# Cannot stay connected for more than a few minutes D/C **URL:** \ **Category:** General Issues\ **Created:** [May 8, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540 "2020-05-08T16:00:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chief\_More](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/chief_more/32/204133_2.png) [@Chief\_More](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Chief_More)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540/21 "2020-05-09T03:57:20Z")
The same thing happened with me. They told me they could not give an estimate on when this situation would be resolved, which wasn’t very comforting. I don’t know if this is more DDoS bs or some kind of effect from whatever update they were doing today. ---
**Author:** ![Zimmorales](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/zimmorales/32/188542_2.png) [@Zimmorales](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Zimmorales)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540/22 "2020-05-09T04:14:59Z")
My guess is because they were under attack from DDos they might have banned an area of IP’s or something and affected all of us in this cluster. I’ve been playing 2 hours with zero issues with my VPN, it’s not a long term solution but works interim. ---
**Author:** ![Griffith\_Caldron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/griffith_caldron/32/203076_2.png) [@Griffith\_Caldron](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Griffith_Caldron)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540/23 "2020-05-09T12:05:19Z")
Same problem, Ohio USA. ---
**Author:** ![Kryzin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kryzin/32/202063_2.png) [@Kryzin](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kryzin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540/24 "2020-05-09T12:10:33Z")
I am having the exact same issue!!. it was fine yesterday. but today the connection is being severed. I put up a ping log to google this time of DC. and confirmed i lost no packets to google. when i got DC’d… something wonky going on with the server/servers connection… ---
**Author:** ![Griffith\_Caldron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/griffith_caldron/32/203076_2.png) [@Griffith\_Caldron](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Griffith_Caldron)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540/25 "2020-05-09T12:20:24Z")
Where are you telling your VPN to exit from? ---
**Author:** ![Zimmorales](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/zimmorales/32/188542_2.png) [@Zimmorales](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Zimmorales)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540/26 "2020-05-09T12:30:27Z")
Ohio here too ---
**Author:** ![Luncinia\_Padecain](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/luncinia_padecain/32/255497_2.png) [@Luncinia\_Padecain](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Luncinia_Padecain)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540/27 "2020-05-09T12:49:53Z")
Southeast Michigan here. Same problem, I can connect for maybe 2 minutes before being disconnected. Sometimes not even that long. I’m not using a VPN. ![Capture-error](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/9/4960284875b3c071d342c316beb0e3eee9c44cda.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Griffith\_Caldron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/griffith_caldron/32/203076_2.png) [@Griffith\_Caldron](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Griffith_Caldron)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540/28 "2020-05-09T12:51:32Z")
Are you on WOW too, Homelander? ---
**Author:** ![Homeland3r](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/homeland3r/32/278457_2.png) [@Homeland3r](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Homeland3r)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540/29 "2020-05-09T13:07:51Z")
of course ---
**Author:** ![Griffith\_Caldron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/griffith_caldron/32/203076_2.png) [@Griffith\_Caldron](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Griffith_Caldron)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540/30 "2020-05-09T13:38:23Z")
Well, it seems that most of the people who can’t connect in this thread from the USA are on WideOpenWest network. Hrm. ---
**Author:** ![Luncinia\_Padecain](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/luncinia_padecain/32/255497_2.png) [@Luncinia\_Padecain](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Luncinia_Padecain)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540/31 "2020-05-09T14:14:10Z")
> [@Griffith\_Caldron](#): > > Well, it seems that most of the people who can’t connect in this thread from the USA are on WideOpenWest network. Hrm. It sounds like our ISP got blacklisted when they made their upgrade ---
**Author:** ![Zimmorales](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/zimmorales/32/188542_2.png) [@Zimmorales](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Zimmorales)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540/32 "2020-05-09T14:33:42Z")
Yes - WOW isp as well in Ohio. Sounds like we all got blacklisted… ---
**Author:** ![Joviis\_Vokan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/joviis_vokan/32/204344_2.png) [@Joviis\_Vokan](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Joviis_Vokan)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540/33 "2020-05-09T15:41:18Z")
Same issue from NW Florida. Started after extended downtime. Ticket in since yesterday. Ask to run diagnostics and attach results. No response in 14 hours since… ---
**Author:** ![billy\_kideer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/billy_kideer/32/204357_2.png) [@billy\_kideer](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/billy_kideer)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540/34 "2020-05-09T17:01:07Z")
Same issue wow ISP her in Michigan ---
**Author:** ![State\_Soldier\_1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/state_soldier_1/32/336854_2.png) [@State\_Soldier\_1](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/State_Soldier_1)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540/35 "2020-05-09T17:22:33Z")
I looked up free VPN. Confirming you can login just fine with one. Mine expires in 6 days though. ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_More](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/chief_more/32/204133_2.png) [@Chief\_More](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Chief_More)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540/36 "2020-05-09T17:32:53Z")
Also WOW Ohio lol ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_More](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/chief_more/32/204133_2.png) [@Chief\_More](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Chief_More)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540/37 "2020-05-09T17:37:48Z")
They asked me to run another trace this morning. I mentioned the fact that it happened to a bunch of us in similar areas of the US, some using same ISP. At least we know that VPN fixes it. Maybe I’ll go the same route as State Soldier 1 with the free VPN. I could just buy a VPN, but why should we have to pay more to play a game we already pay to play. ---
**Author:** ![Griffith\_Caldron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/griffith_caldron/32/203076_2.png) [@Griffith\_Caldron](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Griffith_Caldron)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540/38 "2020-05-09T18:37:31Z")
> [@Sumlayen\_Chanlin](#): > > Eastern US TZ too Are you in Ohio as well? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Delilah\_Widow\_Belland](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/delilah_widow_belland/32/196215_2.png) [@Delilah\_Widow\_Belland](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Delilah_Widow_Belland)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540/39 "2020-05-09T19:59:03Z")
Same here, WoW Michigan. Game is unplayable and lost a ship as well. So much for enjoying the celebration events… ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_More](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/chief_more/32/204133_2.png) [@Chief\_More](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Chief_More)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540/40 "2020-05-09T20:11:20Z")
I let them know about the regional issue. If its not fixed by tonight or tomorrow morning, I might go the free VPN route that was mentioned earlier. If I hear anything new I will keep you guys posted - please do the same. [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cannot-stay-connected-for-more-than-a-few-minutes-d-c/239540.md?page=3)