When zoning - connections to AIT and nexiconinc?

[svennish]

When i zone i notice in PeerGuardian that the EQ client tries to communicate with 216.117.177.125:7778/7779 UDP. That IP is owned by AIT and has some connection to nexicon inc, which deals with intellectual property protection/anti-piracy.

why does the emulator make use of this IP?

[Cripp]

the emulator does not use this IP at all.. if you saw the client trying to use that IP in any way its something in the client.. not the server.

[Derision]

I Googled that address and it would appear it hosted a login server at some point in the past. Post #4 on this thread:

http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/showthread.php?t=17964

[svennish]

thanks derision