1017 error when trying to login to my own public server

[falvey]

I have seen many posts about the 1017 error that i keep getting when i try to log into my own server on the public server select and even tried a few thinggs mentioned to fix the problem but still no luck so basically i wanted to post my stuff and see if anyone notices a problem.(btw when i do load up world and boot5zones i get no issues)

loginserver.ini

### --- This file tells world.exe what loginserver to connect to.
### --- Leave the account and password field BLANK.

### --- Public Login is un-supported as is LAN playing. We reccomend using the EQEmu.net Loginserver ALWAYS.

### --- NOTE: Starting 6-1-2002, you can no longer use the word "Server" in worldname.
### --- NOTE2: the word "Server" is added to each server automaticly.

# READ README.TXT

[LoginServer]
loginserver=eqemulator.net
loginport=5998
worldname=acidfreaks
worldaddress=[my ip]
locked=false
account=
password=



[WorldServer]
Defaultstatus=20
Unavailzone=

[ChatChannelServer]
ChatChannelServer=

[LoginConfig]
ServerMode=
ServerPort=

db.ini

# READ README.TXT!

[Database]
host=localhost
user=[name]
password=[pw]
database=eq


### --- This file tells world.exe what computer mySQL is on. Host should
### --- be left "localhost" unless mysql is on a differant computer than world.exe.

boot5zones

REM: ****Read this first!!!****

REM: This file requires your real IP in the place of "EXTERNAL_IP_HERE" when you are connecting
REM: To the EQEmu Loginserver.

REM: When you are using minilogin, Replace all IP Addresses to say 127.0.0.1

REM: If you still get errors try using localhost instead of 127.0.0.1

REM:--------------Start-----------------------
@echo off

if NOT exist spells_us.txt goto NOSPELL

start zone . **.***.**.*** 7995 ***.***.*.***
start zone . **.***.**.*** 7996 ***.***.*.***
start zone . **.***.**.*** 7997 ***.***.*.***
start zone . **.***.**.*** 7998 ***.***.*.***
start zone . **.***.**.*** 7999 ***.***.*.***
exit
cls

:NOSPELL
echo You did not copy the spells_en.txt from your everquest directory to this one. Please do so or zones will crash on startup.
PAUSE

REM:---------------END------------------------

if there is anyone that can help me i would greatly appreciate it also let me know if there is any other info needed

thanks much
falvey

[Dr Zauis]

Are you sure you have the right client? Are all your firewalls turned off? Including antivirus software?

[falvey]

Yes my client is correct and the firewall and antivirus is off actually got past this error just a little bit ago and trying to figure out how to get past my next one. Though i think my new problem has to do with my being on a router gonna try to fiddle with it before i continuously pester people.

[Iamien]

When I hosted my own server I had to do this as well you need to get a DNS forwarding address like no-ip.info and setup your hosts file that is located somewhere in system folders. Here is a sample of my file you just need to edit it with your own dns address

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 dragonnest.no-ip.info


This file is located in your C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc folder if you use windows of course.
Note the dragonnest.no-ip.info is what you need to replace with yours.
Also after doing this use the dns address for wor worldserver address as well as you zoneserver address do replace all the 127.0.0.1 with your DNS address. After doing this bothe people from outside your router as well as yourself will be able to log into server.

[Dr Zauis]

Im still running without my router! I have been trying to get it to work for the past few days myself. I will try that dns name thing when I try to make my router work with my server again later..

[Iamien]

Made a WiKi page for this. It can be found at.
http://www.eqemulator.net/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=RouterFix

[falvey]

definately appreciate the help yall hopefully ill get some time next week to get everything taken care of and work on the server a bit