I got served!, Damn DNS. Options

[AC9breaker]

So I finally saved up $20 for FFXI CoP. I go and sell 5 games and have enough left over to last me for the rest of the week. I get home install it then get ready to play. I'm sitting there waiting for the POL main menu to show it but it doesn'y come. It just keeps loading and loading and loading. I finally get an error message saying that The server is ether too busy or my connections are not correct. I immediatly run up to my ghetto cpu, and enter command prompt mode.

Type in ipconfig and get the values for my connect all of them show up but one...

connection specifc DNS suffix. The key element to playing online games. So now, im stuck here with a shiney new Cop already installed. Just needeing to be registered and played.

DAM YOU, YOU COMPUTER MAKERS AND COMPLEX TECHNOLOGY!


oh, I'm on cable connection. Im using an ethernet router and have everything set to auto configure. Tried rebooting it to, but no avail. Both the router and the modem. Don't know if that helps any.

[AC9breaker]

I don't know how many care but this seems to be a Northeastern problem. Apperantly Thousands of people are unable to access POL due to the same problem I have. It just keeps loading at the menu screen and doesn't give the main menu so as to select the game.

It also seems that this is only affecting people who use the Cablevision service of "Optimum Online". There is also a running thread at Allakazam that seems to be increasing at 100posts per minute. From what I gathered at that thread it seems to be an issue of conflicting hardware between Optimum Online and Play Online. Something about the patch for the freindlists plus function. I can play Resident Evil Outbreak and PSO, but not FFXI. So in short, I got served. Wasted 20 bucks on a game a can't play rather then getting Monster Hunter. =/


Oh well, Guess I'm sure to not miss out on the presidental debate today. I hope everyone else watches them too.