Disconnect problem since patch

[Bunny]

Hi all,
since patch 2.1 i have a weird problem and i have no clue what to do. I hope somebody has any idea what i might try.

I have 5 computers connected to my dsl via a router and a switch. When I log my 5 lvl 34 UD casters and start dragging them to SM I get really high latency on two or three of the computers and eventually two or three accounts disconnect from server.
- This may either happen during moving the characters or during the first pull.
- Sometimes before finally disconnecting I see my main character moving on my main screen, then after a couple of seconds on another screen, a few seconds later on a third screen as if the server handles my clients one after another.
- The disconnecting computers are not always the same, it can happen to any of my five machines.

I have tried:
- Creating 5 toons on another server and playing them to level 2 -> no problems or latency issues of any kind
- Creating 5 UD toons on the same server and playing them -> no problems
- Moving my lvl 34 toons to OG and hitting RageFire -> same problem as in Tirisfal and SM
- Playing the five lvl 34 toons on four computers (leaving one account in the background not casting anything) and hitting ragefire -> no problem

Since I don't even have a clue what might be the source of the problem or where to look any idea is appreciated. Is it my Server that is f**ed up since patch or are the clients sending and receiving so much more informations since patch that my dsl connection cann't handle five of them anymore?

Bunny

[Æbox]

5boxing here, I randomly get disconnected to the login screen on 1-3 computers. It always seems to be the same computer that gets DCd,.. Can't figure out any cause for it.

Swapped routers.. Tried swapping the accounts each computer uses, disabling all add-ons.. nothing works.

Seems to happen every 2-15 minutes, so far never in combat though it's strange. Usually when I sit down to drink it boots the client.

[Otlecs]

I played 3 members of a 5 person team for about 4 hours on Wednesday evening and had occasional disconnects on two of my three machines.

The "head" machine didn't get disconnected at all, and neither did the other two players who were sitting in the same room, on the same connection.

As I recall, I lost connection twice on one machine and once on another but just put it down to the inevitable patch day blues. I do hope it's not part of an effort by Blizzard to target mutli-boxers though....

[Æbox]

Something I noticed was that whenever I alt-tabbed to check a website, more often than not one of my WoW clients would get disconnected.



Just a bit ago, I alt-tabbed on my main system, went to wow-europe.com.. and boom, EVERY client other than the main one got "disconnected" to login screen.

No idea if that is significant at all..


It's really annoying having to log back in every 2-10 minutes. It doesn't take long, you can enter your password and log the character back in very fast, but still. if it happens in a fight it can kill you

[Bunny]

shameless bump
i have been able to reproduce the problem on another server with a new 5 man group.
running around and killing stuff in the be area - first time i use this mana thing be racial on all toons -> boom latency goes up and 3 clients disconnect
Never had any problems before the patch... damn blizz...
any help is appreciated
Bunny

[Ceromus]

Lets start a thread on this issue on the tech support forum and see if we cant get this addresses.

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...318485&sid=1#0

[cubbs80]

Hey all,

Long time reader, first time poster. Anywho, as someone who has been reading this board for a while now and considering jumping onto the multi box bandwagon, I read these posts with a bit of horror. Thanks for bringing the issue up with Blizzard to see what shakes out.

If they are in fact cracking down on multi boxing, it'll save me several hundred dollars in hardware purchases. Ha!

[Gallo]

Wow... I just got my 5box hardware setup working, and I cant go a full level in the newbie zone without disconnecting all 5 characters. This is lame

Has anyone had any response from blizzard by email or anything?

Or better yet... has anyone gone problem free with 3+ clients? If so, what did you do to your network to prepare, other than opening up port 3724 to all 5 machines?

[Xzin]

I was running a 2 box test earlier today and noticed no problems. I saw the new walk on /follow but it did not seem to be a big problem. If anything, it might make travel up spiral stairs and the like easier.... not sure about that yet though. Eitherway - I have had problems with disconnections before with the Zins. A lonnnnng time ago - maybe a few months into release I started having DC problems. i never changed anything and just put up with it for a week or two. After that, it seemed to go away on its own... if this is similar then it is most definitely server side. For some reason, too much data is being sent down the pipe. When Bliz sees too much coming from one IP, they nuke the connections. It has always been that way. The question is what is causing all of the disconnections?

That I don't know about nor can I speak to yet.

[shockbeta]

I've played a lot lately with 2 clients, long sessions.. 12+ hours at times and I can't remember a single time I was disconnected. Mayb etonight or this week I'll start a trial account up and have three running for as long as they can.