Problem - Hangs on login?

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This has been an issue that's been plaguing me for months now. I've launched eq with and without mq active, reinstalled vc++ and june 2010's directx as directed by other forum posts, restarted my computer, and it'll still hang forever on login as attached. This will also happen regardless if autologin is used or not. I've looked through logs so many times but never found anything particularly conclusive. Anyone else encounter this?

facts:
- Firewall allows eqgame.exe for both incoming and outgoing connections.
- Tracert shows timing out errors after the 8th hop (without VPN) and after the 13th hop (with VPN), neither connection appears to leave isp-related addresses nor do they manage to reach eq severs.
- Ran Tracert using my phone's hot spot data, looks patchy (three different deadzones of just "request timed out") amongst 30 jumps, only 13 successfully reached ANYTHING but nothing beyond network switches. No VPN was used for this test.

update! : Adding as an edit for ease of reading, I have also verified my firewall rules and deliberately created one to allow eqgame.exe to do whatever it wants.

 

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This has been an issue that's been plaguing me for months now. I've launched eq with and without mq active, reinstalled vc++ and june 2010's directx as directed by other forum posts, restarted my computer, and it'll still hang forever on login as attached. This will also happen regardless if autologin is used or not. I've looked through logs so many times but never found anything particularly conclusive. Anyone else encounter this?

this antonia bayle euro server?

maybe euro server issue

or if you're euro but using US server - maybe just takes a long time?

 

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this antonia bayle euro server?

maybe euro server issue

or if you're euro but using US server - maybe just takes a long time?

Sorry, but I'm American. I'm trying to log into Frostreaver, but most times it can take anywhere from 30 minutes to... never, for the server select list to load. Even using "connect to last server" on the login screen doesn't bypass this.

 

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Sorry, but I'm American. I'm trying to log into Frostreaver, but most times it can take anywhere from 30 minutes to... never, for the server select list to load. Even using "connect to last server" on the login screen doesn't bypass this.

gotcha, your screenie was titled in french, so thought maybe =p

30 minutes is wild - have you tried doing a ping / tracert to see if your isp has a broken hop somewhere?

have the ability to connect via vpn and see if different?

 

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gotcha, your screenie was titled in french, so thought maybe =p

30 minutes is wild - have you tried doing a ping / tracert to see if your isp has a broken hop somewhere?

have the ability to connect via vpn and see if different?

Dw, a lot of ppl assume lol. I study the language and just got used to having things set in it.

You mean ping/tracert the login server? I've only been on windows (after a while of being a linux user) for like a few months so I'm a tad rusty.

I can quit out of Everquest and connect to a VPN real quick to check, will quote this post to attach results.

 

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Dw, a lot of ppl assume lol. I study the language and just got used to having things set in it.

You mean ping/tracert the login server? I've only been on windows (after a while of being a linux user) for like a few months so I'm a tad rusty.

I can quit out of Everquest and connect to a VPN real quick to check, will quote this post to attach results.

Unfortunately, same results while connected to a VPN...

 

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gotcha, your screenie was titled in french, so thought maybe =p

30 minutes is wild - have you tried doing a ping / tracert to see if your isp has a broken hop somewhere?

have the ability to connect via vpn and see if different?

Ran tracert to the login server (VPN enabled), it turns to request timed out errors beyond the 13th hop, appears to never leave my isp...

On the second time (now without a VPN enabled), it turns to request timed out errors beyond the 8th hop.

 

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Ran tracert to the login server (VPN enabled), it turns to request timed out errors beyond the 13th hop, appears to never leave my isp...

On the second time (now without a VPN enabled), it turns to request timed out errors beyond the 8th hop.

My only real apparent "fix" for this, minus complaining to the isp, is using my phone's hotspot, which is unlimited, but only runs at 3g speeds, which... ugh... imagine playing eq on 3g speeds...

 

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I wonder if you don't have a hardware firewall on your router. I once had really bad login issues and it was because my actual router was blocking EQ because of high data pushes. I would do the login to your router software IP thing and see if there isn't a setting you can change.

 

[boxbuddy]

You mean ping/tracert the login server? I've only been on windows (after a while of being a linux user) for like a few months so I'm a tad rusty.

You went back to Windows after using Linux?!?

That aside, have you tried running EQ/MQ under Linux? Probably won't help if it's truly an isp issue, but I've found Linux to be more stable than Windows when it comes to network stuff.

but only runs at 3g speeds, which... ugh... imagine playing eq on 3g speeds...

That's plenty. Boxing 30 it's rare to go above 1MB/s (and most of that data I see is from my RDPs, EQ doesn't require a huge amount of bandwidth). What matters more is stability and ping.

 

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You went back to Windows after using Linux?!?

That aside, have you tried running EQ/MQ under Linux? Probably won't help if it's truly an isp issue, but I've found Linux to be more stable than Windows when it comes to network stuff.

To be fair, I only switched back due to the potential of getting a job that requires some Microsoft bs, Linux is indeed sooo much more stable w networking. I suppose that's worth a try.

That's plenty. Boxing 30 it's rare to go above 1MB/s (and most of that data I see is from my RDPs, EQ doesn't require a huge amount of bandwidth). What matters more is stability and ping.

That's good! I'm using my phone's hot spot atm to try to log into EQ. No dice it seems, even when the phone isn't connected to any wifi and is just using straight T-Mobile.

I wonder if you don't have a hardware firewall on your router. I once had really bad login issues and it was because my actual router was blocking EQ because of high data pushes. I would do the login to your router software IP thing and see if there isn't a setting you can change.

Hm... That could be a cause as well, but unfortunately I live with my parents and my father is the only one with the login info to the router. Which... isn't great considering my rocky relationship with him rn... I'll keep that in mind tho