Let me try to answer these I pulled from a different thread...

Are you using a VPN? No.
Are you using a wired or wireless connection? Wireless.
What Platform are you using? (Steam/Windows/Mac/PS4 etc.) Windows.
Does the issue occur with one character or multiple characters? If I try to access the Aether Data Center, Midgardsormr server, all I see is a blank character selection screen and then about 15-20 seconds later, I get disconnected with the 2002 error code.
At what point do you get disconnected and/or are unable to connect? When I attempt to access the Aether Data Center, I get a blank character selection screen, then disconnect about 15 seconds later with a 2002 error code. That said, Upon login screen, I can select a different Data Center and connect and play successfully. That said, that means starting over from scratch as all my main activity happens on Aether / Midgardsormr.
How often does the issue occur? This has been going on constantly since at least 10:30am on Saturday. August 24th 2024 US Central time zone.

Internet Service Provider: Rise Broadband
Region/State: Dallas, Texas
All steps taken to resolve the issue: I have restarted my computer. I have restarted my Router. I have flushed the DNS. I can successfully PING the NA Servers. I can NOT PING the Aether server. It times out. I have called my ISP and we have done a Firmware update to my router. Power cycled it. Checked my Firewall and made sure FFXIV is not being blocked. I have tried switching Data Centers, including going to the EU servers, and then going back to Aether... that does nothing.