So, Long story short, I use a wifi connection on a desktop to play FFXIV. But I have had, and always have, a problem patching the game on my desktop. At least, I have always had issues while on a wireless connection.

Having been stumped for the longest time, trying everything I can think of. Flushing dns, renewing Ip address, changing router security settings, putting my desktop's fixed IP address in my router's DMZ, using a different wifi connection (my ISP has an open wifi connection for our residential area), and all the like. Nothing has worked, and I have been stumped for the longest.

Here's what happens: I found this unusual because, for everything that happens, the "reason" the patch explodes on me is because, for a split second, the wi-fi is kicked off, almost like a bandwidth overage causing a hiccup in the signal. It reboots and reconnects right after. But the thing that is odd is how FFXIV is pretty much guaranteed to make this happen.