Incorrectly posted by Minlail on the forums.

Connection Workaround for NAT

ok, point 1, 1017 = CAN NOT CONNECT TO SERVER reason unknown
second point, ur getting a NAT error most likely becuase ur using ur internal Ip so u can connect, but everone else needs ur external ip. So u need to do a NAT FIX.

do to a NAT FIX go to www.no-ip.org∞
where ever it asks for your ip type in the dns foward your using. then go to any system behind your router that you want to b able to connect your server (The machines your running the client from)
you need to go to there HOST file. it depends on what OS your using on where it is, your best bet is to search for it, and hope your not using XP pro.

Your host file will look something like this

# Copyright (c) 1998 Microsoft Corp. # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP stack for Windows98 # This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should # be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name. # The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one # space. # Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual # lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol. # For example: # 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server # 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host 127.0.0.1 localhost

just add to the bottem

"server ip(internal)" "dns redirect you got from no-ip"

should look something like...

127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.1.100 name.no-ip.org

also your server loginserver.ini should look like

[LoginServer] loginserver=eqemulator.net loginport=5994 worldname= worldaddress=name.no-ip.org locked=true account= password= #account= #password=

and your bootzone should look something like this

start zone Halas name.no-ip.org 7977 name.no-ip.org

6.6/7.0 update--

changes made to eqemu_config.xml to make dns redirect work correctly with 6.6/7.0...

<address>name.no-ip.org</address> <localaddress>192.168.x.x</localaddress>