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Edited by saeglopur12: 3/17/2015 12:44:43 PM
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Weasel Error Kills Internet.

So I thought I was crazy until a few days ago, when one of my raiding team confirmed that he experiences exactly the same thing. How widespread is this problem? What the -blam!- is even going on? The implications, from my layman's perspective, are equal parts perplexing and unsettling. Here's what's been going on for me since about the time 1.1.1 was released: Pretty much once a day, every day, I get kicked off of the Destiny servers, and am given the so-called 'weasel error'. No big deal, everyone and their mother has gotten this at least once. But what happens immediately afterwards is much more unnerving: 1. The wireless internet connection to my XBOne is completely cut off. I'm disconnected from my home wifi network completely, despite the fact that my wifi signal continues to function perfectly on all other devices. 2. I attempt to reconnect to my wifi signal on my XBOne manually (my wifi network still appears in the list at this point, although the console no longer automatically connects to it, as it normally would). I am prompted to enter the password for my wifi network. 3. I enter the password for my wifi network. Password is rejected. 4. I re-enter the password for my wifi network, being extra careful to use the proper case and punctuation. Password is rejected. 5. Repeat step 4 again several times. Give up. 6. Perform a hard reset my XBOne (hold down power button for several seconds until the console powers off completely, then power up the system again after waiting several seconds). 7. XBOne loads up, automatically connects to my wifi network, everything is exactly the way it should be. 8. Skip to the next day. Repeat the previous 7 steps, ad infinitum. Until I happened to mention this issue during a recent raid, I was pretty sure it was either something wrong with my XBox itself, or it was something having to do with XBox's most recent update, or a number of other things. Honestly, I was guessing. But to hear that some other guy is having the exact same issue, makes me think that others are experiencing the same thing. Seriously, what the actual -blam!-. Somebody smack me with some knowledge, please. UPDATE: Wow there are a lot of you. Wasn't expecting it to be this widespread. Still seems like there's some debate over whether it's an XBox problem, or a Destiny problem (as in, did the Weasel error/Destiny cause the internet to stop working on the XB1, or did the internet stop working on the XB1, causing the Weasel error?)... to which I would say, why haven't I experienced this with any other XB1 online multiplayer games? Why do I get this exact string of issues (loss of XB1 internet connection, followed by it refusing to accept the CORRECT wifi password) consistently, and ONLY when I'm playing Destiny? I mean, it's possible it's the XB1, but it seems like an awful lot of coincidence. Anyway, it sucks regardless. One thing that seems to work for people is foregoing wifi entirely, and 'hard-wiring' the XB1 with an Ethernet cable. If you've found another solution, please let us know! Just For Fun: Here's a list of errors people have reported! Baboon, Weasel, Elk, Centipede, Beaver, Cattle, Coconut, Oyster, Wasp, Beetle, Hare, Canary, Banjo, Chimpanzee, Cockatiel, Hawk, Marionberry, Vulture, Quail, Bass, Sheep, Nightingale, Drum, Caterpillar, Flatworm, Leopard... and it just goes on from there....

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  • Edited by V: 7/30/2015 5:53:50 AM
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    Many people, including myself, say that it is usually not destiny itself. Where in fact, it is the issue of other players DDoS'ing you. Weasel error code, as far as I can remember, meant that your connection to the servers and/or XBL was interrupted. Well, in Iron Banner you usually end up with around 5 weasel codes from 4 hours of play. Iron Banner being a highly competitive game mode, clearly people would turn to cheating. To support all of these views that I've heard and read, and my own, there have been numerous websites found to include a free program to allow these players to DDoS. There have been many reports in the forums of being DDoS'ed in Trials, when they viewed the enemy team, it was a clan inwhich had a link to a website like the ones I descriped. It seems to die down once the Iron Banner is done and then goes wild again when it reappears. While playing Iron Banner today, my friend got hit with Weasel a few times. I just did three matches and on the third got Weasel'd. So, if you get Weasel'd in Trials or Iron Banner, you should know that 90%+ of the time, you pissed someone off with your skill. Good luck to you all and happy hive hunting!

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