Client refuses to connect

blackdragonsdg · #1 10-29-2009, 01:26 AM

Sounds like your router is blocking the ports. Try setting the router to DMZ or set your port forwarding.

Xanathol · #2 10-29-2009, 02:04 AM

Both machines are behind the firewall ( router ) and the network trace was taken from the laptop / client machine that fails to connect; no traffic leaves the machine to the server or port 5999. Basically, it appears that the EQ client simply does not make a connection attempt, so I am wondering if there is something I forgot to configure other than the eqhost.txt file. I'll try to remember tomorrow to try some wininet logging, but otherwise, I'm stumped.

Xanathol · #3 10-29-2009, 02:47 AM

And as I figured, no sooner than I post this question did I solve the problem!

So on my laptop, I have my old install of EQ ( live ) and I have my EQ Emu folder. Well, I modified my desktop shortcut to point to my EQ Emu eqgame.exe. However, I forgot to modify the 'start in' path...and it just all messed up! Corrected the short cut, and all works as expected! Sigh...

Thanks though! Hopefully this helps someone else one day!