Multiple PCs Running Zone Servers

[Aramid]

But it WORKS on my test servers... Did you load up the Web Templates in EQEMU and look at what ports it was loading the zones up in and then forward your router accordingly?
It takes some time for ALL of the zones to get fully loaded, so be patient for them all to appear. This is what I did and also found that I had to forward the UDP ports with the same ranges, why I don't know. I am using an RV082 LinkSys router and until I did, I still could not connect to a zone on the ZONE only server.
After I got it working, I shut it all down and restarted it and the port forwarding held true and I was able to access all of the zones I had loaded up.

I am beginning to think that you don't need to set ports in the 7000 range on the Zone only server because they are used by WORLD , not zone. It says it right there in the config file.
ie:<!-- Sets port range for world to use to auto configure zones -->

[trevius]

Ya, I think the setting in the config file is just the max port range you want set for dynamic zones to have access to.

So, does anyone know if the players connect directly to the secondary zone server PC, or do they go through the main server that is running the world to get there?

I did notice that zones were being loaded on other ports besides the 7000 range. I think most of them were in the 2000 range when actually loaded. So, in order to set this up properly, I need to forward the 2000 range ports that I see in the templates to my secondary server in my router config? Or are those 2000 ports something else that can be ignored?

Sorry if I am over-complicating this lol. I just don't want to have my server down for a couple hours again working on this tonight. Trying to verify as much as I can before I start messing with it again.

Does anyone know exactly how this works and how to get it setup? I don't want to have sloppy configs or open up extra ports that don't need to be opened.

[Aramid]

One more time...
Did you look at the ZONES in the EQEMU Web Templates to see what PORTS to Forward on your router?

[trevius]

Sorry Aramid, lol. Just trying to get as much info as I can before trying the changes again. I don't like having the server down for a long period of time while I mess with this stuff. I would like to get it right on the first try (well this time anyway).

I tried opening up the templates, but they all show some weird errors and don't display properly. Do I need to have something special configured or running to get them to work? I tried opening up port 9080 to see if that made a difference, but I don't see any. Do I have to access it from another machine for it to work or something? I have some Apache and PHP stuff setup on this PC, but that doesn't seem to make them work either. I have tried loading them in IE and Firefox, but both get the same issues. I didn't see any kind of config file to mess with.

It seems like the templates are calling to use perl, but perl isn't working for them. Any ideas?

Also, my router lets me forward TCP or UDP packets or both. I just set them all to both.

[trevius]

So, I have tried using http://localhost:9080 to get to my server and it prompts me to login. But, no matter what login I try to use, it isn't working. I have tried accounts on my server and accounts for my database, but none work.

[Aramid]

Originally Posted by trevius

So, I have tried using http://localhost:9080 to get to my server and it prompts me to login. But, no matter what login I try to use, it isn't working. I have tried accounts on my server and accounts for my database, but none work.

You need to use an account with a Staus of 200 or higher I believe. Just use one that is 250. Setup a password in the DB for this user.

Doing it now will let you SEE what I am talking about. You will be able to see what 7000(s) ports are being used now. Same will be when you install 2nd server. All Launchers will show up under Zones.

Remember, this is Zones from the menu on the left, not under the Launcher which will give you the port number it was launched from.. which I don't know why they don't remain the same, but they don't.

[AndMetal]

To rewind, what is the name of the launcher you use to load the dynamic zones? Is it also zone?