I figured I would log into these forums today to see at least a few ongoing threads about the issue that happened yesterday for over 24 hours. The login server and the
www.eqemulator.net website were both down 99% of the time, and they are definitely tied together. If one is down, so is the other. They would be down for 30 mins and then come up for maybe 1 minute and back down for another 30 all day long yesterday.
This isn't a first time occurrence. It seems like since the hosting was switched last year, the new hosting has been much less stable. Multiple times over the past few months, the server has had this issue in the middle of the night for me for a few hours at a time.
Yes, free hosting isn't something to complain about, and even with the recent outages the hosting still has been fairly stable for the most part. But, I think it would be nice if there was a way we could at least get a reason of why it was down.
In the eqemu community, one of the most important things is the login server itself. If the server you normally play on is down, you can just try out a new one for a while. But, if the login server is down, the entire project is down with the exception of anyone using minilogin.
Is there no chance of a mirror, or future sharing of the login server files? I realize that sharing the login server file will divide the server list, which isn't a good idea. But it would still be nice if other people could host it and maybe put out some news to setup your ini files to point to the main login server and maybe 1 or 2 backup ones. So, incase the primary is down, there would be a secondary.
Website and Login Server Hosting Issues?
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