Everquest (not responding)

[youngdilly]

It allows me to sign into my account but when I go to chose the server and hit login the game sits there for about 5 seconds and then the screen will go all black and my computer will say that its not responding. If I leave it up for long enough it will eventually kick me off and bring me back to the account sign in screen. If i re-sign in it will come up with Error 1017. Does anybody have any idea how to fix this?

[trevius]

Have you tried more than 1 server? And does the same problem happen for you on every server? And are you playing from your home where you have your own router/modem, or are you playing from a dorm or something?

[youngdilly]

I have tried multiple servers and it does the same thing, and no I'm not at home I'm up at school

[trevius]

Sounds like your school is blocking some of the required ports for playing. Probably ports 5998 and maybe 9000 as well.

[shammywammy]

the same thing has been happening to me. but ive found that if i leave it sitting while it says that its not responding for a few minutes it will eventually get u straight to the character screen. the same thing will happen when you zone and when you first get into the game