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LyedenTue 02-Oct-07 12:59 PM
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#1529, "Baaaah. (rant warning)"


          

So, I return from class and decide to login to CF for a bit before my next one. I notice things are sluggish when they shouldn't be, which worried me at first, but it smooths out so I think nothing of it. Then, I was sitting in the inner guardian room, talking to someone through tells, it stops responding completely. I'm a little irked at the interruption, but figure the mud crashed and I can pick up as soon as it comes back up. After several failed attempts, I get the login prompt:

>By what name do you wish to be mourned? Lyeden
>Password:
>
>That character is already playing.
>Do you wish to connect anyway (Y/N)?Y <-- This confused me, but...
>Reconnecting.
>Reconnecting within 15 seconds of losing link.
>You will be able to move shortly.

...Annoyed, but I figured I was safe anyway and, if my connection just dropped for a moment, I'll just ask the person to repeat anything after what I last saw.

Unfortunately, I came back to this:
>You are thirsty.
>You are starving!
>You are affected by:
>Physical effect: 'plague' modifies strength by -10 for 106 hours.
>Commune: 'bless' modifies save vs spell by -12 for 47 hours.
>Commune: 'bless' modifies hit roll by 6 for 47 hours.
>Commune: 'detect invis' for 44 hours.
>Commune: 'detect evil' for 44 hours.
>Commune: 'detect good' for 44 hours.
>Physical effect: 'cabal raid' modifies morale by 7 for 22 hours.
>Commune: 'armor' modifies armor class by -20 for 15 hours.
>Spell: 'curse' modifies save vs spell by 12 for 14 hours.
>Spell: 'curse' modifies hit roll by -6 for 14 hours.
>Spell: 'deafen' for 13 hours.
>Spell: 'blindness' modifies hit roll by -4 for 11 hours.
>Skill: 'poison' modifies strength by -5 for 11 hours.
>Commune: 'fly' for 8 hours.
>Spell: 'power word despondence' modifies save vs mental by 9 for 6 hours.
>Spell: 'power word despondence' modifies charisma by -9 for 6 hours.
>Spell: 'power word despondence' modifies morale by -29 for 6 hours.
>Spell: 'worldbind' for 6 hours.
>Skill: 'sleep' for 5 hours.
>Commune: 'protection from evil' for 5 hours.
>Commune: 'sanctuary' for 4 hours.
>Commune: 'protective shield' for 1 hours.

Well, that sucked, and while I was waiting for my death, I noticed it was sluggish and decided to run a few basic diagnostics, notably ping:

>C:\Documents and Settings\Main>ping -t www.google.com
>Pinging www.l.google.com <74.125.19.103> with 32 bytes of data:
...
>Ping statistics for 74.125.19.103:
> Packets: Sent = 54, Received = 41, Lost = 13 (24% loss),
>Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> Minimum = 37ms, Maximum = 44ms, Average = 38ms
>Control-C
>^C

24 ####ing percent packet loss. Admittedly, a third of a con point isn't that much of a loss, especially when compared to other times this has happened in games like eve, but.... I've checked all the networking equipment and cables, and everything is fine there. I've called my ISP before (and will again), which insists everything is fine, and when they send a tech out at my insistance to look at things, they still say everything is fine and their poilcy is to bill people for the site call if they don't find anything wrong with the cable modem or anything on their side. >:(

Sorry for ranting -- sometimes I need to vent, and intermittent periods of a few hours of anywhere from 7 to 52% (more common to rarer) packetloss is ridiculous. Most days it's fine AFAICT, fortunately, but these occurances are killer when they crop up.

In an attempt to maybe get something constructive out of this, anyone have any suggestions? I've tested each cable, no visual indications of damage and the tester shows that everything is fine. Routers work perfectly (Packets: Sent = 4919, Received = 4919, Lost = 0 (0% loss), no problems in the logs, all settings check out, local network transfers work flawlessly, all cables securely connected, and so on).

  

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TopicBaaaah. (rant warning) [View all] , Lyeden, Tue 02-Oct-07 12:59 PM
Reply RE: Baaaah. (rant warning), Isildur, 06-Oct-07 09:00 AM, #2
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