Help with external connections to server
 

Hi I have my own server up and running, took alot of wikki reading and forum serachs to accomplish but I finaly did it, however I am the only one that can connect to my server. I am behind a router, and have followed the router fix wikki but still no computer out side of my router can connect, although all 3 of my computers behind the router can, could anyone help pls?

You need to make sure that you are forwarding the correct ports to your server machine from the router.

Forward port 9000 for world.
And then you will need to forward the correct ports for your zones as well. They should be specified in your configuration .xml file.

For simplicity of life, could you tell me how to do that exactly? not sure what you mean to forward ports on my router.

For instructions specific to your router you would have to look it up in the manual or Documentation that you got with your router. Usually though you would type in 192.168.1.1 in your web browser, from here it will prompt you for a username and password to log into the router (consult manual for default username and password) Then you want to look for setting to allow you to forward ports to sepcific network IP's. For my router it is under Advanced->Forwarding.

I hope this helps some.

A very easy fix is to get Hamachi. This program allows you to be on a VPN with almost no configuration. Just isntall, reboot, and join a network. Have your friends do the same and join your network. The best part is that it works with minilogin so no need to do any ip forwarding.

I set my router to redirect all traffic from port 9000 to my pc but no one out side of the router can login. is there some sort of setting I need to fix/update with the eqemu itself?

tryed the hamachi, pvn server as well still nothing out side of my router, what should I post so you know what I have set up and what I should change.

Did the others outside your router set up Hamachi too?

yes and they still cant connect, the only thing left I can think of is that the configuration files in eqemu is not set up properly, what files should I post to see if I have it set up right? My router is configured to redirect all traffic on port 9000 to my pc, and the hamachi Pvn installed corecctly and my friends logged on to mine correctly, but they still could not connect at this point I'm at a lose. guess I can /shrug.

You should enable DMZ on your router and set the ip to the computer running the server. I did this on mine because my friends couldnt connect, after i did, works perfect.

okay your router should be forwarding all tcp/udp traffic on ports 5999, 9000, and the ports required for each zone your booting up. me I use 7000 - 7100. They should all point to your eqemu server box.

also make note that you have made any required "HOSTS" file changes required.

Give that a shot see what happens.

How do we know what ports are required for each zone we are booting up?

I have tried everything on this thread and I still can't get anyone outside my router to connect. They were getting a 1017 error, but now when they pick my server and try to enter the game, the screen goes black for about a minute and then they get put back to the login screen.

This is easy, you know the zone ports, because you have choose them :
http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka...guration#zones
in you xml configuration file.

Not sure of your setup, but try replacing all instances of 127.0.0.1 in your eqemu_config.xml to your real IP address.

Its up and running now thanks, is there any script or anything that will get npc's to argo?