R/D Help please

[:1]Nevermind, found someone to help.

Edit2: Apparently some of you already joined. Did anyone get the stuff?|||i got some of your stuff, there was so much 3-4 of us had to help. you can find me at *wulqt|||Thank you so much! I was trying to organize my mules when all this happened, which meant I had quite a bit of stuff on the ground. I'll message you when it lets me on again.

Does anyone know how long realm down lasts?|||usually about 15 minutes for me, i've heard it lengthens itself if you continuously try to log on though.|||Well, I just tried logging in again since it's been about 15 minutes, and it still won't allow it. Looks like I probably won't be on west for a while.|||You probably want to wait for at least an hour before attempting to rejoin - and yes, the penalty will lengthen if you keep trying.|||Realm down is fixed! Took an hour, but I'm finally back on. Thanks for the help!|||So for s n gs I did a ipconfig release renew and dns flush and it actually got me back on.

Can anyone confirm that this is a work around?|||I have the majority of the items, just let me know what game you're in and I'll drop em all for you.|||Quote:








So for s n gs I did a ipconfig release renew and dns flush and it actually got me back on.

Can anyone confirm that this is a work around?




This only works if you're directly connected to your ISP and you have a dynamic, external IP. Typically this means that if you're in a college dorm hooked up directly to the wall or on public wifi or some variation, this should work. If you're connected to your cable/DSL provider directly through the modem through a dynamic IP, that may work as well.

The tricky but very common scenario is when you're connected to your ISP through a router-cable/DSL modem setup. In that case, ipconfig release/renew and dns flush will only change your local IP that your router assigns to you while your external IP remains the same. For this case, you'll need to log on to your router and manually do a release/renew/flush with the ISP.



In a nutshell, what Blizz is doing is temp banning your IP - and specifically, the IP that's external to you (what the world sees). In a typical router-modem setup, what happens is that your ISP assigns your modem/router an IP (the external IP), and your modem/router in turn assigns your computer an internal IP.

Thus the whole point of the ipconfig release/renew thing is simply to change your external IP so that the ban no longer applies to you.

(and yes, I realize that what I'm saying here is not 100% technically correct, but it's correct for the most common use cases... if you have a more advanced setup, then you don't really need this info to begin with)