Aether Data Center Not allowing Me to Connect

[ReplicaX]

It seems odd that they are saying the issue is with certain ISPs. I was able to login to the European Data and Japan Centers, even create a new character without any issue. Only get the error when trying to login to the NA Data Centers.

Different Routing paths to the other Data Centers.

[LycorisSelunis]

Different Routing paths to the other Data Centers.

explain the folks like me and another commentor then that are sitting in the same room and one of us is connected and the other isnt

[DarkDepravity]

explain the folks like me and another commentor then that are sitting in the same room and one of us is connected and the other isnt

1, the infrastructure isn't entirely down, it's just misbehaving badly.
2, Data doesn't necessarily take 100% identical route to the goal even from the same computer.

[ReplicaX]

explain the folks like me and another commentor then that are sitting in the same room and one of us is connected and the other isnt

My reply was specifically towards different DataCenters in completely different physical locations. The Routing is completely different, which is why many can connect to EU and JP DCs without an issue.

The simple way I can describe your situation: having one person able to connect and others on the same connection not, is pure luck. You are all going through the same Main and Satellite offices along the same route, but these locations are full of racks of hardware with their own internal handling and connections. If that location isn't up 100% some of the affected hardware will block connections and/or not properly handle them, yet others can get through. Again, luck of the draw.

Also each piece of hardware only has a certain amount of connections it can handle, if its full, its full. If there is an internal handling issue it will timeout your connection.

That is the most simple way I can describe it to you.