Excessive disconnects rendering the game unplayable

[Mímir]

I am experiencing really odd disconnects, and have been for the past year or so.

I connect and everything is fine for about 10 seconds, then I get the red lag indicator and get kicked.

This happens almost every time I use Freelancer Account Manager to change accounts, and usually I can get in game after 5-10 disconnects and everything is fine with no lag or disconnects. Could it have to do with the account ID sent to the server?

I get kicked like this even if I haven't selected a character but just idle at the "select character" screen, it happens if I stay docked too. Sometimes I restart my PC and my router, and sometimes I can login afterwards - sometimes I can't.

Since yesterday I have not been able to log in at all without getting disconnected; no matter how many times I try and no matter what account I switch to.

My internet is super slow, but I live close to the server and usually have 0 lag/loss/fluct and about 50 ms ping. I am a network noob, but I did add an exception for the Disco application (didn't mess around with ports manually) in my firewall (Comodo). I use Freelancer.exe to start up the game, and I have the swag pack installed. There are no entries in DSAce when I get disconnected. I have also reinstalled many, many times.

Any clues to how I can fix this? At the moment I cannot login or play at all due to this.

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