Login Server Issues

[MasterCS]

Anyone else been having login server issues or having extremely long load times across zones and having to quit EQ and log back in? For the past week or so, I've been having the "logging in to the server message" up for a few minutes before saying it cannot connect or actually being able to login in, and I've been experiencing extremely long cross zone load times. I used to never have any issues, and it's not my internet. Was just curious if anyone else has been experiencing this.

[cdfurry]

I have had issues intermittently for over a month now. Primarily during primetime hours when the population is the highest.

My symptoms (when it starts acting up) are -
Initially logging in times out, states no internet connection
Logging succeeds but server list is completely blank
Very long zoning times
Totally lock up loading

Affects all my computers when it occurs as well - linux, pc's, laptop's, tower's.

I suspect it is something to do with my internet, because switching my connection to a VPN resolves it for whatever reason. AT&T is uninterested in more information from me since it only appears to be affecting my connection to P1999.

I know this isn't particularly helpful, but you are not alone.

jaladiun 54 druid - green

[Lopretni]

Same issue. Crashing on zone in, crashing when I camp out, logging in taking forever, random login errors when I try to connect to Green.

[AenorVZ]

https://imgur.com/a/uV63LlH

Issues between Lumen (Level3) and Lightower again.

[doldrim]

I've been having the same issue. Occurs mostly when servers are at peak (e.g., 900+ on green). I am also on AT&T fiber. Is that a common thread here?

[orionfox]

I've been having the same issue. Occurs mostly when servers are at peak (e.g., 900+ on green). I am also on AT&T fiber. Is that a common thread here?

I am having the same issue and also on AT&T fibre. I dont think thats the issue as AenorVZ points out it doesnt time out until it hits 144.121.39.122.lightower.net.

I have reproduced it myself and I fail at the same step.

[orionfox]

Follow up to my previous post.

After reading cdfurry comment about a VPN fixing his issue, I thought I would try a few things and it does appear that a VPN can be a "work around".

If you use a VPN, you will still time out if you use the "Login" button which seems to go through the EQEmu login server.

However, if you use the "Quick Connect" button to your server (I did Blue) I was able to connect directly twice. If I turned off the VPN, I could no longer connect. Turning VPN back on allowed me to connect again.

FYI - not sure if this is relevant, but my VPN was running through Chicago.

Like I said before, I dont know much, but did some LAN stuff like 20 years ago. If anything I said is wrong, please correct me as I dont want bad information out there, but I do want to let people know it CAN work.

[atomos]

I've been having the same problems (stuck at log in screen - waiting for log in, or blank server select screen), but intermittently over the last few days. Also on AT&T Fiber. No work arounds seem to work. Have tried VPN, flush dns, etc. Only thing that seemed to work was coming back much later / next day :(

[Samoht]

Experiencing the same shit on AT&T. Cannot connect every night during the evenings. Cannot log in, server select is blank, takes forever to load world or zone.

Switching to tethered through wireless works.

Issue is 100% with the AT&T domestic internet, but not their cell phone.

[Vilkata]

Im at wits end. everynight around 730 pm est till 11, the server simply will not let me in. someone said to change my google dns but this is simply jibberish to me. anyone have a step by step guide to help me?
Even these forums are slow during this time.

[Onward]

Same shit on AT&T. Anyone have a solution? I never liked this ISP before, now or will ever, but it's my only option here in whoville. :mad:

[Katalysta]

same issue. also at&t. vpn also worked as workaround.

[cdfurry]

Well since AT&T seems to be the common thread and there's obviously a significant amount of people unaffected and able to play it seems that we need some route to bring this to their attention to get it addressed.

Unfortunately I do not know the channels to use to do so. AenorVZ indicated the issue isn't limited to AT&T, but it must have something to do with the routing they are using or something since it is specifically affecting those of us with their service and not apparently the other 1400+ people logged in nightly.

[Manchutiger]

I am having the same issue as everyone else here. I am unable to log in between about 6pm and 10 pm CST, otherwise it seems ok. signed Frustrated ATT internet guy

[Tann]

Tethering is an option to try, even if ATT cell service maybe the issues are only with their internet service.

If ATT doesn't allow tethering you could try one of many apps that hide the tether usage from the cell provider.. I use EasyTether Pro, PDAnet is another good one I've used before.

[cdfurry]

Others have reported tethering does in fact work, as does using a vpn in some cases.

While workarounds are great for the interim, I believe the majority of us are more interested in getting this corrected so that a such things are not needed.

If anyone has a method of reporting this type of connectivity issue to AT&T it sounds like that is what we really need. The tech support I had on the phone was uninterested in the specifics of what I was having issues connecting to and was unwilling to escalate it further but perhaps I will try again.

And in a sense I cannot blame them. In all likelihood nationwide this is probably only affecting a few hundred users at most and likely does not demand significant investment of time and resources for them to investigate further.

[MasterCS]

I AM NOT on AT&T and am having the issue, and it’s only happening to me at peak times. I’ve had no issue logging in or zoning during the day, when server pop is low. I know the server has seen an spike in population here lately, so I just thought it might be on P99’s end. Everything I’ve checked on my end seems to be fine, and I haven’t had any issues with any other sites/games.

[Vilkata]

How can i get a vpn without getting scammed or a virus? I cant stand this anymore.

[DRJ]

I've been driving myself crazy trying to fix this issue. I'm also a AT&T Fiber user and finding this thread I was able to solve the issue by using a VPN.

I used Toms guide to determine which is a good free VPN. I used the following link: https://www.tomsguide.com/best-picks/best-free-vpn

I choose to go with Proton VPN since it was free and had good reviews, I did not try any of the others.

Using the above VPN I was able to immediately log into P99. I've been using it for about an hour without any issue. My ping is between 88-92 which isn't ideal but for EQ is probably good enough.

[YendorLootmonkey]

I don't know if this will work for everyone, but I worked with the OP to try to narrow this down. The first clue we received was when I had him change the eqhost.txt file where it says Host=login.eqemulator.net:5998 to Host=160.72.227.52:5998

When that got him to server select with a populated server list, I suspected whatever DNS his IP was using was not resolving the P99 server correctly. So we followed this and had him set his DNS to the Google Public DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4:

https://www.hellotech.com/guide/for/how-to-change-dns-server-windows-mac

My understanding is that he has had significantly less issues, so it might be worth a try for some of you experiencing the same issue. Write down the DNS settings so you can revert back to default if it doesn't solve anything for you.

[cdfurry]

I tried all of these things you mentioned previously, and while it seemed like it made a difference I think it was more or less just luck. The problem simply returned some time later. The issues seem intermittent and seem to correlate with server population but that may just be coincidence. I suspect it is just based on prime time heaviest traffic.

Unfortunately, while I initially had great success using VPN to get around the issue, even that has started to be affected by the same symptoms. My hope is the problem is getting worse and as a result may be easier for someone to find and correct the issue.

[Midfrost]

https://www.udrop.com/6it6/error.png

Can't connect to either Green or Blue.

[MasterCS]

Yes, Yendor did help me and I have experienced less issues than before, but I was still having some intermittent troubles. They would not last nearly as long as before, but I would still have the issue. Last night I played through a VPN and didn’t have any issues at all. It was the first night I tried this, so I don’t have a large data set to base an opinion on. With that said, my issues were also occurring during peak times. With the increase of population since the beginning of the year (Green approx 1k at peak, blue approx 900 at peak), could it just be a P99 server issue? I’m not super tech savvy, but is there such a thing as the server IP prioritization? Why would connecting through a VPN first seem to help? I’m genuinely curious. It just seems odd that a lot of people started having the same/similar issue all of a sudden. I know most have AT&T, but I do not, and I’m sure others do not as well.

[shalpin99]

I am currently experiencing difficulty logging in.

Either it waits forever and eventually times out with a pop up talking about "Scheduled Downtime" or my "Network Connection".

Or it does eventually log in .. but then the "server list" is empty and I can only CANCEL out of this and start the frustration over again.

I was logged in most of this afternoon ( several hours ) .. logged out for dinner .. now no joy. Internet connection is strong ( watching Netflix currently ). So not quite sure what the issue is. Perhaps the login server, or the BLUE server?

/shrug

[shalpin99]

I am currently experiencing difficulty logging in.

Either it waits forever and eventually times out with a pop up talking about "Scheduled Downtime" or my "Network Connection".

Or it does eventually log in .. but then the "server list" is empty and I can only CANCEL out of this and start the frustration over again.

I was logged in most of this afternoon ( several hours ) .. logged out for dinner .. now no joy. Internet connection is strong ( watching Netflix currently ). So not quite sure what the issue is. Perhaps the login server, or the BLUE server?

/shrug

an this morning (Eastern US) I can log in just fine. I assume there is a load limit issue with either the login server or the various game instances.

good luck

[MasterCS]

an this morning (Eastern US) I can log in just fine. I assume there is a load limit issue with either the login server or the various game instances.

good luck

I have no issues during the daytime either, just at night when the server is at peak population, and it just started happening the past couple of weeks. Last night, after having issues again, I set a static IP to my PC and made sure all of my drivers were updated. I could log in and out just fine afterwards, but it could just be coincidence. I’m of the opinion there is a load limit as well, since a lot of people just started having the issue, which coincides with the increased population since the beginning of the year.

[faded1]

It is getting worse. The down times are creeping earlier and earlier every day.

I've tried contacting Lightower directly but they've ignored my emails.

[faded1]

Rogean doesn't care about the issue. Here's some places people can try their luck:

CrownCastle is the parent company of Lightower

https://www.crowncastle.com/contact-us-form
https://twitter.com/CrownCastle

[Kiroc]

Have you checked your internet connection speed? If you haven't, then go here and check https://www.speedtest.net/ If your download speed is below 20 then that may be your problem. Which could be a router issue or your internet provider.

[Lich]

Have you checked your internet connection speed? If you haven't, then go here and check https://www.speedtest.net/ If your download speed is below 20 then that may be your problem. Which could be a router issue or your internet provider.

Speed tests don't mean anything. If any node along the route to the server/login sever has issues then you get these problems. You can run a tracert via the cmd prompt and potentially see where the issue is. I was getting less than 10ms response times at each node until I got to a bad node that would either time out or be excessively high. Speed test was perfect.

[dablackgoku1234]

anyone else still having issues? I'm getting the unknown error.

[Opius]

Yes

[ChaSue0669]

Me too

[Caippen]

Yes. “Unknown server error”

[cdfurry]

Seems to be a new issue though this time. I logged out to switch computers but now cannot connect to any servers though i am able to log in and see the servers.

I think it may be clearing up though, looks like i just got in.

[Fitzwel]

any fix for this yet? i get the same error and cant log in on either pc now

[Jhesair]

servers down again

[aqlanglois]

I keep getting unknown server issues right now too, 11:52PM EST here currently. I have restarted my computer 3 times and that doesn't help either.

[gettingtome]

same for me

[messy17]

same i cant log on right now. cant get passed the server select part

[Sarodare]

login server been struggling past few days

[Orion380]

I having the same problem, I can see the servers and populations just fine, but every time I click "play everquest" the message "Ann unknown server error occured while trying to join the server. I was working fine all day up until now.:confused:

[Ultragamma]

yep, can't enter either server blue or green

[talonclaw]

yup iam having the same iusse right now can't log in

[GardylooGubbins]

Just came to the forums to check on this. Having the same error.

[vbmike]

Me too.

[Balamir]

same

[sinnycool]

Im getting the unknown error and its really frustrating. Like 75 people viewing this area of the forum, a bunch have posted, and it looks like at least 100-300 less people on than usual. WTF is going on?

[talonclaw]

dang it looks like alot of people having this happen are you in the usa east coast?

[vbmike]

Started up my VPN and tried again... worked, got in. Coincidence?

[talonclaw]

just got in

[talonclaw]

never mind doing it again lol why did i log out grrr

[zander358]

I'm unable to connect atm

[talonclaw]

me either

[Jenithia]

I'm having server login issues too. Tried restarting my laptop, no success.

[Onward]

I appreciate this thread as I was able to solve the original issue (being an ATT user) by using a VPN. A few posts have recently mentioned the unknown error issue at server select. I am getting that same issue as of today and am using VPN and not on ATT internet currently, so I think there's just some server issues going on for this one. It's nice to know you're not the only one so here's another.

[Stephzone]

i had the same issue since 1 hour, but now it seem ok from France!

[Nyze]

Was able to login around 8am EST. An hour later I am getting unknown error when trying to connect to blue.

[Lopretni]

Logging in, getting to the character list and even zoning are next to impossible at the moment. If you're logged in and in a zone, don't log out and don't travel to another zone or chances are you won't be able to get back in.

EDIT: I was able to finally get in by using Quick Connect instead of going to the server list. Don't know if that's reliable or if I just got lucky.

Also seems like zoning isn't impossible but it's like 50/50 shot whether or not it times out and boots you out.

[Mazoku]

This has been getting worse and worse since the last few updates. I can't log in most days for hours on end. VPN, changing settings in general does NOTHING. I just get stuck at server select and then later it fixes itself. Since the last patch I crash almost all the time, what changed? Just stuff on the server end. I think this is a combination of server/client issues and then ISP.

[Garnaak]

I have this issue on my linux box with wine, gonna boot up a windows box today and see if I have it there.

[Yinn Yang]

This has happened quite a few times over the last few days. I try to log in, but the server list will not populate… it is empty.

Edit: been trying for over an hour. Calling it a night, but FWIW, I keep getting either “Error -A timeout occurred”, OR a big long message basically saying to check my internet connection (which is fine everywhere else), OR I get to a blank server select screen. Frustrating… time to do something else.

Ideas?

[larsbars]

I'm on sonic gig fiber which is riding on at&t fiber in my area. Same problem. changing DNS to google's for both ipv4 and ipv6 did nothing. Tethering on my phone always works. VPN works. I tested my up and down speeds on my eq machine and its 100 down and 150 up. These numbers are lower than normal for my connection which is around 350 down and 350 up over wifi. This suggests to me that this issue is coinciding with throttling done by at&t during prime time. That being said no other service encounters any issues. project1999.com has the same issues (i'm writing this tethered to my phone) right now.

I am worried that while using VPN multiple accounts could collide with each other and get us banned. VPNs have a limited number of "exit IPs" and it's quite plausible that multiple of us trying to circumvent this problem will appear to p99 folks as if we're playing on the same IP. Can we please get at least a comment from a mod on this?

I basically cant play from 5pm PST to around 11pm PST every day.

[larsbars]

Note to self ... don't attempt to break into howling stones over phone tethering ...

[Vilkata]

Keeps happening to me and now it starts earlier in the day and is lasting longer.

[Garnaak]

I have this issue on my linux box with wine, gonna boot up a windows box today and see if I have it there.

Tried on windows machine, got to character select but crashed logging in.

Same machine logged into and played on PEQ with no issue.

[u_lock]

Ya'll need to contact AT&T and tell them to stop packet shaping, filtering, QoS'ing or whatever the hell they're doing to the Login Server's traffic. Or use a VPN to completely avoid their network.

Complaining in a thread here will not fix your issue.

[Garnaak]

Ya'll need to contact AT&T and tell them to stop packet shaping, filtering, QoS'ing or whatever the hell they're doing to the Login Server's traffic. Or use a VPN to completely avoid their network.

Complaining in a thread here will not fix your issue.

Not sure about everyone else, but I do not use AT&T for my connection. I also route all my traffic through a VPN anyway.

Also, I was able to use PEQ login server and play with no issue, so the issue is not on my end.

[u_lock]

Not sure about everyone else, but I do not use AT&T for my connection. I also route all my traffic through a VPN anyway.

Also, I was able to use PEQ login server and play with no issue, so the issue is not on my end.

The Linux issue is a known issue solved by middlemand (https://github.com/Zaela/p99-login-middlemand). This cross-compiles and generally works for windows too. But they're all just workarounds to "something is dropping packets". Common sources are:


Linux IP Stack (middlemand)
Wifi / Poor Signal (try a hardwired connection)
Upstream filtering (contact your ISP)

[Garnaak]

The Linux issue is a known issue solved by middlemand (https://github.com/Zaela/p99-login-middlemand). This cross-compiles and generally works for windows too. But they're all just workarounds to "something is dropping packets". Common sources are:


Linux IP Stack (middlemand)
Wifi / Poor Signal (try a hardwired connection)
Upstream filtering (contact your ISP)


Did you read ANYTHING i wrote? This also is happening on Windows boxes. Boxes That I have played P99 on for years (since 2013). My network structure has not changed. I use the same router, vpn service, etc that I always have. Previously I was able to play P99. I am not able to now.

I am able to play on PEQ using the PEQ login server on all of my machines, zero issues.

[Garnaak]

So, let me step back a bit. Maybe there is some network node out there messing with things. (That still does not explain why I have no issues with PEQ, but I will play along.)

Here is my traceroute to P99 login server.

$ sudo traceroute -I login.eqemulator.net
traceroute to login.eqemulator.net (160.72.227.52), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 10.0.2.1 (10.0.2.1) 3.064 ms 3.055 ms 6.120 ms
2 10.19.112.1 (10.19.112.1) 20.531 ms 22.876 ms 27.910 ms
3 te0-6-0-10.rcr21.b052488-1.sea02.atlas.cogentco.com (38.88.253.169) 27.911 ms 27.900 ms 27.895 ms
4 be2074.ccr22.sea02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.47.109) 27.892 ms 33.997 ms 33.989 ms
5 be2029.ccr32.slc01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.86.109) 54.373 ms 54.364 ms 54.350 ms
6 be3038.ccr22.den01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.42.98) 83.455 ms 66.302 ms 66.199 ms
7 be3036.ccr22.mci01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.31.90) 63.379 ms 63.201 ms 69.274 ms
8 be2832.ccr42.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.44.170) 77.690 ms 78.563 ms 78.487 ms
9 be2718.ccr22.cle04.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.7.130) 84.540 ms 83.529 ms 83.477 ms
10 be2879.ccr22.alb02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.29.174) 99.265 ms 94.867 ms 94.812 ms
11 be3600.ccr32.bos01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.0.222) 101.467 ms 101.447 ms 103.073 ms
12 38.142.179.114 (38.142.179.114) 103.038 ms 99.704 ms 99.632 ms
13 ae3-bstpmalljp1.lightower.net (144.121.35.37) 103.670 ms 99.847 ms 103.883 ms
14 160.72.248.57.lightower.net (160.72.248.57) 103.873 ms 100.936 ms 103.906 ms
15 ae0-brtnmas6j81.lightower.net (65.254.31.58) 103.805 ms 99.989 ms 103.049 ms
16 144.121.39.122.lightower.net (144.121.39.122) 103.005 ms 98.574 ms 98.525 ms
17 * * *
18 * * *
19 * * *
20 * * *
21 * * *
22 * * *
23 * * *
24 * * *
25 * * *
26 * * *
27 * * *
28 * * *
29 * * *
30 * * *

And here is my traceroute to the PEQ login server

$ sudo traceroute -I login.projecteq.net
traceroute to login.projecteq.net (51.79.10.190), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 10.0.2.1 (10.0.2.1) 3.004 ms 2.989 ms 2.976 ms
2 10.19.112.1 (10.19.112.1) 20.639 ms 36.197 ms 36.188 ms
3 te0-6-0-10.rcr21.b052488-1.sea02.atlas.cogentco.com (38.88.253.169) 37.489 ms 37.472 ms 37.454 ms
4 be2074.ccr22.sea02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.47.109) 37.434 ms 37.415 ms 37.397 ms
5 be3284.ccr21.slc01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.44.74) 46.052 ms 46.037 ms 46.029 ms
6 be3037.ccr21.den01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.41.146) 57.845 ms 78.042 ms 92.185 ms
7 be3035.ccr21.mci01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.5.90) 94.996 ms 76.375 ms 76.345 ms
8 be2831.ccr41.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.42.166) 76.311 ms 73.323 ms 77.046 ms
9 be2717.ccr21.cle04.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.6.222) 83.778 ms 85.462 ms 85.436 ms
10 be2993.ccr31.yyz02.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.31.226) 105.624 ms 87.754 ms 93.210 ms
11 yto-tr1-bb1-a9.on.ca (142.44.208.242) 96.084 ms 90.642 ms 93.596 ms
12 192.99.146.163 (192.99.146.163) 102.340 ms 95.168 ms 100.688 ms
13 * * *
14 * * *
15 * * *
16 * * *
17 ip190.ip-51-79-10.net (51.79.10.190) 102.844 ms 111.524 ms 111.475 ms

By all appearances, lightower.net (or whoever is right after them in the chain) is where the problems start.

[u_lock]

Again, you have one of three issues. A traceroute doesn't mean whatever you think it means.

[Garnaak]

Again, you have one of three issues. A traceroute doesn't mean whatever you think it means.

And I am saying, I have changed NOTHING on my end since playing P99 without issue for 9 years until recently. You are advocating for an issue that spontaneously shows up without any cause.

[u_lock]

Upstream filtering (contact your ISP)

[Garnaak]

Wrong. I use a VPN and the full route out of that network is shown in both traceroutes, both P99 and PEQ. If my VPN provider is mangling packets, they would be mangling PEQ's packets just the same as P99. That does not appear to be the case, unless the PEQ client somehow compensates for it in ways the P99 client does not.

[sadawe]

might it be another wineq issue?

[u_lock]

1. Use a real full-tunnel VPN
2. Provide PCAP or GTFO

[Garnaak]

1. Use a real full-tunnel VPN
2. Provide PCAP or GTFO

I'll wireshark both the P99 and PEQ logins this weekend.

And, I use openvpn with Private Internet Access as my vpn provider. Been using them for years and played P99 for years over it.

[Garnaak]

might it be another wineq issue?

Not for me. I am old school and just use a batch file the start the clients "eqgame.exe patchme"

[MasterCS]

Not sure about everyone else, but I do not use AT&T for my connection. I also route all my traffic through a VPN anyway.

Also, I was able to use PEQ login server and play with no issue, so the issue is not on my end.

I'm in the same boat, and I do not have AT&T. I've never had issues playing P99 until about a month ago, which is why I started the thread. I've had the same ISP, router, etc for the last four years, and I've never had an issue playing until until now. I find it hard to believe that all of these people have just started having issues at the same time, and we're all supposed to believe it's just coincidence or our ISP's just recently changed something.

I did recently set my PC to a static IP, and update all of my drivers (just built a new rig about 4 months ago). It has seemed to help a little, but I still have troubles logging in and zoning.

[Goldknyght]

I'm in the same boat, and I do not have AT&T. I've never had issues playing P99 until about a month ago, which is why I started the thread. I've had the same ISP, router, etc for the last four years, and I've never had an issue playing until until now. I find it hard to believe that all of these people have just started having issues at the same time, and we're all supposed to believe it's just coincidence or our ISP's just recently changed something.

I did recently set my PC to a static IP, and update all of my drivers (just built a new rig about 4 months ago). It has seemed to help a little, but I still have troubles logging in and zoning.

Same, its as if the login has disappeared for me. Im loggin in fine, then all of a sudden next time i go to log in, same day mind u. nothing shows up. I havent had an issue with loggin in p99 ever till recently aswell. I restart, check web-page, google. nothing has fixed it, it jus randomly will start to work again.

[ezsnoopyez]

I rarely is ever have posted here. I was playing last night until around 4am EST. Today I tried logging in around 12:30pm EST and am getting the "Unknown Error Occurred". I noticed at one point trying to log in in stead of the text "Blue Server : Project 1999" It was some German text. So far it has only happened one time. What is going on?

[kawing168]

Happened to me now...

[iamtheghost]

Experiencing this issue this morning. VPN does not help. Added wildcard exceptions for login.eqemulator.net and leqemulator.net in my PiHole whitelists.

Tried to login off of VPN, same result. "An unknown server error occurred while trying to join the server."

Played just fine yesterday for many hours.

EDIT: Was able to login to Blue character screen. Tried to switch to Green. Got the error again for both Blue and Green.

[Erica]

Also having this issue. Switched accounts two hours ago and it was fine. Tried switching back and for the past 30 minutes been getting this error.

[pthomask88]

Also receiving the "An unknown server error occurred while trying to join the server." error.

[whiskey]

Also can confirm the Unknown error issue

[ElScorcho]

Same issue here, I found an old thread saying to flush your DNS and try again, that did not work for me. Have tried resetting computer twice as well and no luck. I see there are over 200 people on server, but most likely people that have been logged in for a while, I would guess nobody is able to log back in if they happen to log off

[iamtheghost]

Glad to see it isn't just me. Something must be up with the login server. Blue & Green showing population, so must be the overnight AFK crowd.

[shohen]

Same 'An unknown error occurred while trying to join the server' error for me too. I was on maybe 2 hours earlier.

[4tierjf]

I am also having this error this morning, assuming this is a widespread issue due to population.

[Timper]

Seems like it’s FUBAR today

[Charima84]

Yeah can't login

[NokkenHowl]

Same problem here, was right in the middle of donating some money to it.

[Whiterice83]

Same i thought i had broke something, even though i was logged in last night playing

[Swiftinger]

Is this another 9/11 attack? Anyone have an idea why this is happening

[Maxhub11]

Just wanted to add to the chorus. Same issue here. Tried all the usual suspects, nothing fixes it.

[Alhannahgnome]

Well boys, guess it's time to go outside for a bit :P I'll try again later today.

[ElScorcho]

I just tried and it allowed me to login this time. Is it working for everybody or did I get lucky?

[IzHaN80]

I don't know if this will work for everyone, but I worked with the OP to try to narrow this down. The first clue we received was when I had him change the eqhost.txt file where it says Host=login.eqemulator.net:5998 to Host=160.72.227.52:5998

When that got him to server select with a populated server list, I suspected whatever DNS his IP was using was not resolving the P99 server correctly. So we followed this and had him set his DNS to the Google Public DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4:

https://www.hellotech.com/guide/for/how-to-change-dns-server-windows-mac

My understanding is that he has had significantly less issues, so it might be worth a try for some of you experiencing the same issue. Write down the DNS settings so you can revert back to default if it doesn't solve anything for you.

What did work for me is setting my DNS to the Google Public one, i also did change before the Host file, but i believe the DNS was the culprit as i usually use Cloudflare.

[4tierjf]

update: seems resolved!

[knob]

Was just now able to log in again.

[shohen]

Working for me now.

[ElScorcho]

I zoned and my EQ client crashed, I am now getting the same error again

[NokkenHowl]

I just tried and it allowed me to login this time. Is it working for everybody or did I get lucky?

Got lucky still can't log in

[caveslug]

Still not able to log in.
Tried off an on for an hour now.

[jibrish]

Still seems to be down

[Valakut]

wasn't working for a few hours but just got in randomly

[NokkenHowl]

Just got in going to try and zone to see if it crashes

[Sirban]

bump

[Valli]

Bump Bump

[caveslug]

Had this again today, thinking this is more an issue with internet.
As I could still see the server pop changing over time.

[nebfox]

I wanted to comment here.

They utilize a service called EQEmulator which has been having server issues.
You can check the status at EQEmulator.net

There's a suggested fix of modifying EQhost.txt file from
HOST=login.eqemulator.net:5998
To
HOST=login.projecteq.net:5998

I'm new here (but a techie). Can someone confirm this works for them as well then sticky it?

[pragmus]

That works but pulls up a different list of game servers. I don't see P99 there (I can check again). Interestingly, I selected a random server and that actually allows me to login.

[myxomatosii]

Happening to me now.

Attempted DNS updates.

Restart modem.

Restart computer.

Try VPN.

Not AT&T.

No cigar.

[Tshalldaddy]

Also cant get past server selection screen

[yokedyokel]

Same issue for me as well.. was logged in an hour ago, unable to connect now. Green.

[SnowFoxKai]

Having the same issue, however where I could get to Server Selection before I can't get past Login now.

[SnowFoxKai]

Having the same issue, however where I could get to Server Selection before I can't get past Login now.

And a little after posting this it somehow fixed itself...

[Aksala]

Having the same issure.. can't log on. checked to make sure it wasn't anti virus interfering.. no clue what else to do!

[zrinking]

I wish they would tell us something.

[Doyen]

Agreed. Any kind of comment would be nice.

[zrinking]

Im back in !

[ketocon01]

For what its worth its happening to me tonight right now, and happened the other night as well. Waiting seems to be only thing that worked. Tried restarting all the things.

[Ambrogio]

Greetings!
We are aware the login servers may be inaccessible for some players. We ask your patience until the issue is resolved.

[biship50]

aside from changing isp and vpn what else works?

i only cause cause the vpn allows me to see servers 70% of the time but i am never able to connect

[petermetzger]

Having trouble again tonight - last Wednesday I had issues, found this thread, changed my DNS settings to Google public servers and it worked right away. Tonight, no luck. Have also tried OpenDNS server. Most of the time I get a timeout error when trying to log in (server select screen never loads) but sometimes it does load a blank list. One time I tried "quick connect" trying to get to Blue; it logged me into "Classic EverQuest With A Twist" instead :confused: