Network Problem after logging in. FFXI-4001 error
I'm experiencing some very problematic network issues. I can log into my character and see the world around for about 4 seconds. Then my R hits 0 and it slowly drops the connection with sporadic packet's being received. Eventually I get a FFXI-4001 error. There is something happening on SE's end as I've already talked to my ISP and their not doing anything with the connection. Sometimes my character can not even logon and I get the dreaded FFXI-3001 error. I can "fix" it if I do a manual route statement that routes the traffic to my parents router over a VPN connection, I live in South Korea, they live in the USA, I let people figure out what that does to my connection quality.
Here is the relevant info
ISP: SK Telecom (South Korea),
116.126.197.1 is ISP gateway
Destination SE server range
124.150.153.0/24
124.150.154.0/24
Tracert path,
Quote:
Tracing route to 124.150.153.102 over a maximum of 30 hops
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms cancer.vega.local [192.168.51.1] (My GW router)
2 4 ms 3 ms 3 ms 116.126.197.1
3 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 58.229.55.173
4 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms 118.220.153.13
5 2 ms 1 ms <1 ms 123.213.16.185
6 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms 58.229.11.241
7 7 ms 7 ms 6 ms 118.221.7.34
8 7 ms 6 ms 6 ms 58.229.15.186
9 54 ms 54 ms 54 ms 58.229.92.46
10 83 ms 61 ms 61 ms ae-4.r20.tokyjp01.jp.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.4.209]
11 151 ms 71 ms 87 ms ae-1.r24.tokyjp01.jp.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.2.21]
12 72 ms 70 ms 69 ms ae-4.a20.tokyjp01.jp.ra.gin.ntt.net [61.213.162.162]
13 74 ms 76 ms 78 ms ge-2-2-1.a20.tokyjp01.jp.ra.gin.ntt.net [61.120.146.94]
14 69 ms 75 ms 71 ms 219.117.144.2
15 69 ms 71 ms 69 ms 219.117.146.149
16 54 ms 57 ms 54 ms 219.117.146.129
17 51 ms 52 ms 50 ms 219.117.146.182
18 57 ms 55 ms 54 ms 124.150.153.102
Yes I'm usually under 60ms from SE's server farm.
Using this path my connection NEVER stays good for longer then 5~10 seconds no matter which zone I'm in.
Next I'll insert the route statement into my GW router.
route 124.150.153.0/24 10.10.3.1 (mother's GW router VPN interface)
route 124.150.154.0/24 10.10.3.1
Quote:
Tracing route to 124.150.153.102 over a maximum of 30 hops
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms cancer.vega.local [192.168.51.1] (my GW)
2 236 ms 251 ms 240 ms 10.10.3.1 (parents GW)
3 233 ms 228 ms 225 ms 10.238.32.1 (their ISP)
4 233 ms 240 ms 239 ms 208-180-188-193.lkchla.sta.suddenlink.net [208.180.188.193]
5 251 ms 245 ms 241 ms cdm-66-76-30-177.tylrtx.suddenlink.net [66.76.30.177]
6 258 ms 240 ms 242 ms xe-2-3-0.er2.dfw2.us.above.net [64.124.200.181]
7 249 ms 256 ms 249 ms xe-1-0-0.er1.dfw2.us.above.net [64.125.27.77]
8 249 ms 240 ms 235 ms above-ntt.dfw2.us.above.net [64.125.12.222]
9 242 ms 244 ms 254 ms ae-2.r21.dllstx09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.2.173]
10 282 ms 283 ms 290 ms ae-4.r21.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.4.25]
11 403 ms 426 ms 427 ms as-1.r21.osakjp01.jp.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.3.198]
12 406 ms 401 ms 425 ms ae-2.r23.osakjp01.jp.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.2.71]
13 394 ms 391 ms 389 ms ae-5.r25.tokyjp01.jp.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.3.223]
14 433 ms 412 ms 423 ms ae-5.a20.tokyjp01.jp.ra.gin.ntt.net [61.213.162.170]
15 423 ms 416 ms 418 ms ge-2-2-1.a20.tokyjp01.jp.ra.gin.ntt.net [61.120.146.94]
16 399 ms 399 ms 400 ms 219.117.144.2
17 417 ms 428 ms 426 ms 219.117.146.149
18 402 ms 399 ms 408 ms 219.117.146.129
19 433 ms 415 ms 416 ms 219.117.146.182
20 404 ms 408 ms 403 ms 124.150.153.102
And the game works and has a stable connection. Its laggy and can be jerky sometimes, but it works. It has something to do with those two IP ranges which belong to SE's world servers and sending UDP packets to client ends. From what I can tell the servers are basically "forgetting" connections exist and dropping them. Please don't ignore this SE, there is a problem somewhere and it needs to be fixed.