My client (v. 2.3) goes through unending connect/disconnect cycles when trying to connect to Persei.  It has been unusable for about 10 days.  I have been able to connect to and use Heze as well as several other servers in Chicago and Manassas.  But since I live in California and I have 2 machines using the same account, need to use both of the servers in Freemont.