Problem loggingin with WebAfrica

boswald

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Hey Guys,

Over the last couple of weeks I have picked up a problem with WebAfrica. I am on their Titan Package and when logging in get to the connecting screen. It sits there for a while and eventually give me the realm selection page but I am unable to log in. Whenever I choose a realm it sits and connecting and eventually jumps me back to the realm selection screen.

Sometimes if I reboot my router it comes right, other times I log in with a different ISP and it seems to come right.

Anyone else having this problem with WebAfrica?

Thanks
BO
 
Login servers was crowded yesterday night again, i was on mweb same problem :)
 
Hi boswald

I'm not aware of any reported issues that would cause this sort of problem and we haven't received any similar queries.

Would you mind dropping a PM with you account details and your contact information.

I would like to have this matter investigated for you with our engineers to see if it is perhaps an isolated incident.

Thanks. :)
 
i tried 3 isp last night to log in, had emorage going there for a while :P

as dced me when loaded the dungeon, so guildies replaced me :(
 
i had the problem the last 3 nights, i play for an hour or 2 then the game lags out, thought it was a wow thing, so i tested it on wednesday night when this happend and my 10mps line goes from between 0.0 to about 5kps download for 30 mins or so and again last night it happend at the same time, round about 9:00 - 9:30 my connection speed dropped way down and then it just pickedup again.
 
WA was testing a new international provider the last couple of days, but the migration was finalized on the Friday the 10th, your international experience should be much smoother now.
 
Hi boswald

I'm not aware of any reported issues that would cause this sort of problem and we haven't received any similar queries.

Would you mind dropping a PM with you account details and your contact information.

I would like to have this matter investigated for you with our engineers to see if it is perhaps an isolated incident.

Thanks. :)


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Hey Guys,

Over the last couple of weeks I have picked up a problem with WebAfrica. I am on their Titan Package and when logging in get to the connecting screen. It sits there for a while and eventually give me the realm selection page but I am unable to log in. Whenever I choose a realm it sits and connecting and eventually jumps me back to the realm selection screen.

Sometimes if I reboot my router it comes right, other times I log in with a different ISP and it seems to come right.

Anyone else having this problem with WebAfrica?

Thanks
BO

I've had the exact same issue, not sure what causes it, but rebooting the router and/or switching to another ISP [and back] solves it. I'm not sure if it's WA or something else, but i've got it a few times the last week or two [while being on WA] . It's almost like it is experiencing time-outs [i.e. authentication port being shaped] , or at least it feels alot like some port shaping going on on .

So it's hard to determine whether it's WA or simply WoW servers being overloaded [they did launch a new expansion] and by the time you reboot your router the congestion is sorted. (Hence why no one is reporting it to WA i suppose)
 
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I've had the exact same issue, not sure what causes it, but rebooting the router and/or switching to another ISP [and back] solves it. I'm not sure if it's WA or something else, but i've got it a few times the last week or two [while being on WA] . It's almost like it is experiencing time-outs [i.e. authentication port being shaped] , or at least it feels alot like some port shaping going on on .

So it's hard to determine whether it's WA or simply WoW servers being overloaded [they did launch a new expansion] and by the time you reboot your router the congestion is sorted. (Hence why no one is reporting it to WA i suppose)

Heya diabolus,

Sorry for only checking up on this thread now, been following up on a few other things.
I do know that WoW have released a patch (Cataclysm I think, my bad - not a WoW fan) which could very well be slowing their network down substantially. No issues reported on my end apart from some isolated line related issues.

Tell you what, if you still experiencing this tonight drop me a PM with a few details - client code, in game and cmd traceroutes and I'll get the DSL support guys to have a look at a few things on your account :)
 
I've had the exact same issue, not sure what causes it, but rebooting the router and/or switching to another ISP [and back] solves it. I'm not sure if it's WA or something else, but i've got it a few times the last week or two [while being on WA] . It's almost like it is experiencing time-outs [i.e. authentication port being shaped] , or at least it feels alot like some port shaping going on on .

So it's hard to determine whether it's WA or simply WoW servers being overloaded [they did launch a new expansion] and by the time you reboot your router the congestion is sorted. (Hence why no one is reporting it to WA i suppose)

Maybe if everyone posts *what* router they have it would help a bit. Since I know the symptoms some of you describe sounds like Firewall issues. The login servers and your realm has a different set of IP addresses, same with their survey server (which sends anonymous usage data through to them) and at any point, if the IP gets blocked, will end your session.

PeerGuardian has Blizzard listed in their blocked list. So if you're running that, make sure it's switched off or at least allow all Blizzard IP's so you don't get stuck at one specific point.
 
Maybe if everyone posts *what* router they have it would help a bit. Since I know the symptoms some of you describe sounds like Firewall issues. The login servers and your realm has a different set of IP addresses, same with their survey server (which sends anonymous usage data through to them) and at any point, if the IP gets blocked, will end your session.

PeerGuardian has Blizzard listed in their blocked list. So if you're running that, make sure it's switched off or at least allow all Blizzard IP's so you don't get stuck at one specific point.

Well i'm using a standard Netgear DGN2000 router setup no fancy firewall stuff. I don't see why the firewall would block the IP one moment and after i switch ISPs and/or reboot the router it's suddenly not blocked, so i doubt it's that. Note i'm not getting "disconnected" once i'm inside the game, the symptoms is it takes 2-3 minutes to authenticate my username/password and then simply refuse to connect to any realm [no error, it just returns to the main screen after it seemingly "gave up" ].

So yes, chances are the authentication servers might be overloaded and after 5 minutes of fiddling with my router it gets a gap and works , so it might "seem" that the router is to blame, but simply waiting 5 minutes was what is needed.

Needless to say, i can't simulate it, it just happens out of nowhere. It did not happen often enough [maybe 3-4 times in the last week] to warrant any major support requests from my side though.

WAJeff said:
I do know that WoW have released a patch (Cataclysm I think, my bad - not a WoW fan) which could very well be slowing their network down substantially. No issues reported on my end apart from some isolated line related issues.

Yea, there's a good chance this is the case. Cataclysm is currently the top selling pc game of all time [3.3 million copies in 24 hours], so i'd wager the servers are getting hammered . There are in fact so many people logging into the game in the last week that you actually have to sit in a queue to get in depending on the server.
 
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Yea, there's a good chance this is the case. Cataclysm is currently the top selling pc game of all time [3.3 million copies in 24 hours], so i'd wager the servers are getting hammered . There are in fact so many people logging into the game in the last week that you actually have to sit in a queue to get in depending on the server.

Best bet for connectivity would be to try and grab these files from an EU server. Either Spain or a UK box, straight through SAT3 :)
 
Well I've been playing since they launched and haven't had queue issues or login issues of any kind. When you login you go through max 2 servers AFAIK before getting the realm list or connecting to your realm you play on. If you time out connecting to your realm you'd be booted back to the realm list. (as if you're trying to login during a maintenance window). It's only when the authentication times out that you're booted back to the main screen.

To check, in real-time, if there's any issues with Blizzard's server (or your realm) you can go to: http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/status

"Population" is a real-time indication of how many people are currently logged into the server (it doesn't indicate how many people/characters are created it on it) and it will also show you if there's any queuing going on. Since you're booted to the main screen and not getting a message "You are number 149 in the queue, please wait approx xyz minutes" my guess would be that it's the actual connection between you and them.

This is where your ISP can come in. However, I'd try resetting the router to it's default settings and set it up again just in case. Also check your line noise levels (noise margin/attenuation) on the router itself. This will give you more ammo when talking to support and shut their "its not us, its you" excuses since it wastes a **** load of time.

If it doesn't happen all the time and there is no way for you to reproduce the issue, my guess is (and I'll go out on a limb here) is it could be the ISP where it "Connection Reset by Peer" message you (which you'll never see when a connection abruptly ends in WoW like this) because they'll drop the connection for some stupid reason entirely. (This happened to me on iBurst a few years ago when they first started and then ****ed around with their routing/shaping policies)

Another thing I want you to try before contacting WA support as well is to play on the other ISP you have (boo hoo, you'll have a higher ping time maybe... but still ;) ) and see if it does the same thing after a week or two (or how long it takes to happen). This can rule out your end entirely, especially if you switch back to WA and it happens again.

The reason why I'm leaning towards WA having the issue here and not you or your router, is because WA has had several instances in the past year where they will tweak their shaping rules on their end, and entirely **** with WoW. (There was also an instance where WoW, in preperation for Cataclysm, switched to P2P traffic, which was shaped to hell by them during certain hours etc)

So looking at their track record (and the amount of times/days I had to complain and "prove" the problem is on their end) I'm sure that if you work with them you can get the issue fixed in a matter of months (I'd say hours/days, but they're not like that anymore since you have to jump through all the support hoops and spend R600+ on phone calls to support just to sort everything out)

But hopefully Jeff-fa-fa is on the case and can get the wheels turning faster. GL
 
jeff-fa-fa DUNNNNN-HAAAAAMMM :D

You left out the jeff-fa-fa DUNNNNN-HAAAAAMMM.com ;) Thanks to AR himself, I'll probably now be know as Jeff-fa-fa. Greeeeat :P haha

Anyway, on a more serious note - we've looked at WoW traffic and can't seem to see anything wrong on our end. If you guys could drop me a PM with your client code and DSL username being used at the time of downloading so we can look at a per account basis?

Thanks guys :)
For those who have long weekends, enjoy!
 
Must say, over the last couple of days my latency is better than ever..
Dropped from 228ms to 216ms here in George (extra hop to CPT and all)
Pretty awesome stuff Web Africa :love:
 
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