It stumped me, too. I have posted about it in several places and have come up empty. Even switching hosts hasn't helped the matter as players are still reporting random loss of connection. I initially thought it was entirely fixed because it no longer happened to me but it's still happening to others. On one occasion it appeared we lost network connectivity to our machine entirely as every player dropped at once. Even viewing the bandwidth graphs with my host it looked like everything died at once but there was still a small bit of traffic. I later found out that traffic was all TS3 related, so we never did lose connectivity, our servers just got killed off instantly somehow.
On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 9:50 AM, pilger <[email protected]> wrote: > Pilger, It might be the network. I've looked over the network carriers and >> the only non-Brazilian carrier is Cogent, which is known for terrible >> connections. If VALVe doesn't have any Steam servers in Steam, that may >> happen because Cogent is crap. So basically, my theory is, lost connection >> to steam for a bit = forget about other network connections and start >> dropping steam users to protect it from spoofing. Of course this all can be >> a coincidence and we will find out from Essay's setup whether it is >> providing he gives us the location of the servers and a test IP. >> > > Okey. The auth ticket might be caused by a loss of connection between the > server and the Steam server, but it does not explain the massive lag to > everybody. I'm 100% sure that the network was working just fine during the > episodes. I was monitoring it using a program called Ping Plotter. In > addition, no other client of the same host complained about problems during > that time. > > It's the freeze and massive lag episodes that intrigue me. No idea where > it's coming from. > > > On 25 January 2013 11:03, Essay Tew Phaun <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Nope! >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 6:35 AM, Lambda <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Let me guess, you got replays enabled with FTP offload ... >>> >>> >>> 2013/1/25 List User <[email protected]> >>> >>>> Alright, that's in NY, USA, and while it uses Cogent as well, it has >>>> plenty of other carriers, so you can strike that off that list. I just need >>>> to figure out why this doesn't happen to me in TX, USA... >>>> >>>> I know for a fact Steam has servers around the NY region. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 1/24/2013 11:35 PM, Essay Tew Phaun wrote: >>>> >>>> Test IP: 69.147.224.122 >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 11:24 PM, List User >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Essay, Are you located in the US or elsewhere? Test IP? >>>>> >>>>> Pilger, It might be the network. I've looked over the network carriers >>>>> and the only non-Brazilian carrier is Cogent, which is known for terrible >>>>> connections. If VALVe doesn't have any Steam servers in Steam, that may >>>>> happen because Cogent is crap. So basically, my theory is, lost connection >>>>> to steam for a bit = forget about other network connections and start >>>>> dropping steam users to protect it from spoofing. Of course this all can >>>>> be >>>>> a coincidence and we will find out from Essay's setup whether it is >>>>> providing he gives us the location of the servers and a test IP. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 1/24/2013 11:20 PM, Essay Tew Phaun wrote: >>>>> >>>>> We had the issue on one host and switched providers entirely. Now >>>>> we're starting to have reports of the exact same thing as before. >>>>> Different >>>>> network entirely, brand new install and doesn't matter whether we're >>>>> running MM:SM or not. >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:20 PM, List User >>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I checked a couple of TF2 servers we host for people and I don't see >>>>>> that, and these are pretty full servers. >>>>>> It may be the network, can you provide an IP so I can lookup the >>>>>> network? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 1/24/2013 10:16 PM, Essay Tew Phaun wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Yep. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 10:12 PM, List User <[email protected] >>>>>> > wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> What game are you seeing this on, TF2? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 1/24/2013 10:08 PM, Essay Tew Phaun wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This is very, very, VERY interesting to me. We have been battling >>>>>>> small lag spikes on our server and clients timing out in bunches. Just >>>>>>> yesterday everyone on our server timed out all at once. I submitted a >>>>>>> ticket to support who said there was absolutely nothing wrong with the >>>>>>> network. Nothing on the system points to a specific problem. We have >>>>>>> also >>>>>>> had players reporting the connection loss error randomly appearing in >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> upper right. I'm not sure if this would help matters or not but could >>>>>>> you >>>>>>> provide your provider and system specs/OS? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 9:28 PM, pilger <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hey guys, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I know his has been discussed before on the thread >>>>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg47828.html, >>>>>>>> but my server has been plaged with massive lag spikes once every hour >>>>>>>> or >>>>>>>> so. Sometimes the lag is just a prolonged "freeze" and sometimes the >>>>>>>> server >>>>>>>> remains inacessible for 30 seconds. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I've monitored the server's network during the events and it shows >>>>>>>> no problem whatsoever. I've also tried disabling metamod and sourcemod >>>>>>>> altogether but the problem sill occours. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> My host administrator told me that he hasn't noticed anything >>>>>>>> unusual with memory or CPU usage during the events either. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The only thing associated with the problem is the solid occourence >>>>>>>> of a log entry about auth tickets everytime the server freezes or >>>>>>>> everybody >>>>>>>> see the red timeout timer on the upper right corner. The auth problem >>>>>>>> looks >>>>>>>> as following: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> *L 01/24/2013 - 20:16:15: STEAMAUTH: Client HunterBR received >>>>>>>>> failure code 6 >>>>>>>>> L 01/24/2013 - 20:16:15: >>>>>>>>> "HunterBR<88><STEAM_0:0:*************><Red>" disconnected (reason >>>>>>>>> "Client >>>>>>>>> left game (Steam auth ticket has been canceled)") >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> L 01/24/2013 - 17:46:15: STEAMAUTH: Client Dessa 50.cal received >>>>>>>>> failure code 6 >>>>>>>>> L 01/24/2013 - 17:46:15: "Dessa >>>>>>>>> 50.cal<442><STEAM_0:1:*************><Blue>" disconnected (reason >>>>>>>>> "Client >>>>>>>>> left game (Steam auth ticket has been canceled)") >>>>>>>>> L 01/24/2013 - 17:46:15: STEAMAUTH: Client Firagonaut received >>>>>>>>> failure code 6 >>>>>>>>> L 01/24/2013 - 17:46:15: >>>>>>>>> "Firagonaut<438><STEAM_0:1:*************><Red>" disconnected (reason >>>>>>>>> "Client left game (Steam auth ticket has been canceled)") >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> L 01/24/2013 - 23:23:33: STEAMAUTH: Client polar received failure >>>>>>>>> code 6 >>>>>>>>> L 01/24/2013 - 23:23:33: >>>>>>>>> "polar<244><STEAM_0:0:*************><Red>" disconnected (reason >>>>>>>>> "Client >>>>>>>>> left game (Steam auth ticket has been canceled)")* >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Since it has nothing to do with network or plugins, I can't help >>>>>>>> but wonder the same thing people were wondering on >>>>>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg47828.html. >>>>>>>> What could be causing this? Can an auth ticket issue cause massive lag >>>>>>>> on a >>>>>>>> server? If not, what could be causing the lag and the auth ticket >>>>>>>> problem? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Any help on this would be muchly appreciated since it has been >>>>>>>> drawing players out of the server since the beggining of the year >>>>>>>> already. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thanks in advance. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _pilger >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>>>>>> archives, please visit: >>>>>>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>>>>> please >>>>>>> visit:https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>>>>> archives, please visit: >>>>>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>>>> please visit:https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>>>> archives, please visit: >>>>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>>> please visit:https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>>> please visit: >>>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> please visit:https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> please visit: >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >
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