If you are having problems logging in try this!

That technically cannot work for a held connection at a server.
If it works for you now, then its for other reasons.
It has not a thing to do with this.
(Also most people are behind a router and you just renew the lease of your IP from the router, not even the ISP.)

Thanks for this! Worked for me.

Thanks Fight! Too bad i can now log into the jp servers and not the na servers at this moment.

@Opener:
Good Sir, i stand corrected.
The statement from before is still halfway true.
It depends on your connection. With a new IP from the ISP and a flushdns it worked.
(Before it didnt).

For Cable that means manipulating the mac on your wan port of the router to get a new IP. For DSL its unplug and replug after 1 minute.
Static IP owners would be screwed. Anyway, thank you kind sir :D

*edit:
Or they are working on it and this is unrelated. idk.

I think in order for this to work you'll need a new IP address from your IP (via ipconfig /release then /renew or resetting your router). IPCONFIG won't work if you're behind a router or have a static IP (like I do). I'm concerned that this might be a working method in getting in though as it seems insecure.

Unable to update NA/EU servers again!!!!!!! I thought the maintenance period was to specifically fix the log in/overpopulation issues.......

So i pulled out the cable and replugged it. Now the NA/EU servers are down my list says......sorry guys appearantly SE used my router as server! I'm deeply sorry for causing so many troubles for you all!

worked first time instantly awweeesssooommeee

Thanks, this worked for me.

rebooting your computer or ps3 will do exactly the same thing as the OP describes also