Here's something else you can try and will help even if it's not the problem
tcp optimizer;
http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/sho...7&postcount=25
Also, rojadruid mentioned you had spyware maybe because the ping was too slow?
maybe it's just not resolving fast enough, and comes back with that error?
try this;
go to you hosts file in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc
edit with notepad and add the domains;
that should speed things up