Trouble setting up a LAN server

[Sardek]

I thought I went through all of the directions perfectly in Techguy84's guide but I am starting to get error messages when I try to start it up.

I run start.bat and two windows pop up just like the guide says they should. I hit enter on the command prompt window that says "Press any key to continue" and then it goes through and says
[Debug] [World_LS] Connecting to login server...
[Debug] [World_LS] Setting World to MiniLogin Server type
[Debug] [World_LS] Connected to Loginserver: 192.168.1.102:5999
[Debug] [World_LS_ERR] Login server responded with FatalError. Disabling reconnect.
[Debug] [World_LS_ERR] Bad server name. Unknown reason.



Every few seconds these lines start popping up. I initially set the server name as Ryans (yea, but I'm the only one playing right now :-P ) and then I decided to set it just to X and I changed the values in eqemu_config.xml and in the LoginServer.ini file but I still get the same error. Anyone else experience this or know how I can fix it?

Thanks for the help!

[Sardek]

Never mind. I think I found out what was going on. In my LoginServer file everything was in one line. I spaced it out like it was in the guide and it started working. I think there might have been a space after the server name...

[Sardek]

The server seems to be up and running fine but when I try to connect to the login server it just stops at the message "Logging into the server. Please wait..."

I re-installed Everquest and re-set up the client side following the guide but I still have the same problem. I have 3 dos windows open and one says at the top... 1 Server(s), 1 Client(s) Connected

Any ideas?

[endra]

Can I have the contents of your loginserver.ini, config.xml, a dump of what the worldserver says as well as the zoneserver and minilogin? Be sure not to give your real db password when giving the info

[techguy84]

The 1 Server 1 Client window I belive is the minilogin window. The issue is that you are connecting to the Minilogin, but its not passing you on to the world server. Double, Triple check all your config files, check to make sure that the database is correctly set up, best to use Navicat for this one. Also try to close all firewalls and antivirus software including the windows one. If your worried about virus, just unplug your dls/cable modem from the internet.

Like endra said, copys of your eqemu_config.xml, loginserver.ini and the log dumps pertaining to the error would be helpful as it will normally point to the error.

[Theeper]

Make sure you set your client's IP in the minilogin_ip field of the account table.

[Sardek]

Thanks for the replies. I must have had an IP wrong somewhere or something like that. I double checked all my settings and changed all IPs to the 127.0.0.1 ip and re-tried and it worked! I was able to kill everything in Crushbone.

Thank you for the replies.

[Moncleared]

I'm having the exact same problem as you, can you please copy/paste your contents for me so I can double check with mine from your ini files you fixed that fixed this problem? I'm getting the fatal error you got about the world server name being bad or whatever. Thanks

[Moncleared]

Fixed old error, new error is

For Minilogin to work, You need to set the <address> element in the world section

I've trippled checked my files, not sure...

[Theeper]

I think you aren't supposed to use 127.0.0.1 as a client IP ... it causes other IP schemes not to be able to login.

[John Adams]

If it's all on one machine, EQ, SQL, and client, the 127.0.0.1 should be ok. But yes, it will not work if you want LAN/WAN playability.

[Caranreion]

Keeps responding with Fatal Error and talk about how my world name is bad and whatnot. If someone sees something wrong here let me know :) For now I'm just trying to run it all on the same computer, hence the same IP everywhere.

<?xml version="1.0">
<server>
<world>
<shortname>x</shortname>
<longname>x</longname>

<!-- Only specify these two if you really think you need to. -->
<address>127.0.0.1</address>
<localaddress>127.0.0.1</localaddress>

<!-- Loginserver information. -->
<loginserver>
<host>127.0.0.1</host>
<port>5999</port>
<account></account>
<password></password>
</loginserver>

<!-- Sets the shared key used by zone/launcher to connect to world -->
<key>some long random string</key>

<!-- Enable and set the port for the HTTP service. -->
<http port="9080" enabled="true" mimefile="mime.types" />
</world>

<!-- Database configuration, replaces db.ini. -->
<database>
<host>localhost</host>
<port>3306</port>
<username>root</username>
<password>password</password>
<db>peq</db>
</database>
</server>



and loginserver.ini
[LoginServer]
loginserver=127.0.0.1
loginport=5999
worldname=x
worldaddress=127.0.0.1
locked=false
account=
password=

[WorldServer]
Defaultstatus=
Unavailzone=

[ChatChannelServer]
worldshortname=
chataddress=
chatport=

[LoginConfig]
Servermode=MiniLogin
Serverport=5999