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**trevius** · #1 06-21-2008, 04:39 AM

Try leaving your IP as localhost as shown below. That should work fine in pretty much all cases.

Code:

<tcp ip="localhost" port="9000" telnet="disable"/>

Make sure you don't have any windows firewalls running too. And if all else fails, try setting your router to run your server as a DMZ to verify if it is your port settings on your router or not. Setting it to DMZ will open all ports, so you don't want to leave it that way permanently, but it will help narrow down the source of the issue. Also, make sure you are setting Port RANGE forwarding and not Port Forwarding or Port Triggering. The other 2 are not the same as Port Range Forwarding and they won't work. You only need to have port 9000 and ports 7000 to 7100 forwarded for it to work.

Give those a try and see if it works. I bet it will.

faldor · #2 06-21-2008, 05:58 AM

Thank you for your input once again, i have made the changes you have said to do and will await the result of my friends or others to try and connect

I shall post what happens when i get the information.

Many thnaks once again, its great being part of such a helpful and understanding community

Faldor

Cripp · #3 06-21-2008, 10:35 AM

you need to uncomment these lines..

Code:

<!-- Only specify these two if you really think you need to. -->
<!--<address>EQGamers.dyn-o-saur.com</address>-->
<!--<localaddress>192.168.2.6</localaddress>-->

make them

Code:

<!-- Only specify these two if you really think you need to. -->
<address>EQGamers.dyn-o-saur.com</address>
<localaddress>192.168.2.6</localaddress>

everyone always misses that.. need to make them uncommented by default :(

**trevius** · #4 06-21-2008, 12:51 PM

Actually, most people that uncomment those settings wind up having issues until they comment them back out again. Probably 99% of the time, they need to stay commented out. Only in rare cases and setups would you need to uncomment them. And, if you were going to uncomment them, you must understand exactly what it is they are for.

Personally, I think they would be better off removed from the short default config and maybe only put in the full config file as an option for people that require a more advanced setup for certain reasons. They could also use a note about them that is clearer than the one currently there. The note, "Only specify these two if you really think you need to" isn't exactly clear lol. Many people specify them from the start and can't figure out why others can't connect to their server.

I don't even know for sure in what case you would be required to set these. Otherwise, I would write a better note for them myself.

I do know that the "address" is supposed to be the IP (or URL) of your internet IP, which in almost all cases is the IP of your router. And, the "localaddress" is the actual IP on the server itself, which is normally 192.168.1.100 or .101 or .102, etc.

You don't need to set any of this, because the Login Server keeps track of your address from when you connect to it when the server starts. All of this info is automatically taken care of by default. By setting this, it messes up what is automatically done, and in almost all cases it causes players not to be able to connect to the server.

LordRathgil · #5 06-21-2008, 01:14 PM

address needs to be your PUBLIC ip ( can get that from whatismyip.com) or your domain name (whateveryouwant.no-ip.org) local address has to be your servers internal ip assigned by your router (such as 192.168.1.101 for example) I know i never had a problem when i assigned them with public nor minilogin so long as they are set properly and all your ports are opened on your firewall and router youshouldnt have a problem if your going to use lan and a few friends only i suggest you try minilogin though

faldor · #6 06-22-2008, 03:02 AM

Server is nowworking how it should...... well i mean people can now connect to it from outside my LAN.

Thank you all very much for your help its been a good learning expirience for me.... just got to learn al the rest now lol

Trevius your server is an inspiration and i keep visiting to see what is possible and GeorgeS your tools are a god send, please keep up the great work both of you.

Once again many thanks to you all for your assistance

Faldor

Skizoke · #7 09-30-2008, 03:34 PM

It works perfect for me but anyone outside my home cannot connect. I temporarily have this computer set as dmz and firewall is off

I am not using mini login... variables table has login set to public

Here is my config file:

<?xml version="1.0">
<server>
<world>
<shortname>Skizoke</shortname>
<longname>Skizoke Test Server</longname>


<address>74.145.72.21</address>-->
<localaddress>192.168.1.68</localaddress>-->


<loginserver>
<host>eqemulator.net</host>
<port>5998</port>
<account></account>
<password></password>
</loginserver>


<key>some long random string</key>



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


<database>
<host>localhost</host>
<port>3306</port>
<username>root</username>
<password>******</password>
<db>peq</db>
</database>