I've been off of minecraft for a long time, I decided to jump back onto it and downloaded it to my new computer.
The game runs fine it launches and everything but for over a month I've been getting the error "Authentication servers are down for maintenance" except that according to the portal said server hasn't been down since the last update to all the servers.
From the dismally low numbers on the servers that used to have 1k+ people on them at all times, I'm guessing I'm not the only one getting this.
Here's the odd part. I can't connect to realms either, and it gives me an all but unreadable error code involving something called sun, which I found out is java related.
I'm using the latest java (I updated it finding that out) and still can't connect to multiplayer servers, or to realms.
I'm on windows 10 (the new creator's update) with a completely unmodded version of minecraft. The closest thing to a mod I have is a single texture pack.
Here's my launcher log
05:13:57
launcher
Preparing to launch minecraft client for 1.11.2
05:13:59
launcher
Checking installations.
05:13:59
launcher
Minecraft client 1.11.2 is ready to start.
05:13:59
launcher
Starting!
05:13:59
launcher
Using default game log configuration client-1.7.xml (outputs XML)
okay so three computers later, I moved to my aunt's house for the day. her router is an entirely different service and device. And I could connect without any issue.
I'm going to assume this means I have to make adjustments on my home router but I'm hoping this may help others having this same problem.
It may not be your computer, and it may not be your account, it may be an issue with your router.
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After discovering the issue was with my router, not with my program. I was able to not only troubleshoot but solve the problem.
So for those who are continuing to get the error message 'authentication servers are down for maintence' but the portal says the servers are all up and running without issue, I suggest checking your routers NAT settings.
As it turned out, the NAT settings on my new router, after I had switched server to a vastly improved internet service, were on 'strict' setting, which was preventing every computer on my network from connecting to ANY authentication servers.
Unfortunately, Minecraft has NO error message to communicate this (unlike consoles which will tell you the NAT settings aren't open enough for multiplayer)
Once I accessed my router's settings and changed the NAT from strict to open, I immediately was able to connect to all multiplayer servers, as well as realms.
I believe this solution should be added to the possible solutions, as there are hundreds of people on the 'is it down' website who are decrying the same error, with no solutions in sight.
I'm having this exact same problem. I have 2 computers, one a mac, and (the one im using now) my windows PC. The problem is, is that my PC can't connect to any minecraft server (not even my own that is hosted on my mac) However, the mac can connect to any server easily. So I dont think this is a network problem.
I have tried to fix this authorization error by: Logging in and out of minecraft. Completely deleting the app and reinstalling it. Checking the minecraft.net to see if the authorization servers are actually down for maintenance (they weren't). I have also waited to see if this would stop over time.
none of these worked for me. However, do try these, it has worked for some people.
So from my endless hours of searches, I would say that my PC is blocking the connection to the authorization servers somehow. I'm not brave enough to turn off my firewall. I don't know what to do at this point. Anybody got any suggestions?
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I've been off of minecraft for a long time, I decided to jump back onto it and downloaded it to my new computer.
The game runs fine it launches and everything but for over a month I've been getting the error "Authentication servers are down for maintenance" except that according to the portal said server hasn't been down since the last update to all the servers.
From the dismally low numbers on the servers that used to have 1k+ people on them at all times, I'm guessing I'm not the only one getting this.
Here's the odd part. I can't connect to realms either, and it gives me an all but unreadable error code involving something called sun, which I found out is java related.
I'm using the latest java (I updated it finding that out) and still can't connect to multiplayer servers, or to realms.
I'm on windows 10 (the new creator's update) with a completely unmodded version of minecraft. The closest thing to a mod I have is a single texture pack.
Here's my launcher log
05:13:57
launcher
Preparing to launch minecraft client for 1.11.2
05:13:59
launcher
Checking installations.
05:13:59
launcher
Minecraft client 1.11.2 is ready to start.
05:13:59
launcher
Starting!
05:13:59
launcher
Using default game log configuration client-1.7.xml (outputs XML)
05:14:06
bes
Setting user: blackfridayrule1
05:14:08
beu
Skipping bad option: lastServer:
05:14:08
bes
LWJGL Version: 2.9.4
05:14:09
cae
Reloading ResourceManager: Default, ChromaHills-128x-1.11-v1.zip
05:14:25
ccq
Starting up SoundSystem...
05:14:25
ccq
Initializing LWJGL OpenAL
05:14:25
ccq
(The LWJGL binding of OpenAL. For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org)
05:14:25
ccq
OpenAL initialized.
05:14:25
ccq
Sound engine started
05:14:28
byy
Texture minecraft:textures/blocks/cake_bottom.png with size 120x120 limits mip level from 4 to 3
05:14:29
byy
textures: dropping miplevel from 4 to 3, because of minimum power of two: 8
05:14:30
byy
Created: 8192x4096 textures-atlas
05:16:34
bgv
Connecting to join.havocmc.net, 25565
05:16:55
com.mojang.realmsclient.RealmsMainScreen
Realms library version == 1.10.16
05:16:55
com.mojang.realmsclient.RealmsMainScreen
Couldn't connect to realms:
okay so three computers later, I moved to my aunt's house for the day. her router is an entirely different service and device. And I could connect without any issue.
I'm going to assume this means I have to make adjustments on my home router but I'm hoping this may help others having this same problem.
It may not be your computer, and it may not be your account, it may be an issue with your router.
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After discovering the issue was with my router, not with my program. I was able to not only troubleshoot but solve the problem.
So for those who are continuing to get the error message 'authentication servers are down for maintence' but the portal says the servers are all up and running without issue, I suggest checking your routers NAT settings.
As it turned out, the NAT settings on my new router, after I had switched server to a vastly improved internet service, were on 'strict' setting, which was preventing every computer on my network from connecting to ANY authentication servers.
Unfortunately, Minecraft has NO error message to communicate this (unlike consoles which will tell you the NAT settings aren't open enough for multiplayer)
Once I accessed my router's settings and changed the NAT from strict to open, I immediately was able to connect to all multiplayer servers, as well as realms.
I believe this solution should be added to the possible solutions, as there are hundreds of people on the 'is it down' website who are decrying the same error, with no solutions in sight.
I'm having this exact same problem. I have 2 computers, one a mac, and (the one im using now) my windows PC. The problem is, is that my PC can't connect to any minecraft server (not even my own that is hosted on my mac) However, the mac can connect to any server easily. So I dont think this is a network problem.
I have tried to fix this authorization error by: Logging in and out of minecraft. Completely deleting the app and reinstalling it. Checking the minecraft.net to see if the authorization servers are actually down for maintenance (they weren't). I have also waited to see if this would stop over time.
none of these worked for me. However, do try these, it has worked for some people.
So from my endless hours of searches, I would say that my PC is blocking the connection to the authorization servers somehow. I'm not brave enough to turn off my firewall. I don't know what to do at this point. Anybody got any suggestions?