Lag spike/90000 error DC victims -- Help gather data on the problem

[Soulsa]

I don't know anything about networks, I do know I just used battleping (Vpn) and it is fine now. Well better. I used Battleping just to start and get into the game then I closed Battleping completely and still seems fine..... fark knows and I'm just Pissed off because as I said I've had every error thrown at me and it's becoming a real downer

[Khrey]

But VPN are dangerous, or not? I don't know too much about this things

[DarkTrinity06]

So, I have no idea why or how, but my lag has gone away. After a week of it constantly, it has finally gone away. Both times I logged in today, I was lag free. The only thing I can think that I've done differently from some of you here is that I posted in the Technical Support section of the Japanese forums, in Japanese. I live in Japan, and my ISP is through OCN / NTT Flets Hikari, but I had contacted them and was told the problem was on Square-Enix's end, so I'm confused as to how this got worked out. I'm not sure what this means, but here it is. Make of it what you will. If the lag comes back or I get 90000 errors again, I'll be sure to post about it.

Same here. I have played one hour of ARR without any lag or disconnects, that is the first time since Sunday night. I will report back later if lag/disconnects happen again or if it's lag free/disconnect free. I haven't changed anything myself today in an effort to try and fix this it should be noted.

[Soulsa]

But VPN are dangerous, or not? I don't know too much about this things

I'm using Spotflux and it's free. i suppose it's up to you hehe http://download.cnet.com/Spotflux/30...-75762054.html I hope it's only a temporary fix

[Avyles]

I just used Battleping and got into the game for the first time in days, thank you Soulsa

[Melodius]

So some got it fixed posting on Japanese forums. Doesn't that feel like there playing favorites. How many English threads with how many posts and nothing!
U post in JP and they look into the service provider and fix the compatibility issue ?
Why did they even open a NA EU branch if this is how its handled.

[ReignmakerI]

I just don't understand. When I run a tracert to 199.91.189.21 (The IP I see when running my resource monitor when playing FFXIV) I do not see anything strange. I am also running WinMTR and I see no packet loss to the same IP, or any hops on the way. However, I am still experiencing crippling lag and disconnects every 10 to 15 minutes. Can someone interpret this?

[SkyCake]

Has anyone found a temporary fix for the disconnect? I've decided to use the free trial for BattlePing. It greatly helped my lag issue that just came up. But! I still disconnect.

[IronSoup]

3rd day: 20 Connection Lost
4th day: 25 Connection Lost
5th day: 31 Connection Lost

The problem is getting worst... and I am now entering the 6th day of "90k Reborn".
It's almost like my first experience with the 90k errors back in Phase 4 but, this time, the "stuck in another world" state left its place for the "lag spikes" frenzy.

[typelethyl]

Hi guys,

I don't use RCN and I'm not trying to hijack, but I'm also in Brooklyn, NY and am with Optimum Online. I've been running ping tests since about a week and a half ago when my connection became highly unstable and today did traceroutes after seeing this thread.

Here are my results:

This is pinging the neolobby02, I keep getting timed out at 7 and 11-- no idea what it's failing to ping though.

Tracing route to neolobby02.ffxiv.com [199.91.189.74]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.1.1
  2     9 ms     7 ms    16 ms  10.240.168.29
  3     7 ms     7 ms     8 ms  67.59.229.177
  4    10 ms    11 ms    11 ms  rtr4-ge1-1.mhe.hcvlny.cv.net [67.83.222.5]
  5    11 ms    11 ms    10 ms  451be07d.cst.lightpath.net [65.19.99.125]
  6    12 ms    12 ms    16 ms  64.15.0.205
  7     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  8    16 ms    12 ms    11 ms  te0-6-0-5.ccr21.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.47.21]
  9     *       28 ms    20 ms  be2108.ccr21.ymq02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.3.134]
 10     *       21 ms    20 ms  38.122.42.34
 11     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 12    26 ms    18 ms    19 ms  192.34.76.2
 13    19 ms    19 ms    23 ms  199.91.189.234
 14    20 ms    19 ms    23 ms  199.91.189.74

Trace complete.

Tracing route to neolobby02.ffxiv.com [199.91.189.74]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.1.1
  2     8 ms     8 ms     8 ms  10.240.168.29
  3     7 ms     8 ms     7 ms  67.59.229.177
  4    11 ms    10 ms    11 ms  rtr4-ge1-1.mhe.hcvlny.cv.net [67.83.222.5]
  5    11 ms    11 ms    11 ms  451be07d.cst.lightpath.net [65.19.99.125]
  6    27 ms    12 ms    12 ms  rtr4-tg10-1.in.nycmnyzr.cv.net [64.15.0.5]
  7     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  8    12 ms    11 ms    11 ms  te0-6-0-5.ccr21.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.47.21]
  9    19 ms    19 ms    19 ms  be2106.ccr21.ymq02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.3.50]
 10    19 ms    19 ms    19 ms  38.122.42.34
 11     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 12    20 ms    18 ms     *     192.34.76.2
 13    19 ms    19 ms    19 ms  199.91.189.234
 14    19 ms    19 ms    20 ms  199.91.189.74

Trace complete.

This is pinging what I believe to be my server IP (Midgardsormr), again, stopping at 7 and 11 with no idea what it's trying to ping.

Tracing route to 199.91.189.25 over a maximum of 30 hops

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.1.1
  2     8 ms     8 ms     6 ms  10.240.168.29
  3    17 ms    11 ms    11 ms  67.59.244.61
  4    11 ms     8 ms    10 ms  rtr3-ge2-1.mhe.hcvlny.cv.net [67.83.222.9]
  5    13 ms    11 ms    11 ms  451be07d.cst.lightpath.net [65.19.99.125]
  6    13 ms    11 ms    11 ms  451be081.cst.lightpath.net [65.19.120.129]
  7     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  8    21 ms    10 ms    11 ms  te0-1-0-0.mpd21.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.44.69]
  9     *       34 ms    33 ms  be2108.ccr21.ymq02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.3.134]
 10    19 ms    19 ms    19 ms  38.122.42.34
 11     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 12    36 ms     *        *     192.34.76.2
 13    19 ms    19 ms    19 ms  199.91.189.234
 14    20 ms    19 ms    19 ms  199.91.189.25

Trace complete.

Tracing route to 199.91.189.25 over a maximum of 30 hops

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.1.1
  2    14 ms     8 ms     7 ms  10.240.168.29
  3     8 ms     8 ms     6 ms  67.59.244.61
  4    20 ms    11 ms    10 ms  rtr3-ge2-1.mhe.hcvlny.cv.net [67.83.222.9]
  5    10 ms    13 ms    11 ms  451be0cd.cst.lightpath.net [65.19.99.205]
  6    13 ms    14 ms    12 ms  rtr4-tg10-1.in.nycmnyzr.cv.net [64.15.0.5]
  7     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  8    11 ms    11 ms    11 ms  te0-1-0-0.mpd21.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.44.69]
  9    19 ms    18 ms    20 ms  be2106.ccr21.ymq02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.3.50]
 10    20 ms    20 ms    20 ms  38.122.42.34
 11     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 12    18 ms    19 ms    19 ms  192.34.76.2
 13    20 ms    22 ms    19 ms  199.91.189.234
 14    19 ms    19 ms    19 ms  199.91.189.25

Trace complete.

Regarding this week, it's been sporadic with lag and 90k disconnects but last night was far the worst. I couldn't remain in-game for more than 5-minutes at any given time, there was one window of opportunity which lasted like 15-minutes which was enough to break into 50. After that though, it was just disconnects left and right. Today I can't even login to the game without getting disconnected between 5-10 minutes =[