Do we have a test ip for the new data centre yet?

[Amberyl]

As topic. In Hong Kong after emigrating, and wondering how this is going to effect me.

[Yukiko]

Its Europe, they cant fail more than on release of 1.x in Japan or 2.x in America...

Pingtest on servers in the country you expect the datacenter will be - you get an image of how it effect your connection

Windows: Start Button -> search for cmd.exe -> use the command: tracert google.com -> replace google.com with server ip or other DNS name
But I suggest to use some sort of graphical trace rout program, there are a few for free but be careful with "online" tracerout programs

[Amberyl]

Windows: Start Button -> search for cmd.exe -> use the command: tracert google.com -> replace google.com with server ip or other DNS name
But I suggest to use some sort of graphical trace rout program, there are a few for free but be careful with "online" tracerout programs

Because all server farms are created equal? Um, no.

More helpfully, does anyone have an actual ip on the new range, so I can test it? They'll set them all to block requests as soon as the array goes live, but in the mean time, it can't hurt to let us test their routing.

[Yukiko]

If you target UK for example then you can do a bit research and see possibility serverfarms, test them out...
Furthermore, lag is not created from serverfarms, its source is mostly inbetween with packetlosts and handshakes...
You do not need to test the server itself for testing latency into the area you expect the servers to be!
Well it depends what you like to test, but for the things where you need the server, thats admin stuff. The things that are interesting for "you" can be tested without direct connection to the future "server".

[Raist]

I would hazard a guess they'll change the DNS record for the assigned name...either neolobby04 or 06. Aether has been neolobby02 for as long as I've been checking it back around Beta4. Can start running nslookups on them to see if one changes away from the 199.91.189.XXX network range.

Edit:
Out of curiosity, I switched over to Chaos for a second today to check which one I got flipped to, and it was neoloby06 (199.91.189.106). So we can keep an eye on neolobby06.ffxiv.com to see if it's IP address changes. If not, then they may be adding a completely new lobby address into the mix or something.