Possible Login Server Bug

[Frosty311S]

so for about a month straight I have not been able to log into my account I have spent one day counting about 150 - 250 log in attemps and every single of them got the SSSE crash and I have no been able to log in for a month straight how I am still here and still wanting to play is a mystery to me I should have just gone to SoD because they never had a log in issue but I would like to try something a lot better then there

[Vast]

150-250? I've never come close to touching that and I've been dealing with this issue for over a year. 30-40 I've done, but that was top end and I've always eventually gotten in. You might consider the possibility that it isn't the same issue as the above posted.

[John Adams]

Y'all are way more patient than I am. If I can't get through after 3 tries, I'm off finding something else to do (read: I switch my server to minilogin tee hee hee).

[xulok]

What is minilogin? This bug is driving me bonkers.

Also, has anyone figured out how to filter out this particular packet with a firewall? I something alluding to it in the thread, but nothing definitive.

[patyrn2k1]

To answer xulok's question concerning minilogin, it's a standalone login server you would have on your local pc that allows access to a standalone eqemu server that you have on your network. When this bug pops up for me ( as it does all the time ) I just log into my own world and play around for a bit, as to your other question, I have no idea if one's firewall could filter this packet out, my quess is that it can't be done with the run of the mill FW, probly need some solid FW software to do this with.

[xulok]

Is it Sony code that is sending the packet or is it community code?

[a6equj5]

I just changed the eqlsUIConfig.ini file section below to Show=0 and it fixed the problem for me after trying to log in 20 times or so.

[PollWindow]
INIVersion=1
XPos640x480=0
XPos1280x1024=320
YPos640x480=0
YPos1280x1024=272
Show=0
BGTint.red=255
BGTint.green=255
BGTint.blue=255
BGType=1
Fades=true
Delay=2000
Duration=500
Alpha=255
FadeToAlpha=255
Locked=true

Hopefully I'm not posting where I shouldn't be. I'm new here, but it was a definitive fix for me related to the poll window.