well, turns out that I couldn't connect still due to a non-related issue regarding a "referenced memory could not be read" error. so i left it alone for the night, the next day, i tried to get on again to see if the error still existed, and it gave me the same connection problem in the title!!! i immediatly checked the eqhost file and it was fine. no added lines. So now im lost again..
EQhost.txt file is
[LoginServer]
Host=eqemulator.net:5998
the shortcut has patchme after it.
My router has the port 5998 traffic allowed through
I'm a bit lost now. I tried doing the ping on
www.eqemulator.net -->
C:\Users\mainPC>ping
www.eqemulator.net -l 1400 -t
Pinging
www.eqemulator.net [67.23.190.71] with 1400 bytes of data:
Reply from 67.23.190.71: bytes=1400 time=227ms TTL=55
Reply from 67.23.190.71: bytes=1400 time=227ms TTL=55
Reply from 67.23.190.71: bytes=1400 time=226ms TTL=55
Reply from 67.23.190.71: bytes=1400 time=229ms TTL=55
Reply from 67.23.190.71: bytes=1400 time=226ms TTL=55
Reply from 67.23.190.71: bytes=1400 time=227ms TTL=55
Reply from 67.23.190.71: bytes=1400 time=227ms TTL=55
Reply from 67.23.190.71: bytes=1400 time=226ms TTL=55
Reply from 67.23.190.71: bytes=1400 time=227ms TTL=55
Reply from 67.23.190.71: bytes=1400 time=227ms TTL=55
Reply from 67.23.190.71: bytes=1400 time=227ms TTL=55
Reply from 67.23.190.71: bytes=1400 time=226ms TTL=55
Reply from 67.23.190.71: bytes=1400 time=227ms TTL=55
Reply from 67.23.190.71: bytes=1400 time=226ms TTL=55
Reply from 67.23.190.71: bytes=1400 time=232ms TTL=55
Reply from 67.23.190.71: bytes=1400 time=227ms TTL=55
Reply from 67.23.190.71: bytes=1400 time=227ms TTL=55
Reply from 67.23.190.71: bytes=1400 time=227ms TTL=55
Reply from 67.23.190.71: bytes=1400 time=227ms TTL=55
Reply from 67.23.190.71: bytes=1400 time=227ms TTL=55
Ping statistics for 67.23.190.71:
Packets: Sent = 20, Received = 20, Lost = 0 (0% loss)
am I missing something? I don't think anything changed from yesterday until today. thanks again for any help, thought I had it, but apparently not