game freeze and dnas errors

[Een]

DNAS error is more than likely from the freezing or lagging keeping your system from authenticating your version of FFXI via the internet causing your connection to lag out.

That authentication has to be kept basically at all times, it checks to see if you are using a correct, non-hacked version of software or not. From my understanding of it that is what it is used for. It verifies your game is a genuine copy. I'd say you are losing that connection while you are trying to access the NPC.

If it is a patchable fix, like the lag from the signet NPC's seen before, then SE will probably fix it....I don't see why it's freezing up completely tho. I know of which you are talking about. I've had that happen before even on PC then eventually the game lags out and you get an internet connection error, etc, etc.

The game has to do a check with the servers when you talk to certain npc's like outpost warp or Abyssea portals. It has to check with the server your available outposts, level, mog tablet availability, nation control, or access to. It very well could be a patchable fix.

[RAIST]

yeah.. I ran into it once on the PC too. Fortunately, my firewall logged a ping attempt at the same time...did DNS/WHOIS lookups, and it was one of SE's servers. Whitelisted it, and the problem was fixed.

Just wonder if perhaps something is disrupting the connection on the ISP side or maybe your router. If you haven't enabled the port forwarding for FFXI--might want to look into setting that up when the servers come back up. I forget the port range (I never set it up myself as I just whitelist IP's when I need to), maybe someone can post it real quick.

Raist