Possible Login Server Bug

[Vastlee]

I'd like to note something here. Last night I was one of the rare few who was on when the login servers came back up. When they did I started logging in and was extremely surprised when all of my characters logged in on the first go. This is something that hasn't happened.

I was thrilled, I assumed that during this down time someone had addressed this issue, but to make sure it wasn't just an amazing coinky dink I logged in and out a total of 13 times and every single time I got in fine.

So I go to bed and get up this morning to find that it's back. I tried to remember what was different. The one thing I noticed is that not a whole lot of the servers had reattached to the login server. So there is a possibility that one server name or number of servers in the list is directly tied with the survey.

Anywho, there appears to be a missing X variable along with the survey one. Hopefully someone will catch this soon.

[Frosty311S]

so for about a month straight I have not been able to log into my account I have spent one day counting about 150 - 250 log in attemps and every single of them got the SSSE crash and I have no been able to log in for a month straight how I am still here and still wanting to play is a mystery to me I should have just gone to SoD because they never had a log in issue but I would like to try something a lot better then there

[Vast]

150-250? I've never come close to touching that and I've been dealing with this issue for over a year. 30-40 I've done, but that was top end and I've always eventually gotten in. You might consider the possibility that it isn't the same issue as the above posted.

[John Adams]

Y'all are way more patient than I am. If I can't get through after 3 tries, I'm off finding something else to do (read: I switch my server to minilogin tee hee hee).

[xulok]

What is minilogin? This bug is driving me bonkers.

Also, has anyone figured out how to filter out this particular packet with a firewall? I something alluding to it in the thread, but nothing definitive.

[patyrn2k1]

To answer xulok's question concerning minilogin, it's a standalone login server you would have on your local pc that allows access to a standalone eqemu server that you have on your network. When this bug pops up for me ( as it does all the time ) I just log into my own world and play around for a bit, as to your other question, I have no idea if one's firewall could filter this packet out, my quess is that it can't be done with the run of the mill FW, probly need some solid FW software to do this with.

[xulok]

Is it Sony code that is sending the packet or is it community code?