Just a quick question please!

[Azreael89]

Hello everyone ive put a decent amount of work into my server and realized, nobody else can log into its just a plain black screen n they get kicked to login. Ive read around Trev FAQ and the forums, my ports are open and I even took my firewall off. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated, id for people to experience what I have done with my server. Thanks. This is a copy of my config.

<?xml version="1.0">
<server>
	<world>
		<!-- Set the shortname to ONE word. The longname is what shows up on server list -->
		<shortname>bre is sleeping</shortname> 
		<longname>bre is sleeping</longname>

		<!-- DO NOT EDIT ANY LINES BETWEEN HERE AND THE DATABASE SECTION -->
		<!-- <address>do.not.edit</address> -->
		<!-- <localaddress>do.not.edit</localaddress> -->

		<!-- Loginserver information.  DO NOT EDIT -->
		<loginserver>
			<host>eqemulator.net</host>
			<port>5998</port>
			<account></account>
			<password></password>
		</loginserver>

		<!-- Server status.  Default is unlocked DO NOT EDIT RIGHT NOW -->
		<!--<locked/>-->
		<!-- <unlocked/> -->

		<!-- Sets the ip/port for the tcp connections.  DO NOT EDIT -->
		<tcp ip="localhost" port="9000" telnet="disable"/>

		<!-- Sets the shared key used by zone/launcher to connect to world -->
		<key>somelongrandomstring12345</key>
		
		<!-- Enable and set the port for the HTTP service.  Defaults are shown -->
		<http port="9080" enabled="false" mimefile="mime.types" />
	</world>

	<!-- Chatserver (channels) information.  DO NOT EDIT -->
	<chatserver>
		<host>channels.eqemulator.net</host>
		<port>7778</port>
	</chatserver>

	<!-- Mailserver (in-game mail) information.  DO NOT EDIT -->
	<mailserver>
		<host>channels.eqemulator.net</host>
		<port>7779</port>
	</mailserver>
	
	<zones>
		<!-- The defaultstatus is what status the new toons will have on your server -->
		<defaultstatus>0</defaultstatus>

		<!-- Sets port range for world to use to auto configure zones DO NOT EDIT RIGHT NOW-->
		<ports low="7000" high="7100"/>
	</zones>

	<!-- Set username to root and password is your MySQL password and db to peq -->
	<database>
		<host>localhost</host>
		<port>3306</port>
		<username>root</username>
		<password>my password</password>
		<db>peq</db>
	</database>

	<!-- Launcher Configuration DO NOT EDIT-->
	<launcher>
		<!-- <logprefix>logs/zone-</logprefix> -->
		<!-- <logsuffix>.log</logsuffix> -->
		<!-- <exe>zone.exe</exe> -->
		<!-- <timers restart="10000" reterminate="10000"> -->
	</launcher>

	<!-- File locations.  DO NOT EDIT -->

	<files>
		<!-- <spells>spells_us.txt</spells> -->
		<!-- <opcodes>opcodes.conf</opcodes> -->
		<!-- <logsettings>log.ini</logsettings> -->
		<!-- <eqtime>eqtime.cfg</eqtime> -->
	</files>
	<!-- Directory locations.  DO NOT EDIT -->
	<directories>
		<!-- <maps>Maps</maps> -->
		<!-- <quests>quests</quests> -->
		<!-- <plugins>plugins</plugins> -->
	</directories>
</server>

[Vexyl]

If you are behind a router then make sure you forwarded the ports (9000, 7000-7100) correctly.

Go to http://www.canyouseeme.org/ and check port 9000 then post the results here.

[Azreael89]

was this the result? it was on the bottom so..

Error: I could not see your service on "IP ADDRESS" on port (9000)
Reason: Connection timed out

[Vexyl]

Yes that is the result, please edit out your IP address as it is completely irrelevant.

Are you behind a router? If so, have you forwarded the ports?

[Azreael89]

ok ty, yes im behind a router. I think so, i went in i put like, 7000 to 7500 and all that, and enabled them. Is that correct?

[Vexyl]

You should search for port forwarding tutorials in google. There have been many posts about this on these forums as well.

Once you know how to do it correctly, you need to forward ports 9000, and 7000-7100 to your computer's internal IP address (cmd->ipconfig to find it).

If you don't want to open that many ports then you could lower the zone ports to say, 7004, which would let connections to 5 zones running on those ports.

[Azreael89]

great thanks a lot! Im going to goggle that and whenever I figure it out ill post back with results

[Azreael89]

Thanks a lot man I got it working doing what u said!