Possible Login Server Issue

[Rogean]

The fact that you guys are saying it works for a while after starting the worldserver, and then at some point it starts having problems... Then goes back to no problems after restarting the world server?

How is that not an issue with the worldserver?

There are a handful of servers having this issue but there are a LOT of servers not having any issue at all. I've connected a server from my house and it hasn't had any problems maintaining loginserver connections.

You guys are going to have to put some debug code into the TCP handling of the worldserver to figure out exactly whats going on.

[trevius]

The only servers I haven't seen an issue on so far for sure are P99 and PEQ and maybe VZ/TZ. Nearly all of the other preferred or Legends servers have been having an issue over the past few days. Not all of them have replied to this thread yet to report their issue. And as far as I can tell, many of the normal servers have also had connection issues too.

I was running Rev1769 on Storm Haven when this issue started a few days after I updated to that code. During the troubleshooting process, I downgraded to Rev1757 to see if that would help at all. My server ran on Rev1757 perfectly fine for at least a week when I was originally running it, so reverting back should have fixed it, but it did not.

If the issue was from the SVN, PEQ would also have the issue by now I assume, as they stay as current as Storm Haven, if not more-so. But being that they are on the same host as the LS, I highly doubt PEQ will see this issue ever.

Originally Posted by Rogean

The fact that you guys are saying it works for a while after starting the worldserver, and then at some point it starts having problems... Then goes back to no problems after restarting the world server?

How is that not an issue with the worldserver?

When a large number of servers are having the same issue all starting at the same time, I think it increases the chance that the problem is on the Login Server end. Yes, it does not sound like any normal type of networking issue, but it could be any number of things. Maybe the LS isn't replying to worldservers as quick as it should be or as often, I dunno.

BTW, Rogean, what is the name of the test server you have running at home and would it be possible to open it to the public for testing? I would like to check on it from time to time over a day or so to verify it remains on the LS list and also can all connections to the server on a regular basis without having intermittent issues or eventually dropping off of the list completely. I can't really monitor it much today, but probably starting tomorrow I could.

Also, when was the last time the LS was restarted? Looks like it is starting to get a bit off:

[Tabasco]

My main server stayed up for a little over 48 hours. For that duration it would drop to pending and then back to online frequently. It came right back up with an LSReconnect and stayed up for another 12 or so before going down again. That's the host with known packet loss issues. (r1771)

My test server, on a different host, hasn't even dropped to pending in the last 48 hours. (r1777)

I'd be glad to coordinate for some more specific tests.