HOWTO: Fix boot to login screen

[molimo140]

2 Main problems exist:

1) Are you Running Windows XP? If so, is your Internet Connection Firewall turned off?
2) Are you running behind a router?




If you are running behind a router, chances are the ports needed to run the server are closed. What you need to do, is forward your External IP to your Internal IP. What this means is, whenever a call is made on your External IP on the ports you specify in router setup, it will be forwarded to your Internal IP address.

To forward ports:

You need to know 2 things

1) Your default Gateway (Router base address IP), its usually 192.168.1.1

2) your internal IP address

To find both of these - go to start menu, click on run, type CMD, hit OK. Once Command prompt opens, type ipconfig and hit enter.

a few things will show up

IP Address = Your internal IP
Default Gateway = Router IP


After obtaining your internal IP address and router ip, open up an internet browser, and type your router's ip address into the site bar.

Now you're at the router config page... All router's config pages are different, however usually port Forwarding is under a Tab called Games & Applications OR just plain Port Forwarding.

It will ask you for a Start Port, and an End port and the IP address you want them forwarded to (Your INTERNAL ip address).

Forward These Ports:

Any port your zone.exe(s) use, - example 7995, 7996...etc. I use ports 7990 through 8000 (10 zone servers), but for you it may be different.
Also forward port 9000 (This is the port used by your Login server, World.exe)

That should do it.

To disable your XP firewall, go to start menu, click on control panel, click on network connections, right click your local area network connection, click on properties, click on the advanced tab, and make sure the Internet Connection Firewall is UNCHECKED.

[Cisyouc]

Originally Posted by molimo140

It will ask you for a Start Port, and an End port and the IP address you want them forwarded to (Your INTERNAL ip address).

Most routers I've seen don't, actually. They ask for 1 port per row.

Also,
http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14112

[Cari_Moon]

How can we fix this problem if we are not on a router?

[hypershadow66]

Originally Posted by Cisyouc

Most routers I've seen don't, actually. They ask for 1 port per row.

Also,
http://www.eqemulator.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14112

Question from the link, near the end it said you cant use both DMZ and forwarding, does this also mean that if Ports are Forwarded and Enabled, then if DMZ is also on none will work, or does DMZ cancel out the forwarded ports to forward all the ports? (sorry if this doesnt make sence)

[Cisyouc]

Originally Posted by hypershadow66

Question from the link, near the end it said you cant use both DMZ and forwarding, does this also mean that if Ports are Forwarded and Enabled, then if DMZ is also on none will work, or does DMZ cancel out the forwarded ports to forward all the ports? (sorry if this doesnt make sence)

If you have the ports forwareded and enabled and you switch on DMZ for that same host the router screws itself up and cancels out both the DMZ and forwarding settings (meaning nothing is forwarded anymore)