Bug Report: TCP Timeout to Login Server

[PrivateIdaho]

I've spent probably 25 hours in the last 7 days playing on several different peoples servers, and I see several common issues:

1. disconnection while in game
2. click on server, get to char screen, inability to get into game
3. click on server, get dumped back to server screen.


Focusing on #3, which is happening on my own personal server, sitting 6ft from me..

The error that I get in the world log is thus (sorry, scrolled by, not a direct quote)

"Attempt to login while not connected to login server"

I think 1,2 and 3 might all be releated to the same thing, TCP timeouts to login server.

Here's what I see in the world log, when the server is sitting idle:

Connected to LoginServer: eqlogin1.eqemu.org:5999
64.81.113.117:5999: TCPConnection::SendData(): Connection timeout
Connected to LoginServer: eqlogin2.eqemu.org:5999
67.82.235.162:5999: TCPConnection::SendData(): Connection timeout
Connected to LoginServer: eqlogin2.eqemu.org:5999
67.82.235.162:5999: TCPConnection::SendData(): Connection timeout
Connected to LoginServer: eqlogin2.eqemu.org:5999
67.82.235.162:5999: TCPConnection::SendData(): Connection timeout
Connected to LoginServer: eqlogin1.eqemu.org:5999
64.81.113.117:5999: TCPConnection::SendData(): Connection timeout
Connected to LoginServer: eqlogin1.eqemu.org:5999
64.81.113.117:5999: TCPConnection::SendData(): Connection timeout
Connected to LoginServer: eqlogin2.eqemu.org:5999
67.82.235.162:5999: TCPConnection::SendData(): Connection timeout
Connected to LoginServer: eqlogin2.eqemu.org:5999
67.82.235.162:5999: TCPConnection::SendData(): Connection timeout
Connected to LoginServer: eqlogin1.eqemu.org:5999
64.81.113.117:5999: TCPConnection::SendData(): Connection timeout
Connected to LoginServer: eqlogin2.eqemu.org:5999
67.82.235.162:5999: TCPConnection::SendData(): Connection timeout
Connected to LoginServer: eqlogin2.eqemu.org:5999
67.82.235.162:5999: TCPConnection::SendData(): Connection timeout
Connected to LoginServer: eqlogin1.eqemu.org:5999
64.81.113.117:5999: TCPConnection::SendData(): Connection timeout
Connected to LoginServer: eqlogin1.eqemu.org:5999
64.81.113.117:5999: TCPConnection::SendData(): Connection timeout
Connected to LoginServer: eqlogin1.eqemu.org:5999
64.81.113.117:5999: TCPConnection::SendData(): Connection timeout
Error: LoginServer::Connect: ''
Error: LoginServer::Connect: ''
Connected to LoginServer: eqlogin2.eqemu.org:5999
67.82.235.162:5999: TCPConnection::SendData(): Connection timeout

However, it's not a Layer2/Layer3 problem IMHO, but higher up... why do I say that?

--- gremlin.eqemu.org ping statistics ---
1000 packets transmitted, 1000 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 87.3/89.5/94.5 ms

In my novice opinion, this appears to be a problem with the login server itself. Ideas? Thoughts? Tell me what I'm doing wrong?

I'd be happy to help troubleshoot this in any way that I can.

[Yodason]

I was also having this problem on my linux build.. are you using windows/nix

[zorprime]

I have this problem whether using nix or windows. World drops me midway. Both my friend and I have the same problem connecting to either eqemu servers or my own and we land up with the ole 1017 grrrr.

[Yodason]

#3 MAY be a login server issue, another issue is the can not connect to login server on port 9000 which just rerrunning clears up