More DCs and 90k's hit Aether/Primal!

[ChloeGrace]

Yep.
Level3 just shat itself and dumped most if not all of the Aether data center.

Tracert is fine right up until it hits Montreal, then times out. SE really needs to uncouple itself from that french canadian POS organization.

[HyoMinPark]

Yep.
Level3 just shat itself and dumped most if not all of the Aether data center.

Essentially.

Tracert is fine right up until it hits Montreal, then times out. SE really needs to uncouple itself from that french canadian POS organization.

Unfortunately, Level3 is a pretty big Internet backbone for the majority of the US, and redirects a lot of the Internet traffic. And SE can't do anything to dictate how traffic is directed to their servers.

[DemonFury]

Essentially.



Unfortunately, Level3 is a pretty big Internet backbone for the majority of the US, and redirects a lot of the Internet traffic. And SE can't do anything to dictate how traffic is directed to their servers.

if its such a big internet backbone for most of the US then why is it we are able to talk to each other here in the forums not to mention im still connected to the internet still running other online games and sites just fine. If Level 3 were this big backbone as you say then we would not have any access to these forums or other online games and sites.

[Elamys]

if its such a big internet backbone for most of the US then why is it we are able to talk to each other here in the forums not to mention im still connected to the internet still running other online games and sites just fine. If Level 3 were this big backbone as you say then we would not have any access to these forums or other online games and sites.

Pretty big doesn't mean the only one. It's also worth noting that for many people characters aren't visible in Lodestone and last time I wasn't able to log into the forums. I think I'm able to post this time because I was still signed in.

[DemonFury]

Pretty big doesn't mean the only one. It's also worth noting that for many people characters aren't visible in Lodestone and last time I wasn't able to log into the forums. I think I'm able to post this time because I was still signed in.

my character is visible on lodestone as we speak but still cant log into the game

[HyoMinPark]

if its such a big internet backbone for most of the US then why is it we are able to talk to each other here in the forums not to mention im still connected to the internet still running other online games and sites just fine. If Level 3 were this big backbone as you say then we would not have any access to these forums or other online games and sites.

If said other games aren't routing through Level3, then it makes sense for them to be working just fine. Not every website routes through Level3. Not every game hits Level3 when your computer is connecting to their servers either. Big backbone, but not the only one. There are 6 Tier 1 companies that serve as different Internet backbones. But that's neither here, nor there.

Just reading up on this issue more since it started occurring, I think the issue right now is that there's winter weather up in Montreal, which is where some of Level3's servers are located, as well as Ormuco's (which others have routed through on their way to their FFXIV server). I hit either or when my system does a tracert to my server, and I am still unable to log in. If the cause is, indeed, the weather, then pointing fingers at SE or Ormuco or Level3 or whoever serves no purpose. I am no longer pointing the finger at anyone. My initial reaction only went to Level3 since, given three days ago, it was their servers having issues. And my initial tracert showed issues upon hitting Level3's servers while routing to Cactuar.

[Zeckon_2011]

One of player on Cactuar, we were chatting on Novice channel. He said he used VPN to connect to JP, he was be able to log in. 270ms, 0% packet loss.

[DemonFury]

One of player on Cactuar, we were chatting on Novice channel. He said he used VPN to connect to JP, he was be able to log in. 270ms, 0% packet loss.

yes i can log into all data centers except aether and primal

[Zeckon_2011]

yes i can log into all data centers except aether and primal

Cactuar is not JP. Just he used VPN to connect to JP and bounce it wherever connect to our server Cactuar Aether.

[DarkDepravity]

if its such a big internet backbone for most of the US then why is it we are able to talk to each other here in the forums not to mention im still connected to the internet still running other online games and sites just fine. If Level 3 were this big backbone as you say then we would not have any access to these forums or other online games and sites.

These webpages most likely aren't hosted the same place as the NA game servers. Level3 isn't the only provider, it just so happens that it is the route into the SEs NA datacenter for a lot of players. Other services are different places, either on Level 3s backbone but not in the "damaged" path, or on other significant backbones that aren't having problems. So yes, we could (and do) have access to these forums and other online games and sites.