JonnyB,
Could the 10th hop be a firewall - i.e. no replies to ping?
I am not really network savvy so this may be wrong. The thing is I have had some plots like this in the past but have never experienced the problem of my machine locking up and my being booted out of the game. I guess one of my questions is : Will aceshigh completely lock up if the network connection becomes lost?
Any suggestions of how I could fix?
Thanks