Public Access

BCGrove2002 · #1 05-14-2013, 04:04 PM

I have searched the forums, and have seen answers left and right on how to do this correctly, and likely at this point I have done some, all, and combinations of them. But my EQ server works awesome locally on the LAN It almost has to be a port forwarding issue, and again I have seen 2 ports on up to 5+ ports that you need to forward. I have 7000-7100 forwarding to local lan address and 9000 forwarding to local address. I don't use Mini-Login so no issues there. I also use DNS, and have plugged the DNS name into some if not all of the spots at some point or another - but still missing something. Oh and the firewall is off. The PUBLIC user connects, logs in, see's their characters - but wont load into world, it crashes back out to Login Screen.

Ideas?

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<server>
<world>
<shortname>MYDNSNAMEServer</shortname>
<longname>Brians EQ Server</longname>


<address>MYDNSNAME.no-ip.org</address>
<localaddress>192.168.1.132</localaddress>


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






<tcp ip="MYDNSNAME.no-ip.org" port="9000" telnet="enable"/>


<key>some long random string</key>


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


<chatserver>
<host>MYDNSNAME.no-ip.org</host>
<port>7778</port>
</chatserver>


<mailserver>
<host>MYDNSNAME.no-ip.org</host>
<port>7778</port>
</mailserver>

<zones>
<defaultstatus>0</defaultstatus>


<ports low="7000" high="7100"/>
</zones>


<database>
<host>127.0.0.1</host>
<port>3306</port>
<username>root</username>
<password>MYPASSWORD</password>
<db>peq</db>
</database>

<qsdatabase>
<host>127.0.0.1</host>
<port>3306</port>
<username>root</username>
<password>MYPASSWORD</password>
<db>peq</db>
</qsdatabase>


<launcher>




</launcher>


<files>




</files>

<directories>



</directories>
</server>

**Derision** · #2 05-14-2013, 04:23 PM

Have you forwarded UDP (not TCP) ports 7000-7100 ? You must have port UDP/9000 forwarded as I can get to char select, but I can see from a Wireshark trace that I am not getting any reply on UDP/7004.

BCGrove2002 · #3 05-14-2013, 04:48 PM

Yes. UDP 7000-7100 for the IP 192.168.1.132 which is local LAN IP address.

No Firewall active to block the ports either.

BCGrove2002 · #4 05-14-2013, 04:51 PM

Is there additional ports that need forwarded to the server that I am missing for "Public" EQ playing?

**Derision** · #5 05-14-2013, 05:06 PM

According to your config, UDP/7778 would be required for chat channel/in-game mail, but that would not stop players zoning-in and playing, just stop chat-channel/in-game mail from working.

UDP/9000 (world.exe) and UDP/7000-7100 (zones) should be all that you need for getting into a zone. (actually UDP/7000 to 7004 if you are only booting 5 zone servers).

Something is stopping UDP/700x, but since you say your firewall is off and ports are forwarded, I don't know what it could be.

BCGrove2002 · #6 05-15-2013, 07:06 AM

I have seen some posts reference a timer delay for zone load - is it perhaps timing out?

I need to test again later today, turned off SPI filter firewall in the router itself - not sure if it plays any part. I am so close....

sorvani · #7 05-15-2013, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BCGrove2002

I have seen some posts reference a timer delay for zone load - is it perhaps timing out?

I need to test again later today, turned off SPI filter firewall in the router itself - not sure if it plays any part. I am so close....

There is no timer to delay a dynamic zone from starting. There is a setting in the zone table to make that zone stay up longer.

BCGrove2002 · #8 05-19-2013, 12:06 PM

Ok well I can't figure it out. Guessing its something in router - moving it to a 1GB Fiber connection here shortly - will try popping the ports in ASA and see where it goes.