Is POL working for you?Follow

Well nothing yet from OO /sigh

If it is DNS that is the problem do this:

PC users:
Go into the control panel and go to your network settings -> select the connection you are using to connect to the internet (since you are all cable modem users this is probably Local Area COnnection) Hightlight TCP/IP and select properties -> Select use the following DNS servers" and type this in:
68.15.165.12 for Primary
199.166.31.3 for Secondary

These are two OPEN DNS servers I found on the internet. They aren't the fastest responding servers (seem a 1 second or 2 off) but they are open for public DNS requests.

PS2 users:

Either go into your cable modem/router or if they have DNS settings in the FFXI game (I dont have the ps2 ver) set it to manually assigned or specify DNS and use the two servers above.

Edit: _IF_ DNS is the issue this should fix it. I dont have enough info to troubleshoot this issue since I don't use the OO service.

Edited, Thu Sep 30 05:50:55 2004 by OgmiosII

I didn't think it was the problem because the HTTP Tunnel seems to work for some people. That sounds like a blocked port issue. And like we have said it isn't port 25.

This is in regard to some of the previous posts. I still say there were problems with OOL's connection with POL before this outtage. The connection is typically slow, and often laggy.

Some comments on the differences between DSL and cable have been wrong, between pages 20-22. DSL has lower ping, and lower throughput. Cable has higher ping and higher throughput (depending on cap). DSL is not an option for some. Dial up is not an option for some.

The issue is not with DNS, I just checked. Furthermore, DNS problems would have prevented pings and tracerts to be carried out to the various JP servers affiliated with POL and FFXI in the first place.

As for the various news postings about this problem. LOL. 400 ppl O_O. That's a potential 20k a month that OOL will be out, which translates to 240k a year LOL

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DAMN, I cant get Verizon Fios ; ;

Edited, Thu Sep 30 06:38:00 2004 by Mday

1. Still can't get on FFXI no surprise there

2. I will deffinatly be buying one of those T-Shirts.

oh well maybe it will be fixed around 11:30... off to class...

Mod up for using Ethereal!


What is weird thing is the port 443. The connection is leaving 443 and hitting 4072. What is weird is under normal circumstances if I want to connect to a secure website my TCP/IP stack is going to generate a random high number and then connect to port 443 on the webserver.

So you would see 53233 -> 443. Now please don't take this and run with it, but what if OO is blocking 443 now to prevent people from running webservers on their network. Since the connection is leaving port 443 on the user side it may look like a response to a SSL connection request and OO's firewalls or access lists stops it. HTTP tunnel works because all trafic is pushed through port 80. But it wouldn't originate from port 80 but be destined for port 80 on the proxy.

Edit: to be more clear:

For normal internet users port 443 connections would be comming from the outside (the webserver) leaving port 443 and hitting some other port on the users machine after the connection is made.

In this case the 443 connection appears to originating from the users machine and going out. Thus, it would look like a web server IF OO started blocking such things. Just an observation is all.

Edited, Thu Sep 30 07:28:04 2004 by OgmiosII

Edited, Thu Sep 30 07:50:47 2004 by OgmiosII

Lets go for 1500!!!
Rally the troops!

You have probably postd the first bit of sense out of all of this.

Knowing OO, (and knowing how many people have made websites served off their computer) it wouldnt surprise me in the least that this is the case, and that more ports are being blocked than what they said... ports that FFXI DOES use and use often

I think I might take a look now at how I hook up using comcast, and if comcast doesnt block that port....if it doesnt then you might havr figure out the problem.

Now entering Day 3...Will we all manage to keep our cool one more day? Will POL work today? It's all a mystery.

But anyway, are there any new updates that come with the new day? If so can someone please post em for us. ^^

Hey can someone tell someone on the inside through phone or email to find out whats going on please.

BTW put up site for t-shirt ill get one.

Hey Aquasilk,

Just wanted to say thank you for giving us the information. We appreciate it. Ignore some of the people's crude language here as we all are mad about it and some people just can't take it anymore. It wasn't fair for some people to have chucked all that rudeness on you but just try to understand that on our side we have just been going around in circles and we've been hearing the same rumours over and over again and getting absolutely nowhere. We appreciate the information that you are giving us and please let us know as much as possible if you can. Thanks a lot and take care! *cross fingers* Hope this gets resolved soon!

Please do. I am serious, if someone can setup a webserver the supports SSL it would be a great test. I am sure they are using SSL to protect passwords and other info. The SSL key might be hosted on the users machine. So instead of using one encryption key for everyone, each users machine generates a key when FFXI is installed and that one key protects that one user. If the key was compromised only that one user's information is compromised. So I would guess that FFXI ishosting an SSL service on your machine and using it to encrypt your account vitals when you login.
Thats what the little "key" is up in the corner of POL.

D:\Documents and Settings\>telnet sukhanov.net 443
Connecting To sukhanov.net...Could not open connection to the host, on port 443:
Connect failed

D:\Documents and Settings\>telnet sukhanov.net 80
Connecting To sukhanov.net...Could not open connection to the host, on port 80:
Connect failed

If that server is really up then I think we have answer.

Someone else from another ISP other than OO try to connect to sukhanov.net on port 443 and just to be sure 80 as well.

Gottin, Please confim with your frind that the server is up.

Edited, Thu Sep 30 08:56:49 2004 by OgmiosII