wow connectivity question

[sophiaserpentia]

We've been having problems in the house staying connected to WoW.

Just now, i was booted off, and Norton Firewall told me my computer was under attack, with a pattern that fit the "NMAP XMAS SCAN." I have the IP address of the computer that was trying to do this. But now, i can't get back onto Scarlet Crusade, though i seem to have no trouble getting onto Shadowsong. It doesn't give me an error or a place in queue, it just goes back to the server selection screen without comment.

Has anyone who plays WoW had any problems with the Firewall mistaking WoW for a Trojan Horse?

Comments

[azaz-al.livejournal.com]

Also, sometimes one of the servers is brought down for a time. I hadn't read this when I talked to you this morning, but if it brought you to that screen when you logged on it is likely they had to bring Scarlet Crusade down. The "NMAP XMAS SCAN" doesn't sound like anything associated with WoW. I did see a message up last night that indicated certain realms wer whaving difficulties and they were working to fix it.
The other connectivity problem hopefully was solved by you finding that loose cable.

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

My impression was that the message from Blizzard refered to general problems, i.e., the long wait time that people have had during certain parts of the day.

[azaz-al.livejournal.com]

No, that's not what they mean. The screen you describe comes up when the server you were using last time you were logged on has been taken down for maintenance.

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

A reverse DNS reveals the owner of the IP as Blizzard Entertainment. So, yeah, it was a WoW server after all.

I've been getting booted off during peak hours. But i think that is just crashing for lack of memory... to be fixed very soon. :-D

[azaz-al.livejournal.com]

Yay RAM!