Big question, I'm gettin 1017 error as well, i have the xp fire wall off and port forwarding all going to my private IP
get ready ehre's the big chunk of the post
World.exe
[Status] CURRENT_WORLD_VERSION:EQEMu 0.5.3-DR3
[Status] Loading variables..
[Status] Loading zones..
[Status] Loading items..
[Status] EMuShareMem loaded
[Status] Loading items from database: count=26679, max id=68199
[Status] LoginServer.ini read.
[Status] Loading guild ranks..
[Status] Loading addon.ini..
[Status] Loading EQ time of day..
[Status] Reboot zone modes ON
[Status] Deleted 0 stale player corpses from database
[Status] Deleted 0 stale player backups from database
Abort/retry/cancel?
TCP listening on: 68.57.192.6:9000
World server listening on: 68.57.192.6:9000
Connected to LoginServer: eqlogin1.eqemulator.net:5997
12406 New TCP connection: 192.168.1.108:1117
New zoneserver: #1 192.168.1.108:1117
Zoneserver SetConnectInfo: 192.168.1.108:1117: 68.57.192.5:7999
12531 New TCP connection: 192.168.1.108:1118
12531 New TCP connection: 192.168.1.108:1119
12531 New TCP connection: 192.168.1.108:1120
12531 New TCP connection: 192.168.1.108:1121
New zoneserver: #2 192.168.1.108:1121
New zoneserver: #3 192.168.1.108:1120
New zoneserver: #4 192.168.1.108:1119
New zoneserver: #5 192.168.1.108:1118
Zoneserver SetConnectInfo: 192.168.1.108:1118: 68.57.192.5:7997
Zoneserver SetConnectInfo: 192.168.1.108:1119: 68.57.192.5:7998
Zoneserver SetConnectInfo: 192.168.1.108:1120: 68.57.192.5:7995
Zoneserver SetConnectInfo: 192.168.1.108:1121: 68.57.192.5:7996
Zone.exe (after running boot5)
[Status] CURRENT_ZONE_VERSION: EQEMu 0.5.3-DR3
[Status] Loading Variables
[Status] Loading zone names
[Status] Loading items
[Status] EMuShareMem loaded
[Status] Loading npcs
[Status] Loading npc faction lists
[Status] Loading loot tables
[Status] Loading doors
[Status] Loading guilds
[Status] Loading factions
[Status] Loading corpse timers
[Status] Loading what ever is left
[Status] Loading commands
[Status] 153 commands loaded
[Status] Entering sleep mode
Connected to worldserver: 192.168.1.108:9000
DB INI
# READ README.TXT!
[Database]
host=localhost
user=notforthis
password=notforthis
database=eq
compression=off
### --- 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.
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 recommend using the eqemulator.net Loginserver ALWAYS.
### --- NOTE: You can NOT use the word "Server" in worldname.
### --- NOTE2: the word "Server" is added to each server automatically.
# READ README.TXT
[LoginServer]
loginserver=eqlogin1.eqemulator.net
loginport=5997
worldname=Plz God Plz
worldaddress=68.57.192.6
locked=false
[WorldServer]
Defaultstatus=0
Unavailzone=
[LoginConfig]
ServerMode=Standalone
ServerPort=5999
UplinkAddress=
UplinkPort=
UplinkAccount=
UplinkPassword=
Last but not least my Bootzones file
REM: ****Read this first!!!****
REM: This file requires your real IP in the place of "YourIP" 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
@echo off
start zone.exe . 68.57.192.5 7995 192.168.1.108
start zone.exe . 68.57.192.5 7996 192.168.1.108
start zone.exe . 68.57.192.5 7997 192.168.1.108
start zone.exe . 68.57.192.5 7998 192.168.1.108
start zone.exe . 68.57.192.5 7999 192.168.1.108
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------------------------
I use a Linksys router, so if anyone can help.. do it to it mang.
Email me
Jaygrowhitey@aol.com asap with ideas on how to fix