Suddenly cant log in

[baplex7090]

Was able to play all day yesterday and earlier this morning. Took a break for a couple hours and when I came back, the ememu launcher is not populated with any servers and constantly trying to update every 10 seconds. Ive reset my modem several times as well as the PC. My googlefu came up with nada. Any help with this?

[baplex7090]

Did a fresh install of eq titanium and downloaded the eqemu launcher to my other PC, still not working. Made a shortcut of the eq.exe shortcut and modified it according to the faq to bypass the launcher, and couldent get a connection. Im assuming it's something on their end or my ISP maybe?

[Akkadius]

Did a fresh install of eq titanium and downloaded the eqemu launcher to my other PC, still not working. Made a shortcut of the eq.exe shortcut and modified it according to the faq to bypass the launcher, and couldent get a connection. Im assuming it's something on their end or my ISP maybe?

Launcher is down, I've contacted the guy who runs it. This can't continue to happen

[baplex7090]

Thanks for the prompt reply :)

[madface559]

when is expected up time

[EQpaladin]

Im having the same issue

[Akkadius]

He oddly hasn't responded yet.

[madface559]

lol gotta learn to stop logging out :)

[baplex7090]

I would have stayed logged in, but I just started and don't really have the money to buy food :(

[madface559]

what server u on?

[mchne]

still nothing?

[Akkadius]

still nothing?

I just tried the launcher myself and it is working fine?

Are you using the 2.0 launcher?

See: http://www.eqemulator.org/forums/showthread.php?t=36854

[madface559]

even the website is down

[Akkadius]

Ahh, I know what's going on.

Go to CMD and do a 'ipconfig /flushdns'

Let me know how that works for you

He moved servers and changed DNS records, the site name no longer points to the same server you might be cached with old info

[mchne]

ah, I see. I haven't updated, and moestaverne.com is down at the moment.

[madface559]

still same results nothing showing cant connect to server

[Akkadius]

ah, I see. I haven't updated, and moestaverne.com is down at the moment.

Please read the post I just made, it is not down, it just looks down because your PC is going to the wrong server.

[madface559]

still nothing wont even connect I flushed dns and nothing

[Akkadius]

moestaverne.com should be resolving to the following, (88.198.230.177):

C:\Users\Administrator>ping moestaverne.com

Pinging moestaverne.com [88.198.230.177] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 88.198.230.177: bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=53
Reply from 88.198.230.177: bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=53
Reply from 88.198.230.177: bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=53

[mchne]

I flushed dns as you asked, it didn't help. I saw something (while using google to look for an idea) about periodic downtime on moestaverne due to server switching?

[madface559]

ok when I ping it comes up 82.165.202.254

[EQpaladin]

Okay im not great with computers, would uninstalling and deleting everything, then reinstalling eq and the patcher completely, work?

[mchne]

Pinging moestaverne.com [82.165.202.254] with 32 bytes of
Reply from 82.165.202.254: bytes=32 time=99ms TTL=252
Reply from 82.165.202.254: bytes=32 time=94ms TTL=252
Reply from 82.165.202.254: bytes=32 time=96ms TTL=252
Reply from 82.165.202.254: bytes=32 time=94ms TTL=252


This is after flushing DNS.

[mchne]

Going to flush DNS again and attempt a reboot. brb

[EQpaladin]

Okay im not great with computers, would uninstalling and deleting everything, then reinstalling eq and the patcher completely, work?

Also every time i try to go to moestaverne.com it says 404 not found

[EQpaladin]

/sigh well that figures i finally find something like old school eq and after about a week i cant play it anymore >.<

[Akkadius]

No need to reinstall anything, this is strictly a DNS problem.

DNS hasn't updated on all servers in the world, Google's servers are even pointing to the wrong one.

However, you can manually set your DNS server as 64.90.65.2 on your network interface. The following article shows you how to do that:

http://support.simpledns.com/KB/a72/configuring-windows-7-to-use-local-dns-server.aspx

Things should start to work for you again, after all of the servers in the world update you should be able to use your original server again.

EDIT: Updated article, helps if I read it all the way through

[madface559]

i have don't everything u have suggested and still nothing

[baplex7090]

what server u on?

I'm on the p99 server.

I'll check the status when I get home tonight.

[mchne]

Akkadius, I appreciate you trying to help out here, but still nothing when following your directions to change my DNS.

I suppose I'll wait until things catch up, like you said.

[EQpaladin]

deleted and reinstalled it all, then followed the directions and still nothing. I hope it will fix itself like you proprosed

[mchne]

I've noticed that moestaverne.com is now resolving to the correct IP address you mentioned earlier, Akkadius, however I seem to be getting some older version of the site. The downloads section features a beta of 1.71 as the latest file, and 1.24 as the latest non-beta release.

Thoughts?

[EQpaladin]

lol still getting 404d on that site =\

[Akkadius]

When you change your DNS you need to flush again.

It WILL pan itself out, eqemulator had DNS issue a long time ago whenever records were changed. There is a more graceful way to change DNS records but it had not been done this way unfortunately.

Whenever a DNS record is distributed to all the root DNS servers in the world, it has a specific time to live set by the owner of the domain, this needs time to die and propogate. For those not completely understanding of what DNS is, it is name to IP address translation that happens within milliseconds of trying to use domain names in browsers or other applications.

Example DNS101:

moestaverne.com
----------------------------------------
Record Name . . . . . : moestaverne.com
Record Type . . . . . : 1
Time To Live . . . . : 21616
Data Length . . . . . : 4
Section . . . . . . . : Answer
A (Host) Record . . . : 88.198.230.177


Here is my launcher working since I am pointing to the new address:

http://i.imgur.com/bwoeVSG.jpg

I know that setting your primary DNS to 64.90.65.2 should resolve to the new server as it is working for me. Otherwise you may be stuck waiting for a while, or bypassing the launcher for now.

[lerxst2112]

I'm using the Google public DNS servers (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) and it resolves properly for me. Keep in mind that ipconfig /flushdns doesn't generally affect any caching you router might be doing, so you may also have to reboot it to force it to flush as well.

Another alternative is adding the address to your hosts file until it propagates to whatever your DNS server is.

[EQpaladin]

wow i dont understand any of this i tried following the directions but i get more confused, i have no idea how to "flush" the dns or even setup the ip configuration properly. /sigh so typical for me guess i'll try again in a month and hope for the best.

incredibly lame

[Akkadius]

I'm using the Google public DNS servers (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4) and it resolves properly for me. Keep in mind that ipconfig /flushdns doesn't generally affect any caching you router might be doing, so you may also have to reboot it to force it to flush as well.

Another alternative is adding the address to your hosts file until it propagates to whatever your DNS server is.

Used nslookup an hour ago and it was resolving to the old address on 8.8.8.8.

A router reboot doesn't hurt, however if you are setting a static DNS primary you are not taking the DHCP option of using your router as your DNS server to even get served the cached requests to begin with.

C:\Users\cmiles>nslookup moestaverne.com 8.8.8.8
Server: google-public-dns-a.google.com
Address: 8.8.8.8

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: moestaverne.com
Addresses: 2001:8d8:1000:b007:74e6:9b1f:1a86:9
82.165.202.254


C:\Users\cmiles>

C:\Users\cmiles>ping moestaverne.com

Pinging moestaverne.com [88.198.230.177] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 88.198.230.177: bytes=32 time=127ms TTL=52

[EQpaladin]

what does Subnet mask mean? and what should i enter because it wont let me use an IP without using a subnet mask whatever that is....

[EQpaladin]

Well i did the flush in the cmd.exe thing and rebooted that did not work, still trying to figure out how this ip stuff works judging by the population i must be the only one left with the issue so hopefully i can find something to help me fix this

[EQpaladin]

Ok one last question, will this ever fix itself or am i just shit out of luck simply because i dont understand how to do all this dns bullshit?

Appreciate all the help anyways even tho im unable to do anyhting right it would seem.

[00Mowgli]

From my understanding he's telling you this is absolutely something that will work it's self out, just give it a little time, it's just a matter of a bunch of servers updating to the most recent address

[lerxst2112]

Ok one last question, will this ever fix itself or am i just shit out of luck simply because i dont understand how to do all this dns bullshit?

Yes, it will eventually fix itself, probably in a few hours.

[EQpaladin]

Well thanks to all the references you guys were throwing out there i watched a youtube video on dns i was able to see exactly what you guys were talking about haha, and thanks to the instructions i now have it running >.<

thanks again, learn something new every day hahaha

[Akkadius]

Ok one last question, will this ever fix itself or am i just shit out of luck simply because i dont understand how to do all this dns bullshit?

Appreciate all the help anyways even tho im unable to do anyhting right it would seem.

hahahaha this one made me laugh, glad you got it working

[Rumzuck]

i am sorry guys for this downtime...
moestaverne.com is hosted on a 1and1 server.. i recently moved it to hetzner.de and the server is working like a charm, i love it...
i moved the domain moestaverne.com to the new server and everything was running smooth..
the domain is still in the 1and1 contract, but pointing to the new server..
but 1and1 fucked it up, and routed it to somethin complete different, a server IP i dont even know... 1and1 is just so retarded..
my brother fixed this problem right when it occured.. the problem with DNS is, it may take some time for all dns servers to update...

i really dont know whats going on with 1und1 and how they even can keep ANY customers at all with their shit... their servers suck, their support sucks, they randomly fuck up DNS and point to a complete wrong ip.. i mean wth... im so happy when im TOTALY rid of those incompetent idiots...

im sorry for all the downtime..