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culby117
6 years ago

Error message: Unable to retrieve patch data. please check network connection208

SW TOR:  Trying to login for several months with no success (a few months ago i just gave up due to the error, but now friends want to play the new expansion, so i have renewed interest).  I get an...
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proxos666
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6 years ago

@culby117 

208 is a communication issue talking to either manifest.swtor.com or cdn-patch.swtor.com 

usual causes are antivirus and/or firewall or a net routing issue but it would be highly unlikely to still be occurring after several months

some common issues known are 

ESET - disable "protocol filtering"
Kaperskey - disable "scan secure/encrypted connections"
Norton (Firewall) - set exceptions to "Allow" not "Auto"

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