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Clients unable to connect

Ok Im starting this thread because I have tried everything I could find in here to get my server to allow for connections. I have forwarded all the ports and then some, even setup DMZ and that didnt work either. So I tried the router fix option (no-ip) and that didnt work either. My cable modem doesn't have a firewall option so I dont think its acting as a router (I tried to turn my router from gateway to router and everything stopped working)

Im at a complete loss so here's my config as it stands now. Ive *** out the things that I thought weren't important and personal to my server.

<?xml version="1.0">
<server>
<world>
<shortname>eqorig</shortname>
<longname>

My problem isn't related to this, but I didn't want to start another thread. I also am not getting connections to my server, but I think it is the ports. I checked and port 9000 is open, but then the 7000+ are closed for some reason. I looked and they should be open.

Does anyone know why the zone ports are closed and yet 9000 is open?

Where are you getting the info that some are closed and some are open lol? Look in your router config and you can set them however you want them. Make sure you are using Port RANGE Forwarding and not just Port Forwarding as they are not the same thing.

Please explain how you are telling what ports are working and which ones aren't. Also, maybe reading the FAQ in my sig can be of some assistance to you.

Ok I set my virtual servers to be 9000 UDP and TCP, then 7000-7025 both. Then when I run my server, I go to http://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/ and check to see if they are open. It says that 9000 is open then anything 7000+ is closed. I think it is a port problem, because when I set up my first server I had the same problem with people not connecting before I set up my ports correctly. And also my router automatically does ranges. Like it will be two boxes so for 9000 you do 9000-9000 and then 7000-7025.

This is my config

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

 <server>

   <world>

         <shortname>Pelican</shortname>

         <longname>Pelican's Solo Server (3x exp/AA, Tradeskill merchants)</longname>

 

         <!-- address has to be specified for minilogin to work -->

         <address>pelican.no-ip.biz</address>

         <localaddress>192.168.2.5</localaddress>

         

         <!-- Loginserver information. -->

         <loginserver>

           <host>eqemulator.net</host>

           <port>5998</port>

           <account></account>

           <password></password>

         </loginserver>

         

         <!-- Sets the shared key used by zone/launcher to connect to world -->

         <key>make up some random string of characters here</key>

         

         <!-- Enable and set the port for the HTTP service -->

         <http port="9080" enable="true" mimefile="mime.types"/>

   </world>

 

   <!-- Database configuration, replaces db.ini -->

   <database>

         <host>localhost</host>

         <port>3306</port>

         <username>root</username>

         <password>****</password>

         <db>newserver</db>

   </database>

</server>

Looking at

Code:

<!-- Enable and set the port for the HTTP service -->

         <http port="9080" enable="true" mimefile="mime.types"/>

   </world>

would that mean I need to open port 9080 as well, even though I never did on Pelican's Paradise?

You only need to open 9080 if you want to use the web page tools. It is handy, but not required. You have it enabled in your config, so you might as well open the port for it. You can then get logged into it by setting a password for your GM account in the accounts table password field. Then, go to:

Code:

http://localhost:9080

And log in with your GM account name and the password you set in the accounts table. It is definitely worth checking out.

As for your server config, I see you configured this section:

Code:

         <!-- address has to be specified for minilogin to work -->

         <address>pelican.no-ip.biz</address>

         <localaddress>192.168.2.5</localaddress>

If you are setting up a public server, you almost always want to leave that section commented out like this:

Code:

         <!-- address has to be specified for minilogin to work -->

         <!-- <address>pelican.no-ip.biz</address> -->

         <!-- <localaddress>192.168.2.5</localaddress> -->

Otherwise, you will have weird connection issues like you are reporting.

Trevius, you're a genius. Thanks