Disconnecting issue SOLVED...

[TwistidSoul]

Re: Disconnecting issue SOLVED...

Does anyone know why I can remove my router from the system and plug my modem directly into my computer to change my IP address, but changing the MAC address of my router and unplugging everything overnight doesn't change my IP address?

I'm still only able to enter certain zones by removing my router. >.<

[Eohmer]

Re: Disconnecting issue SOLVED...

Well, those 2 zones I kept DCing are working fine now for me...

Now... I DC in La Theine Plateue.

/sigh

[WishMaster3K]

Re: Disconnecting issue SOLVED...

Technically you can't change your MAC address, because it's hard-burned into the interface during manufacturing.

What the OP is referring to is going into the router, and making the router's MAC address be your PC's MAC address. Most (if not all) routers nowadays have the ability to "MAC Address Clone," it's just a matter of finding it and implementing it.

[Eohmer]

Re: Disconnecting issue SOLVED...

Yeah... mind boggling...

And how would PS2 users fix it? Can you change the MAC address on a PS2 and/or 360?

[WishMaster3K]

Re: Disconnecting issue SOLVED...

I live in a dorm, hence... no problems. But this is odd because the issue is SO widespread.

I guess the update really fudged up the settings hardcore.

[Avenius]

Re: Disconnecting issue SOLVED...

So, the router is the core of the issue here? I tried rewiring my connection straight from my broadband modem to the computer, but I still experienced the same issue. So I guess in my case the router can't be the problem, can it?

I did a reset of the router first, after trying in vain to find a way to change the lan/wan mac address(es?). That didn't help either, which is why I tried hooking the computer straight to the modem.

So, for those here who might know something about this, do you have any ideas?

(And I still don't quite grasp how this can be a local problem when it only affects FFXI, though I suppose it could be sort of hard to explain.)

[Eohmer]

Re: Disconnecting issue SOLVED...

You have to reset your MAC address, reset your router or re-wire your cable into another slot of your router so the server has an entirely new address to access instead of some old configuration that doesn't quite mesh with the current one on the server.

So, yeah, its not that pol.exe thing, it really is you.

Hmm, interesting. I didn't know about the server thing... Thanx for that.

I DID change my MAC address and I DID reset my router, but I used the same ports.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

Re: Disconnecting issue SOLVED...

Talked to POL customer service once about this matter. When you cross into another zone, you're actually connecting to another server within your world server. Sometimes, with an update, some changes can to your own configurations can occur, so the server no longer recognizes your usual address and you get timed out when you access the next zone's server.

This actually happened with me shortly after the December update on PS2, something within FFXI changed and I couldn't access Omgwtfbbqkitten after I zoned her into East Sarutabaruta and timed out, then I couldn't log in as her at all. Then I took my mule, Omgwtfbbqkitty, to East Saruta and the same thing happened again. I timed out and couldn't access that character.

That considered I was scared to move Foobar out of South Sandoria.

You have to reset your MAC address, reset your router or re-wire your cable into another slot of your router so the server has an entirely new address to access instead of some old configuration that doesn't quite mesh with the current one on the server.

So, yeah, its not that pol.exe thing, it really is you.

[Eohmer]

Many thanx to TwistidSoul and eticket109, I managed to get MY zones fixed.
Basically, you just have to go into your router set up and change your MAC address on your LAN.
You can go here on a guide to change your MAC address on a Linksys router...

http://www.overclock.net/networking-security/16451-how-change-your-ip-linksys-router.html