Kicked to the login screen

[Sarge]

Since the early morning hours (GMT'ish), when I log in, I get kicked out to the login screen again, sometimes immediately and sometimes I manage to be in game for up to a minute.

My internet is working fine for everything else. I mention this since some of my mates mentioned that it might be my connection.

Any advice?

EDIT: I put this in bugs only because I have no idea where it fits best. Also, some more info: This occurs with the default client as well as Ken's.

[jorb]

I have asked loftar to look at it.

[Sarge]

Thank you much Jorb, I am at wit's end.

[MightySheep]

sounds exactly like what happens when someone is logging into your account

[AAlex]

I kept getting this after I updated java (never update java).

[loftar]

All I can see in the logs is that your connection is timing out, which means that the server isn't receiving any more traffic from your client. What is causing this I can't really tell, as it happens beyond anything the server does.

In all cases of bad networking: In case you're using wireless LAN, try a wired connection again. WLAN can be notoriously unreliable in all kinds of weird manners. Just because your Internet connection works well with eg. streaming services or whatever doesn't necessarily mean it works well for other usage patterns.

However, It could just be that the Internet route between you and the server has gone bad. I've seen that happen to some people every now and then, and then it goes back again when the affected backhaul provider discovers and fixes their problems. That can also explain why there doesn't appear to be anything wrong with your Internet connection -- that is, simply because there isn't, there's only something wrong with a particular route that is also beyond your and your ISP's equipment.

I kept getting this after I updated java (never update java).

You are most likely simply being deceived by randomness, in that case. It's easy to test, of course; just downgrade again.

[Avu]

Can you make it so his client has a bit more leeway with timeouts? He is from south africa so quite far from all civilized internet backbone.

Also how would one go about swtiching to an old java version?

[AAlex]

just downgrade again.

Yep, that is how I fixed it.

Also how would one go about swtiching to an old java version?

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/ ... 39210.html

[Sarge]

Thank you for taking the time Loftar. I'm not on wireless, just for what that is worth, but I do understand what you mean. If it is so, then I hope they find the problem in office hours tomorrow and fix it.

I will just keep trying.

[loftar]

Can you make it so his client has a bit more leeway with timeouts?

There's already a lot more leeway than should be necessary under all circumstances. The server waits more than half a minute before it drops a connection, and if it's been dead for that long, then it's surely just as dead even if the server waited longer. Half a minute is a very long time for these things.