DDoS Updates

[Gabr0x]

For anyone stuck on "Authenticating" or getting disconnected after several attempts:

I managed to connect successfully by pointing both OctoWoW hostnames to 92.114.107.56 in my Windows HOSTS file.

Add these lines to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts (open Notepad as Administrator):

92.114.107.56 normal.octowow.st
92.114.107.56 play.octowow.st

Save the file, run ipconfig /flushdns in Command Prompt, then restart the WoW client.

Confirmed working for me today (October 8): successfully entered N'Zoth with 1,119 players online and 185 ms latency.

This is a temporary community workaround, not an official fix. Results may vary depending on routing and DDoS filtering. Back up your HOSTS file before editing it.

[Rocksmash]

For anyone stuck on "Authenticating" or getting disconnected after several attempts:

I managed to connect successfully by pointing both OctoWoW hostnames to 92.114.107.56 in my Windows HOSTS file.

Add these lines to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts (open Notepad as Administrator):

92.114.107.56 normal.octowow.st
92.114.107.56 play.octowow.st

Save the file, run ipconfig /flushdns in Command Prompt, then restart the WoW client.

Confirmed working for me today (October 8): successfully entered N'Zoth with 1,119 players online and 185 ms latency.

This is a temporary community workaround, not an official fix. Results may vary depending on routing and DDoS filtering. Back up your HOSTS file before editing it.

dude youre a fucking legend. I seriously cant state my gratitude bro. youre amazing <333333

[Defiant]

That is absolutely wild what those linux users have to go through just to play... This is actually complete insanity at this point, you basically need to know IT just to connect. I am also convinced most of the people with zero issues have been whitelisted and it's not public. I am absolutely being blocked from connecting and after wasting a lot of time trying different solutions nothing works. I am NA East Coast and have never experienced this level of lock out even with a VPN, this is just absolute insanity to continue on like this for me. I appreciate the afford and respect the hell out of the community, but this just isn't going to work out on the long run for anyone. The connection issues will deter new players and the release of Forever will seal the fate of all of this.

I mean, I've run Linux in the past. You don't expect to be catered to. There are many AAA games you simply can't play on Linux-- but you're angry at a private server that's currently under a massive sustained DDOS attack? First post, too. Interesting.

I'm NA West Coast. Have experienced no connection issues in the past week and a bit. I got disconnected once, and was able to reconnect immediately-- and hell that could have been something on my end. The server seems stable for the vast majority of players right now. I'm not experiencing feedback from any of my guildies about connection issues anymore.

I'm only saying all of this because I feel like the casual observer reading these forums would assume the game is inaccessible for most people, when at the moment it really does seem like these issues are isolated to some pretty outlier situations. From my perspective it appears that most people are able to connect fine. We had 2700 online on a Thursday, for example. We've clearly lost people due to Forever announcing as well, and some people did quit during the DDOS, so 2700 to me seems like a pretty solid number. Again-- I'm not dismissing the people who are continuing to have issues, I understand that there are still issues for some people, I'm just trying to add some balance to the doom and gloom etc etc.

[Defiant]

reeeeeeeeeeeeeee

The DDOSers appreciate your support.

I mean legitimately, that's all you're doing at this point. You're just pushing negativity, helping the goal of those attacking the server. You're angry at the server instead of the people attacking it. Doesn't feel very normal to me.

Most servers don't get this scale of DDOS attack. Not all DDOS are the same. But hey, why be informed when you can be angry and lash out!

[Casa09]

The server had a reset a couple of days ago and I haven't been able to log back in since. I'm on linux, tried lots of the fixes recommended but nothing really helps. not sure if my ip address has been blocked or what. have no idea what's going on with this. If possible please put me on whitelist or something to help. Seems lots of other people are logging on okay.

[Cindecato]

The server had a reset a couple of days ago and I haven't been able to log back in since. I'm on linux, tried lots of the fixes recommended but nothing really helps. not sure if my ip address has been blocked or what. have no idea what's going on with this. If possible please put me on whitelist or something to help. Seems lots of other people are logging on okay.

This solution should fix the issue. just follow the "Install" steps (which is essentially adding a OctoLogin.dll mod):
https://octowow.st/forum/viewtopic.php?p=16585#p16585

[Scheme]

is something going on? I cant log in to the game thanks

[Rohadaek]

Can't logon since this morning.
tried to ping the realmlist from https://check-host.net/, it shows zero results. I gues there is a bigger issue.
Be patient.

[Crowboy20]

I Also can not log in, I played last night till around 5am, and now I can't log in, apparently people at 8am couldn't log in, so something happened between 5am and 8am. It's now 3pm and can't get past authenticating... Anyone has managed to log?

Edit: Can't get past connecting on most tries...

[Goru]

also can't login. https://octowow-status.shunrai.workers.dev/ shows offline, may help you monitor