Madison, WI :P
    Just because it's not storming where you are, doesn't mean it's not storming somewhere between you and the server.

    Each router hop between your PC and the server is a point where the signal can fail, or latency can occur.

    Also, just for kicks....
    SylenThunder - Sanctuary wrote: »
    People are starting to hate me for posting this over and over, but damnit, there's just nothing better to say until I have more information and it's partially educational as well.....

    Common reasons that you can't connect to the servers, experience disconnects, or just have lag in general...

    1. You don't have the three .exe files for the client set to run as administrator.
    2. You don't have the game directory set as an exception in your security softwares.
    3. Your network adapter driver is out of date and needs to be refreshed.
    4. Your local area network settings are improperly configured.
    5. You have more than one firewall and don't realize it.
    6. Your firewall settings are too strict. (Very common with ZoneAlarm and Commodo firewall.)
    7. Your router is configured improperly.
    8. you have a bad network cable.
    9. You're using a wireless network connection. (Which leads to another huge list.)
    10. You have a lot of traffic on your local network that is bogging your router/modem down.
    11. There's a fault in your router.
    12. There's a fault in your modem.
    13, You have a bad phone cord plugged into your modem.
    14. There's an issue with your house wiring.
    15. There's an issue with your outside wiring.
    16. A squirrel chewed on your phone line at the pole and it's raining. (I've had this happen personally.)
    17. A switch/router at the CO for your ISP is having an issue.
    18. One of the many hubs between you and PWI is having an issue. (most common)
    19. There is heavy sunspot activity. (has happened within the past two years)
    20. There's a regional router outage. (Has happened several times, most recently just a couple of months ago.)

    That's just a few. The more details you give, the better I can narrow it down and tell you what the issue is.

    Also, post a copy of a traceroute to the server.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • KissAndKill - Dreamweaver
    KissAndKill - Dreamweaver Posts: 750 Arc User
    edited September 2012 
    C:\Windows\system32>tracert 29000:pwieast2.perfectworld.com
Unable to resolve target system name 29000:pwieast2.perfectworld.com.

C:\Windows\system32>tracert pwieast2.perfectworld.com

Tracing route to pwieast2.perfectworld.com [74.201.183.26]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  router.Belkin [192.168.2.1] [COLOR="Cyan"](My router)[/COLOR]
  2     6 ms     5 ms     5 ms  10.135.96.1 [COLOR="Cyan"](IANA)[/COLOR]
  3     8 ms     7 ms     7 ms  dtr04ftbgwi-tge-0-6-0-2.ftbg.wi.charter.com [96.34.20.64] [COLOR="Cyan"](Wisconsin Charter Hub)[/COLOR]
  4    13 ms    11 ms    12 ms  crr01ftbgwi-tge-0-3-0-11.ftbg.wi.charter.com [96.34.18.72] [COLOR="Cyan"](Wisconsin Charter Hub)[/COLOR]
  5    16 ms    15 ms    15 ms  crr01euclwi-tge-0-1-0-4.eucl.wi.charter.com [96.34.16.77] [COLOR="Cyan"](Eau Claire, Wisconsin Charter Hub)[/COLOR]
  6    18 ms    15 ms    16 ms  bbr01euclwi-tge-0-0-0-0.eucl.wi.charter.com [96.34.2.4] [COLOR="Cyan"](Eau Claire, Wisconsin Charter Hub)[/COLOR]
  7    29 ms    23 ms    24 ms  bbr01stcdmn-tge-0-0-0-7.stcd.mn.charter.com [96.34.0.157] [COLOR="Cyan"](Static Domain Minnesota Charter Hub)[/COLOR]
  8    29 ms    29 ms    28 ms  ip65-46-44-173.z44-46-65.customer.algx.net [65.46.44.173] [COLOR="Cyan"](Hand-Off to XO Communications)[/COLOR]
  9    53 ms    59 ms    59 ms  vb1710.rar3.chicago-il.us.xo.net [216.156.0.169] [COLOR="Cyan"](Chicago Hub)[/COLOR]
 10    54 ms    59 ms    59 ms  vb24.rar3.washington-dc.us.xo.net [207.88.12.34] [COLOR="Cyan"](Washington D.C. Hub)[/COLOR]
 11    52 ms    51 ms    68 ms  ae0d0.mcr1.newark-nj.us.xo.net [216.156.0.22] [COLOR="Cyan"](Newark, NJ Hub)[/COLOR]
 12    51 ms    50 ms    50 ms  ae1d0.mcr1.nyc-ny.us.xo.net [216.156.1.9] [COLOR="Cyan"](New York, NY Hub)[/COLOR]
 13    50 ms    49 ms    50 ms  207.239.55.186  [COLOR="Cyan"](XO Communications)[/COLOR]
 14    51 ms    49 ms    50 ms  border1.pc1-bbnet1.nyj001.pnap.net [216.52.95.9] [COLOR="Cyan"](InterNAP)[/COLOR]
 15     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 16     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 17     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 18     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 19     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 20     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 21     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 22     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 23     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 24     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 25     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 26     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 27     *     ^C

    It's not having a problem it seems. As usual, it's throwing the anti-DNS where expected.
    There once a time when I cared about getting to the top quickly as possible to help others. Now, I take it slow, and don't worry about having nothing to do. There's always something to do in an MMORPG, especially if you are high level. PK'ing is for those who desire to inflate their egos. True friendship comes from helping one-another, rather than to start rivalries.

    It takes 315300 Mysterious Chips to make one warsoul weapon, if you have a 100% success rate.

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