Problems With Public

[Megadeadlord]

Me and a friend wanted to screw around on a private server just the two of us so I compiled an ArcEmu server and set it up. Locally, there are 0 issues. I set it up for public and I can get on but he cannot. He gets the cannot connect to server error. Here's what I've done:

• Setup a static IP for my computer
• Forwarded all the necessary ports
• Setup my Configs and HOSTS file
• Made a No-IP account and got the DUC
• Ran everything

I can get on no problem but he can't. Any help is appreciated. Also, he's coming over tomorrow and were going to see if being on the same network helps. If it does I'll post.



Thanks for helping out on my return to the Emu seen.

[Haith]

You may have done this as well, but it was not mentioned in your post.

Go into the realms DB in your database, and head to the "realmlist" table. Make sure that your realm's address is set to that of your computer's external IP. (You can find this on a what's my IP website)

Hope this helps!

-Haith

[Edit]: Erm, the DB/table names I used here are the MaNGOS variants. I haven't used ArcEmu in a while, but I have a feeling the database is set up quite similarly.

[Megadeadlord]

You may have done this as well, but it was not mentioned in your post.

Go into the realms DB in your database, and head to the "realmlist" table. Make sure that your realm's address is set to that of your computer's external IP. (You can find this on a what's my IP website)

Hope this helps!

-Haith

[Edit]: Erm, the DB/table names I used here are the MaNGOS variants. I haven't used ArcEmu in a while, but I have a feeling the database is set up quite similarly.

No there isn't any realm tables in an ArcEmu database. Just character and accounts.

[Haith]

My apologies, I guess MaNGOS is setup quite differently

From what you said, you seem to have taken all the steps required to make your server public. I looked over the ArcEmu confs to try and figure this out.

To reiterate, your realms.conf should have

<LogonServer Address = 127.0.0.1

and in the same file,

<Realm1 Name = "your realm name"
  Address = "your static IP":"your port"

And your hosts file has

127.0.0.1 "your static IP"   (without "  " of course :p)
"your router IP" "your static IP"     (router IP is 192.168.#.# or whatever address your router uses)
"your external IP" "your static IP"   (external is found on IP websites)

and lastly, I believe these are all of the ports you will want to forward to your server computer

3036
3306
6112
6881
8050
8093
8129

Good luck!

-Haith

[Edit]: As a side note, when entering your external IP, I would personally use the actual #.#.#.# format of your IP, rather than the DynamicDNS name you registered online. Both work, but having your realm use that static address allows for extra obstruction, and more chance at something going wrong. lol